Text Intelligence privacy

Normal Speakmac dictation runs on your Mac. Text Intelligence is optional. When you turn it on, Speakmac sends transcript text for cloud cleanup before paste.

Short answer

Your audio stays on your Mac. Only transcript text is sent, only when Text Intelligence is enabled. Speakmac does not save the text body or the cleaned response on Speakmac servers. Requests are sent through OpenRouter with Zero Data Retention routing enabled.

Leave it off if you need a strictly local-only workflow.

What happens

Step 1

Audio stays local

Speakmac records and transcribes your voice on your Mac.

Step 2

Text is cleaned up

If enabled, transcript text is sent for punctuation, casing, filler-word, and paragraph cleanup.

Step 3

Short cloud path

Speakmac requests short-lived access and sends the cleanup request through OpenRouter with ZDR routing enabled.

Step 4

Clean text returns

The edited text comes back to Speakmac and is pasted at your cursor.

Sent only when enabled

  • Transcript text
  • Small formatting context, such as app type
  • Custom word rules, only when needed for cleanup

Not sent

  • Audio recordings
  • Screenshots or files
  • Your local transcript history

What is retained?

Speakmac does not store Text Intelligence request bodies or responses on Speakmac servers.

Operational metadata can exist, such as request status, timing, token count, and error codes. That metadata is used to keep the service reliable and does not include the transcript text body.

OpenRouter documents that Zero Data Retention routing restricts requests to endpoints that do not store prompts or responses. Speakmac enables that routing for Text Intelligence.

When should I leave it off?

Leave Text Intelligence off if the text must never leave your Mac.

For healthcare, legal, employer-confidential, or regulated work, use it only after your organization approves the provider path and compliance terms.