Fact · Dictation software
VocaMac's home page says that after a speech model is available, transcription can run without sending audio to a cloud service, and that the first model download may need an internet connection.
Quote found word for word on the live source, last checked October 25, 2026
In the source's own words
“After a model is available, transcription can run without sending audio to a cloud service. ... A first model download may need an internet connection.”
VocaMac: native voice typing for macOS, VocaHQ, VocaHQ, 2026, Choose your model section, and the Available now footer.
Open the original- What it measures
- The page lists WhisperKit, Parakeet, Apple Speech and ONNX models that are downloaded once and cached on the Mac.
- What it does not show
- The page says the first download may need a network, and it does not use the word offline. Apple Speech may download language assets from Apple, which its privacy policy covers.
In the data
A row of Dictation App Features Compared: Offline, Privacy, AI, as VocaMac, works offline: 1 1 = yes, 0 = no.
- App
- VocaMac
- Feature
- Works offline
- Detail
- after the model download
- As of
- 2026-10
- Note
- 1 means the maker's page says the app does this.