Fact · Dictation software
Yes
Whisperly's privacy policy says speech is turned into text by recognition that runs on the device, unless the user picks ElevenLabs or a Mac of their own as the engine.
Quote found word for word on the live source, last checked October 23, 2026
In the source's own words
“The speech is turned into text by speech recognition that runs on your device, unless you chose ElevenLabs or your own Mac as the speech engine”
Whisperly privacy policy, BlazedLabz, 2026, The short version, and 'What Whisperly hears'.
Open the original- What it measures
- The policy's short version says voice is turned into text on the device unless one of two speech engines, both off until chosen, is selected.
- What it does not show
- Two optional engines send audio off the device: ElevenLabs with the user's own key, and a Mac the user runs. Both are off by default.
In the data
A row of Dictation App Features Compared: Offline, Privacy, AI, as Whisperly: speech on device: 1 1 = yes, 0 = no.
- App
- Whisperly
- Feature
- Speech processed on the device
- Detail
- on device unless ElevenLabs or own Mac chosen
- As of
- 2026-10
- Note
- 1 means the maker's page says the app does this. The quoted sentence says speech recognition runs on the device unless the user chooses another engine.