Fact · Dictation software
11 = yes, 0 = no
YapToText's privacy policy says transcripts are produced on the device by the speech model bundled with the app, so speech is processed on the device.
Quote found word for word on the live source, last checked October 23, 2026
In the source's own words
“Transcripts are produced on device by the speech model bundled with the app, or by a model you downloaded into it.”
YapToText Privacy Policy: Nothing Leaves Your Mac, YapToText (Ryleigh Newman), 2026, Privacy policy, 'What the app processes'.
Open the original- What it measures
- The same policy section says the app's audio is transcribed on the Mac by on-device models, and that the text is never sent to a server for processing.
- What it does not show
- The policy also allows a model the user downloads into the app. The one network use it describes is that download, which the user starts from the AI Models page.
In the data
A row of Dictation App Features Compared: Offline, Privacy, AI, as YapToText: speech on device: 1 1 = yes, 0 = no.
- App
- YapToText
- Feature
- Speech processed on the device
- Detail
- Bundled on-device speech model
- As of
- 2026-10
- Note
- 1 means the maker's page says the app does this.