Fact · Dictation software
Yes
Whisperly's product page says that after the first run the Mac app needs no internet.
Quote found word for word on the live source, last checked October 23, 2026
In the source's own words
“After the first run it needs no internet, so it works on a train or a plane.”
Whisperly: dictation for Mac, product page, BlazedLabz, 2026, Free plan and offline use, the 'Works offline' passage.
Open the original- What it measures
- The first run downloads a speech model of about 630 MB, per the page's install note. Applies to the Mac app.
- What it does not show
- The page covers the Mac app. It does not say how the Windows beta behaves offline.
In the data
A row of Dictation App Features Compared: Offline, Privacy, AI, as Whisperly: works offline: 1 1 = yes, 0 = no.
- App
- Whisperly
- Feature
- Works offline
- Detail
- Mac, after the first run
- As of
- 2026-10
- Note
- 1 means the maker's page says the app does this. The quoted sentence says the Mac app works without internet after the first run.