Can I use this under an NDA or a company AI ban?
Usually yes; tell your IT team that by default no audio reaches a third party, so no data-processing agreement is needed, and one switch stops every connection.
Usually yes, and the reason matters more than the answer. Cloud dictation tools are typically blocked because your speech is sent to a third party for processing. Dictate Safe does the recognition on your own computer. In its default setup there is no third party to disclose, no data-processing agreement to sign, and nothing to add to a vendor register.
That is a fact about how the software works, not a policy promise. Your organisation still decides.
#What to tell your IT or security team
Most reviews ask the same four questions. The answers, in the default setup:
- Where is audio processed? On the computer. The speech model is a file on the local disk, and recognition runs inside the application.
- What is transmitted? A model download from a public site, a license activation, a version check, and the prompt library when the user asks for it. No audio and no transcripts.
- Is there an account or telemetry? No usage data is collected. A license is tied to an email address, for the purchase only.
- Can it be locked down further? Yes. Offline Lock refuses every connection the app can make, including to us, and dictation keeps working.
If someone in your organisation enables a cloud provider with their own API key, what they say does leave the device. If that would breach your policy, say so in your own guidance, or ask people to keep Offline Lock on, which overrides any key.
#Where this does not help
Some environments prohibit any software that was not bought through a formal procurement process, however it works. Others need an enterprise agreement, single sign-on, or centrally managed deployment. Dictate Safe has none of those, and local processing does not stand in for them.
There is no single sign-on, no admin console, no central policy enforcement, and no signed enterprise agreement. If your review needs those, Dictate Safe is not the right fit for it.
None of this is legal advice, and we cannot tell you whether your particular NDA permits it. What we can do is describe accurately what the software does, which is what the four answers above are for.