Fact · Dictation software
VocaMac's home page says it does not send dictation audio to a Voca cloud service.
Quote found word for word on the live source, last checked October 25, 2026
In the source's own words
“VocaMac does not send dictation audio to a Voca cloud service.”
VocaMac: native voice typing for macOS, VocaHQ, VocaHQ, 2026, Privacy section, What stays local.
Open the original- What it measures
- The same section says that during transcription the audio and the selected model stay on the Mac.
- What it does not show
- A custom speech server, which the user runs, does receive each recording when the user sets it up. That server is not the maker's.
In the data
A row of Dictation App Features Compared: Offline, Privacy, AI, as VocaMac, audio on maker's servers: 0 1 = yes, 0 = no.
- App
- VocaMac
- Feature
- Keeps audio on the maker's servers
- Detail
- no Voca cloud speech service
- As of
- 2026-10
- Note
- 0 means the maker's page says the app does not do this.