Fact · Dictation software
11 = yes, 0 = no
Steno's home page says speech-to-text and rewriting run on the Mac, and that audio and transcripts never touch a server.
Checked against its source on October 26, 2026
In the source's own words
“Speech-to-text and rewriting run on your Mac. Your audio and transcripts never touch a server.”
Steno: Private, on-device dictation for Mac, Pancham Khaitan, 2026, What you get section.
Open the original- What it measures
- The line sits in the On-device, always section of the page.
- What it does not show
- The page describes the Mac app only.
In the data
A row of Dictation App Features Compared: Offline, Privacy, AI, as Steno: speech on device: 1 1 = yes, 0 = no.
- App
- Steno
- Feature
- Speech processed on the device
- Detail
- Speech-to-text runs on the Mac
- As of
- 2026-10
- Note
- 1 means the maker's page says the app does this