Fact · Dictation software
Yes
Viska's privacy page says the iPhone app transcribes speech on the device.
Checked against its source on October 26, 2026
In the source's own words
“The iPhone app transcribes on your device using Apple’s speech recognition, with an optional Swedish Whisper model for higher accuracy.”
Viska: Privacy, Ideäng Productions, 2026, Privacy page, On iPhone section.
Open the original- What it measures
- The privacy page's iPhone section, which describes where transcription runs.
- What it does not show
- The page describes the iPhone app; the Mac app is marked as not yet released on the product page.
In the data
A row of Dictation App Features Compared: Offline, Privacy, AI, as Viska: speech on device: 1 1 = yes, 0 = no.
- App
- Viska
- Feature
- Speech processed on the device
- Detail
- iPhone app; Mac soon
- As of
- 2026-10
- Note
- 1 means the maker's page says the app does this.