Privacy & Data
Understand local recognition and optional service processing separately. Unfinalized policies remain visible rather than being presented as contractual guarantees.
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Where recorded audio goes
The reviewed Mac product material states that speech recognition happens locally and original recordings remain on the computer.
What optional text refinement changes about the data flow
Optional refinement introduces a service-processing step for text.
What a draft and attachment can contain
A draft can contain transcribed words, typed context and selected attachments.
Local processing does not prevent overhearing
Local transcription concerns where audio is processed.
History and deletion: what still needs confirmation
The project includes local-history and retention design work, but the reviewed sources do not establish a complete public deletion guarantee.
Share diagnostics without sharing the whole project
Share the minimum evidence that reproduces the issue: version, action, expected result and sanitized visible state.
What can be local and what needs a connection
The raw speech-to-text route is local once its required components are ready.
Security and workplace-policy questions still open
The reviewed materials do not establish enterprise SSO, centralized device administration, a formal compliance certificate or an independent security audit.
Voice Input Privacy: Overhearing, Cloud Processing and Drafts
Quiet speech and local transcription address different parts of voice-input privacy.