Fact · Dictation software
VocaMac's privacy policy says its audio is transcribed by a speech model on the user's own computer, and that the audio is not sent to VocaHQ or to any cloud speech service.
Quote found word for word on the live source, last checked October 25, 2026
In the source's own words
“Your audio is transcribed by a speech model on your own computer. It is not sent to VocaHQ or to any cloud speech service.”
VocaMac Privacy Policy, VocaHQ, VocaHQ, 2026, Short version, and Your voice and your text.
Open the original- What it measures
- The engines are WhisperKit, Parakeet, Apple Speech or an ONNX model, chosen in Settings.
- What it does not show
- A user who sets up a custom speech server sends each recording to that server. The policy says VocaHQ never receives it.
In the data
A row of Dictation App Features Compared: Offline, Privacy, AI, as VocaMac, speech on device: 1 1 = yes, 0 = no.
- App
- VocaMac
- Feature
- Speech processed on the device
- Detail
- WhisperKit, Parakeet, Apple Speech, ONNX
- As of
- 2026-10
- Note
- 1 means the maker's page says the app does this.