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Vocula: private dictation app for Mac (home page)
Vocula, Vocula (vocula.app), 2026
Read the originalRead on October 26, 2026
- What it is
- The home page of Vocula, a dictation app for Apple Silicon Macs. It describes zero network connections while dictating, insertion at the cursor in any macOS application, and a list of what the app does not do.
- How much weight it carries
- Written by the maker, who publishes the app's source under GPL-3.0 and gives a command to check the no-network claim. Read on 2026-10-26. The claims are the maker's own, and the page names its own check.
Facts taken from this source
- Vocula's home page lists no custom vocabulary among what the app does not do.
“No AI rewriting No live preview while you speak No custom vocabulary” (Section 'What Vocula does not do.')
- Vocula's home page lists no AI rewriting among what the app does not do.
“No AI rewriting No live preview while you speak No custom vocabulary” (Section 'What Vocula does not do.')
- Vocula's home page says its Parakeet TDT v3 engine covers 25 European languages.
“Parakeet TDT v3 25 European languages, on the Neural Engine.” (Engine comparison, 'Parakeet TDT v3')
- Vocula's home page says whichever speech engine you pick runs on your own Mac.
“Whichever engine you picked, it runs on your own Mac from a file in your own folder” (Section 'Two engines. Pick the trade-off yourself.')
- Vocula's home page says it inserts text at the cursor in any macOS application.
“Vocula inserts the text at the cursor in any macOS application” (Common questions, Can Vocula type into any application on my Mac?)
- Vocula's home page says its default engine, Whisper Large v3 Turbo, covers about a hundred languages.
“Whisper Large v3 Turbo default About a hundred languages, on your Mac's GPU.” (Engine comparison, 'Two engines. Pick the trade-off yourself.')
- Vocula's home page says it makes zero network connections while you dictate.
“Vocula makes zero network connections while you dictate.” (Section 'Not a promise. A command.')