Dictato: Offline Dictation for Mac, Speech to Text

Facts taken from this source

• Dictato's FAQ says that a dictation never leaves the Mac.

  “Your dictation never leaves the Mac. Audio goes from the microphone to the on-device model, and Dictato keeps the recording and the text in your local History” (FAQ: Is my data really private?)

• Dictato's FAQ says names and jargon are fixed by adding them to the Vocabulary section in Settings.

  “Add them to the Vocabulary section in Settings.” (FAQ: How do I fix names or jargon it keeps misspelling?)

• Dictato's home page says the full app is free for 7 days, then costs 19.99 euros once.

  “The complete app for 7 days, nothing locked. Then 19.99 € once.” (Hero and pricing)

• Dictato's FAQ says tone rewrites run on Gemma, a model it downloads once and keeps on the Mac.

  “Tone rewrites run on Gemma, a model Dictato downloads once (about 3.4 GB) and keeps on your Mac.” (FAQ: Do I need Apple Intelligence?)

• Dictato's FAQ says the audio goes to a model running on the Mac, and the finished text lands at the cursor.

  “The audio goes to a model running on your Mac and the finished text lands where your cursor already is.” (FAQ: How does it work?)

• Dictato's home page says nothing is uploaded, even for the cleanup step.

  “The model ships with the app and runs on the Neural Engine. ... Nothing uploaded, even for the cleanup step” (What you get: Proofread)

• Dictato's FAQ says that if you can paste into an app, Dictato works there, and lists Gmail, Slack and Word among them.

  “If you can paste into it, Dictato works. Gmail, Slack, VS Code, Xcode, Notion, Obsidian, Pages, Word, Google Docs, Discord, Teams.” (FAQ: Does it work in my app?)

• Dictato's home page says it keeps working offline, forever, on the Mac it is licensed to.

  “Dictato keeps working offline, forever, on the Mac it is licensed to.” (Pricing: what the subscription apps cost you instead)