Fact · Dictation on Mac
Wispr Flow's privacy page says that dictated audio is sent to the company's servers over an encrypted connection, TLS 1.2 or later, so cloud processing is part of its design.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“Encrypted in transit Sent to our servers over TLS 1.2+”
Privacy | Wispr Flow, Wispr Flow (vendor website), 2026, Dictation timeline, step 2.
Open the original- What it measures
- The page walks through one dictation: audio is captured on your device, sent to the company's servers, transcribed, then discarded. The steps describe the default flow.
- What it does not show
- The company's own privacy page. It describes its settings and practices as of the check date, and the page may change.
Source
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