VoicePrivate
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On-device recognition
Advanced speech recognition runs entirely on your computer for complete privacy and control.
ON-DEVICE DICTATION / MAC + WINDOWS
Voice to text.
Private by nature.
On-device voice-to-text software for Mac and Windows. Speak naturally and write anywhere without uploading your dictation to us.
$84/year · 30-day money-back guarantee
Speak freely.Recognition stays on your device.
Your thoughts never need
a server.
Works offline
Dictate anywhere, anytime. No internet connection required.
Five professional editions
General, Healthcare, Legal, Finance, and Insurance.
01 · THE LOCAL DIFFERENCE
There’s private cloud.
Then there’s no cloud.
Privacy controls can change what a cloud service keeps. VoicePrivate changes where speech recognition happens.
Cloud dictationA remote recognition service
Your voiceVendor’s serversYour text
Audio leaves your device
VoicePrivateOn-device recognition
YOUR COMPUTER
Your voiceLocal AIYour text
✓ No audio uploaded to us
Dictation stays local. Text entered into another app follows that app’s storage policies. Licensing, downloads, and updates may use the internet.Read the privacy policy ↗
02 · EFFORTLESS, BY DESIGN
Speak your mind.
Keep your workflow.
One shortcut brings your voice to the app you’re already using. No meeting bot. No new place to write.
VoicePrivate100% Private • Offline6,346words today27dictations119msaved vs typing
Press to record here, or use
⌘⇧Spacefrom any app
On-device speech engine ready0 audio/text bytes to our servers
Everyday writing
A thought worth keeping
The best tools give us room to think. Let’s keep the next version focused on what matters: a clear idea, a considered response, and the freedom to work without sending every word to a server.
Your words, ready for your review.
Interactive product demonstration. No microphone access or live speech recognition on this page.
Press
A single shortcut, wherever you work.
Speak
Dictate naturally. Recognition runs locally.
Continue
Review the text in your chosen application.
03 · LANGUAGE THAT BELONGS TO YOU
The right words.
Already at home.
Your names. Your terminology. Your way of working. Add a personal dictionary and choose an edition built around the language of your profession. Already have a word list? Import it from Dragon, Excel or a CSV file, and group terms into sets you switch on and off.
99languages, processed locally
Your vocabulary▱ On this device
A language all your own.
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＋ Add the words that matter to your work.
04 · BUILT AROUND HOW YOU WORK
Fix it, format it and make it yours,
all by voice.
Make your own voice commands, correct as you speak, and bring your vocabulary over from Dragon or a spreadsheet. Everything runs on your computer.
Your own voice commands
Say a phrase such as "sign off" and VoicePrivate inserts text, presses Return or Tab, waits a moment or inserts a text shortcut, in the app you are typing in.
Fix it by voice
Say "scratch that" to remove your last dictation, "spell" and the letters to spell a word, and "cap" or "all caps" to format the next word.
Edit & Teach
Fix a take once with Edit & teach and Apply & Learn. A word you correct three times joins your Personal Dictionary.
Bring your vocabulary
Import a Dragon word list, an Excel workbook or a CSV file. You review every term before it is added, and nothing you already have is overwritten.
Terms from your documents
Point VoicePrivate at files or a folder, including PDFs and scanned pages, and it finds the names and unusual words to add. Reading happens on your device.
A Help Center with videos
Search every guide in the app, see only the guides for your edition and your computer, and watch short help videos.
05 · CONSIDERING THE ALTERNATIVES?
Same ambition.
Different architecture.
Wispr Flow brings AI dictation to everyday work through cloud services. VoicePrivate keeps recognition on your own computer.
01 / EVERYDAY DICTATION
Coming from Wispr Flow?
Prefer to stay local?
Bring voice to everyday writing with recognition on your computer. Privacy modes and local processing use different architectures.
See local dictation ↗Read the full Wispr Flow comparison ↗02 / THE ARCHITECTURE
Privacy policy,
or private by design?
Cloud controls govern how remote services handle data. VoicePrivate changes the path itself: speech recognition runs on your Mac or PC.
Compare the path ↗Compare the workflow as well as the architecture. Cloud services offer their own security controls; capabilities and integrations differ. Product details reviewed September 2026.
