Fact · Dictation software
Willow's privacy policy says Willow and its service providers do not retain voice audio or use it for model training, in Private Mode.
Quote found word for word on the live source, last checked October 19, 2026
In the source's own words
“Willow may process voice audio transiently to return a transcription, but Willow and its service providers do not retain that audio or use it for model training.”
Privacy Policy | Willow, Willow, 2026, Choose Your Privacy Mode, Private Mode.
Open the original- What it measures
- Private Mode is the default. In the opt-in Help Improve Willow program, the policy says Willow may keep anonymized recognized text, but not audio.
- What it does not show
- The opt-in program keeps text, not audio, for improving text-correction models. That text is not a recording.
In the data
A row of Dictation App Features Compared: Offline, Privacy, AI, as Willow Voice, audio training: 0 1 = yes, 0 = no.
- App
- Willow Voice
- Feature
- Recordings can train the maker's models
- Detail
- Audio not used for training
- As of
- 2026-10
- Note
- 0 means the maker's page says the app does not do this