Fact · Dictation software
11 = yes, 0 = no
Vocula's home page says it makes zero network connections while you dictate.
Checked against its source on October 26, 2026
In the source's own words
“Vocula makes zero network connections while you dictate.”
Vocula: private dictation app for Mac (home page), Vocula, Vocula (vocula.app), 2026, Section 'Not a promise. A command.'.
Open the original- What it measures
- The home page's section Not a promise. A command., which gives a command to check the claim with nettop.
- What it does not show
- The privacy page says the app downloads its speech model once from GitHub and checks for updates daily, which can be switched off. Dictation itself makes no connection.
In the data
A row of Dictation App Features Compared: Offline, Privacy, AI, as Vocula, works offline: 1 1 = yes, 0 = no.
- App
- Vocula
- Feature
- Works offline
- Detail
- Zero network connections while dictating
- 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.