{
  "slug": "apple-dictation",
  "category": "speech-to-text",
  "name": "Apple Dictation",
  "description": "Speech-to-text feature built into macOS, iOS and iPadOS that types dictated text in any app. Supported languages are processed on the device; others are sent to Apple servers.",
  "website": "https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/use-dictation-mh40584/mac",
  "license": null,
  "platforms": [
    "macos",
    "ios"
  ],
  "jurisdiction": {
    "code": "US",
    "name": "United States",
    "eyes": "Five Eyes",
    "eu": false,
    "gdpr": false,
    "cloud_act": "provider"
  },
  "pick": false,
  "pick_reason": null,
  "disclosure": null,
  "grade": "D",
  "score": 47,
  "coverage": 100,
  "summary": "Apple Dictation scores 47 out of 100 (grade D) on the dictation and transcription criteria. It meets 2 of 6 criteria: no ads or data sales and no training on recordings. It partly meets no trackers or telemetry and runs on the device. It does not meet open source and independent audit. It is based in the United States: Five Eyes member; subject to the US CLOUD Act.",
  "url": "https://privacyratings.com/speech-to-text/apple-dictation/",
  "markdown": "https://privacyratings.com/speech-to-text/apple-dictation/index.md",
  "answers": {
    "open_source": {
      "title": "Open source",
      "weight": 3,
      "answer": "no",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "Closed source."
    },
    "no_trackers": {
      "title": "No trackers or telemetry",
      "weight": 3,
      "answer": "partial",
      "evidence": "https://www.apple.com/legal/privacy/data/en/ask-siri-dictation/",
      "note": "No third-party trackers, but Apple collects request data such as device configuration and performance statistics by default, under a rotating random identifier."
    },
    "no_ads": {
      "title": "No ads or data sales",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "yes",
      "evidence": "https://www.apple.com/legal/privacy/data/en/ask-siri-dictation/",
      "note": "No ads in Dictation; Apple states dictation data is not used to build marketing profiles and is never sold."
    },
    "independent_audit": {
      "title": "Independent audit",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "no",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "No independent audit is published."
    },
    "transparency_report": {
      "title": "Transparency report",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "n/a",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "Only applies to hosted services with a website to test."
    },
    "user_notice": {
      "title": "Tells users about requests",
      "weight": 1,
      "answer": "n/a",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "Only applies to hosted services with a website to test."
    },
    "tls": {
      "title": "TLS configuration",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "n/a",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "Only applies to hosted services with a website to test."
    },
    "security_headers": {
      "title": "Security headers",
      "weight": 1,
      "answer": "n/a",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "Only applies to hosted services with a website to test."
    },
    "web_standards": {
      "title": "Modern web standards",
      "weight": 1,
      "answer": "n/a",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "Only applies to hosted services with a website to test."
    },
    "runs_locally": {
      "title": "Runs on the device",
      "weight": 3,
      "answer": "partial",
      "evidence": "https://www.apple.com/legal/privacy/data/en/ask-siri-dictation/",
      "note": "Supported languages and devices process dictation on the device; otherwise audio is sent to Apple servers."
    },
    "no_training": {
      "title": "No training on recordings",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "yes",
      "evidence": "https://www.apple.com/legal/privacy/data/en/ask-siri-dictation/",
      "note": "Dictated audio and text are stored and used to improve Apple models only if the user opts in to Improve Siri and Dictation."
    }
  },
  "tests": {
    "ssllabs": null,
    "observatory": null,
    "internetnl_web": null,
    "internetnl_mail": null,
    "trackers": [],
    "tested_at": "2026-10-01T07:02:33.145Z"
  },
  "last_modified": "2026-10-01T07:44:20Z"
}