WHAT KEEPS COMING UP
The quiet problem
with cloud dictation.
We read what professionals are actually saying about Otter, Rev, Dragon, and the rest. The same complaints come up again and again.
It is training on my data.
A checkbox you clicked once now feeds your private transcripts into a vendor's model.
The bot recorded everyone without consent.
A calendar integration joins the call and records the whole room. No one got to say no.
Once audio hits a vendor server, you lost control of it.
Confidential work now sits on someone else's machine, under someone else's policy.
Human transcribers can read my files.
Off-the-record interview audio ends up in a pool strangers can listen to.
There is no offline mode.
It needs a constant connection, so it dies the moment the wifi does.
It hallucinates words nobody said.
Whole sentences appear that were never in the audio, dangerous inside a record.
The cheap tool is not cheap anymore.
Hidden caps and price hikes push you onto a business tier you never wanted.
Why rent forever?
People are told to avoid the expensive annual subscription when a local tool just works.
Dragon abandoned the Mac.
The desktop product sat unmaintained, then the remaining options moved to the cloud.
Source: recurring themes across r/privacy, r/medicine, r/LocalLLaMA, r/legaltech, r/therapists, and r/macapps. Compiled 2026-06-04 from indexed thread titles and snippets. Direct Reddit fetches were blocked. No quotes were fabricated.
06 · ONE PRINCIPLE. FIVE EDITIONS.
Private by nature.
Specific to your world.
Choose the language of your work. Local processing comes with every edition.
General
Ideas, emails, and everything in between.
$84 / year
Healthcare
For notes that deserve your full confidence.
$297 / year
Legal
For the work you hold in confidence.
$247 / year
Finance
For the details behind every client relationship.
$197 / year
Insurance
For a complete record of the work you do.
$197 / year
FOR TEAMS
A dashboard for your team.
Contact us and we will give you a dashboard to administer all the licences for your company. The administrator signs in with a link sent to their email, so there is no account or password to set up. The dashboard shows every licence on the team and which computer uses it. If somebody leaves, release their seat or revoke their key, then issue a new key so the seat is reused by someone else.
YOUR NEXT WORD STARTS HERE
Make room for your voice.
Emails. Ideas. First drafts.
Unlimited dictation. Local processing.
A subscription that fits your work.
✓30-day money-back guaranteeThe full edition. Not right for you? Email us within 30 days of your first payment for a full refund.
VoicePrivate$84/year
$84 billed today, then yearly. 30-day money-back guarantee.
$84$9.99Unlimited on-device dictation
Mac and Windows
Personal dictionary, vocabulary sets and text shortcuts
Voice commands you make yourself
Import your vocabulary from Dragon, Excel or CSV
Help Center with videos
Local history
Billed today. 30-day money-back guarantee.
BEFORE YOU BEGIN
A few good questions.
Does my dictation audio leave my computer?
No. Speech recognition runs on your device. VoicePrivate does not upload your dictation audio or transcript text to its servers.
Can I use it without an internet connection?
Yes. After installation and the required model download, dictation works offline. Licensing, downloads, and updates may use the internet.
Which edition should I choose?
Choose General for everyday writing, or the Healthcare, Legal, Finance, or Insurance edition for vocabulary tailored to that work.
Can I make my own voice commands?
Yes. In Settings, Voice Commands, choose a phrase and the steps it runs: insert text, press Return or Tab, wait a moment or insert a text shortcut. Say the phrase on its own and the steps run in the app you are typing in. Voice commands never open apps, websites or files.
Can I bring my vocabulary from Dragon?
Yes. Export your custom word and phrase list from Dragon as text or XML, then use the Import button in the Personal Dictionary. You can also import a plain word list, a CSV file or an Excel workbook. You review the terms before anything is added.
Is there a free trial?
No. VoicePrivate has no free trial and no free tier. Individual monthly and annual plans come with a 30-day money-back guarantee: if it is not right for you, email [email protected] within 30 days of your first payment for a full refund.
Does local processing make my entire workflow compliant?
Local recognition reduces data sent to a speech vendor. Your device security, destination applications, organization policies, and professional obligations still matter.