Fact · Dictation software
11 = yes, 0 = no
Vocula's home page says whichever speech engine you pick runs on your own Mac.
Checked against its source on October 26, 2026
In the source's own words
“Whichever engine you picked, it runs on your own Mac from a file in your own folder”
Vocula: private dictation app for Mac (home page), Vocula, Vocula (vocula.app), 2026, Section 'Two engines. Pick the trade-off yourself.'.
Open the original- What it measures
- The home page's section on the two engines, Whisper and Parakeet.
- What it does not show
- Both engines are local, per the same section. The Mac must be Apple Silicon running macOS 26 or later.
In the data
A row of Dictation App Features Compared: Offline, Privacy, AI, as Vocula, speech on device: 1 1 = yes, 0 = no.
- App
- Vocula
- Feature
- Speech processed on the device
- Detail
- Runs on your own Mac
- As of
- 2026-10
- Note
- 1 means the maker's page says the app does this. 0 means the maker's page says it does not.