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How Voibe's Zero-Retention Cloud Works
Voibe, 2026
Read the originalRead on October 19, 2026
- What it is
- A page from Voibe, a dictation app for Mac and Windows, that explains its two modes. In On-Device Mode the voice is transcribed on the Mac with no internet connection. In Cloud Mode the audio goes to cloud speech models and the text is polished by an open-weight language model.
- How much weight it carries
- The maker's own description of its data flow, and it names its providers. It states Voibe's design and provider claims. The provider policies it links to were not checked here.
Facts taken from this source
- Voibe says that in Cloud Mode an open-weight language model, GPT-OSS 120B, cleans up the transcribed text.
“GPT-OSS 120B, an open-weight model running on Cerebras, cleans up the text. It only ever sees the words, never your voice.” (Section 'Where your data goes in Cloud Mode', 'Formatting cloud')
- Voibe says On-Device Mode works with no internet connection at all, while Cloud Mode needs one.
“On-Device Mode works with no internet connection at all.” (Section 'Going offline?')
- Voibe says that in On-Device Mode your voice is transcribed entirely on your Mac.
“your voice is transcribed entirely on your Mac” (Section 'You're in control')