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Speech to text that sends audio to the cloud

17 of 29 vendors say audio goes to their servers or a cloud, in their own words. The rest of the field stays in view for comparison.

2

Your device

Vendor says audio stays on the device.

7

Conditional

Both stated. Each tool names what decides it.

17

The cloud

Vendor says audio goes to its servers or a cloud.

3

Not stated

The pages we checked do not say.

Placement follows the vendor's words only, never the product type. A tool marked conditional states both paths; the switch that decides it is named on the tool. Works offline keeps lit only tools whose vendor has a quote for offline or on-device use.

17 tools, in their words

Showing 17 of 17. Alphabetical. Prices as shown on the vendor site, 28 Sep 2026.

Aqua Voice

Desktop and iPhone dictation app that types what you say into any app and cleans up the text with its own speech model.

Desktop and iPhone dictation app

Mac, Windows, iPhone. Dictation

The cloud

“Cloud dictation needs an internet connection. Offline availability varies by platform, app version, and mode; contact support to check what your setup supports.”

aquavoice.com
$8 per month, billed annually$ as shownFree plan. Checked 28 Sep 2026. Vendor site

AssemblyAI

Speech-to-text and voice AI APIs for developers, billed per hour of audio, run in its managed cloud or your own environment.

Speech-to-text APIs for developers

API. Transcription, Dictation

The cloud

“Run on our fully managed cloud or inside your own environment.”

assemblyai.com
$0.15 /hr per hour, pre-recorded$ as shownFree plan. Checked 28 Sep 2026. Vendor site

Deepgram

Speech-to-text, text-to-speech and voice agent APIs for developers, hosted by Deepgram or self-hosted.

Speech-to-text APIs for developers

API. Transcription

The cloud

“Available in real time or batch, in the cloud or self-hosted.”

deepgram.com
$0.0048/min per minute, streaming, Pay As You Go promotional rate$ as shownFree plan not stated. Checked 28 Sep 2026. Vendor site

Descript

Audio and video editor that transcribes media so you edit the recording by editing the text.

Audio and video editor that transcribes

Mac, Windows. Transcription

The cloud

“After the initial transcription, Descript stores your audio, video, and transcription data on either Amazon S3 or Google Cloud, which are services trusted by thousands of other organizations that prioritize security.”

descript.com
$16 per person per month$ as shownFree plan. Checked 28 Sep 2026. Vendor site

Dictation.io

Free web page for voice typing in Google Chrome that uses Google speech recognition and keeps notes in the browser.

Free voice typing page in Chrome

Web, Android. Dictation

The cloud

“It only sends the speech to Google servers via Chrome over HTTPS (secure) for speech recognition and outputs the transcribed text in your browser.”

dictation.io

“No. Dictation relies on the Google speech recognition engine that transcribes your speech to text in the cloud.”

dictation.io
No price publishedFree plan not stated. Checked 28 Sep 2026. Vendor site

Dragon Medical One

Clinical dictation service for writing notes into the EHR by voice, sold by Microsoft (Nuance).

Clinical dictation service

Platforms not listed. Dictation Status: acquired

The cloud

“Dragon Medical One is a cloud-based … speech solution for clinical documentation”

marketplace.microsoft.com
US$240.00 per user per yearFree plan not stated. Checked 28 Sep 2026. Vendor site

Fireflies.ai

Meeting notetaker that records calls and produces transcripts, summaries and searchable notes.

Meeting notetaker

iPhone, Android, Chrome, API. Meeting notes, Transcription

The cloud

“All your data is stored and processed in the US cloud infrastructure by default.”

fireflies.ai
$10 per seat per month$ as shownFree plan. Checked 28 Sep 2026. Vendor site

Happy Scribe

Transcription, subtitle and meeting notetaker platform with optional human proofreading.

Transcription and subtitle platform

Mac, iPhone, Android, Web, API. Transcription, Meeting notes

The cloud

“All of our services run in the cloud. We don't host or run our own routers, load balancers, DNS servers, or physical servers. Our service is built on Amazon Web Services and Heroku.”

happyscribe.com
$8.50 per month$ as shownFree plan. Checked 28 Sep 2026. Vendor site

Notta

Meeting recorder and transcription app with AI summaries across web, mobile and a Chrome extension.

Meeting recorder and transcription app

Web, Chrome. Meeting notes, Transcription

The cloud

“Notta hosts all its software on Amazon Web Services (AWS), a leading infrastructure provider that provides a reliable, scalable, and secure environment for storing data in the cloud.”

notta.ai
C$10.5 per month, 1 seatFree plan. Checked 28 Sep 2026. Vendor site

Otter.ai

Meeting notetaker that joins or records calls and produces transcripts, summaries and follow ups.

Meeting notetaker

Mac, Windows, iPhone, Android, Web, Chrome, API. Meeting notes, Transcription

The cloud

“Data Storage: Otter uses AWS S3 storage and enables AWS SSE (Server Side Encryption) on data (S3 buckets), as well as for machine data volumes.”

otter.ai
US$8.33 per user per monthFree plan. Checked 28 Sep 2026. Vendor site

Philips SpeechLive

Cloud dictation and transcription workflow for professional teams, with smartphone, browser and voice recorder input plus optional speech recognition and an AI document drafting add-on.

Dictation and transcription for teams

iPhone, Android, Web. Dictation, Transcription

The cloud

“If you are using the desktop or mobile app for our speech recognition service, no audio or text is saved on our servers. The audio and text files simply pass through our servers.”

speechlive.com
$12.90 per user per month, billed annually, excl. tax (US page)$ as shownFree plan not stated. Checked 28 Sep 2026. Vendor site

Rev

AI and human transcription service with a subscription platform aimed at legal and investigative work.

AI and human transcription service

Web, iPhone, API. Transcription, Dictation

The cloud

“We employ TLS 1.2 and 1.3 for data in transit, ensuring secure communication between Rev servers and our customers. For data at rest, we use Amazon's S3 SSE (Server-Side Encryption) with unique keys for all buckets and objects.”

rev.com

“If you order human transcription with Rev, only vetted transcriptionists have access to your files.”

rev.com
US$25.49 per seat per monthFree plan. Checked 28 Sep 2026. Vendor site

Sonix

Automated transcription and translation service with a web editor, pay as you go hours and team plans.

Automated transcription service

Web, API. Transcription

The cloud

“All data is stored at AWS in the USA. Sonix does not use your data to train our models. No one has access unless you provide consent.”

sonix.ai
$10 per hour of audio (pay as you go)$ as shownNo free plan. Checked 28 Sep 2026. Vendor site

Speechnotes

Browser dictation notepad and Chrome extension, plus a pay per minute file transcription service with an API.

Browser dictation notepad

Web, Chrome, Android, API. Dictation, Transcription

The cloud

“We send your audio to Google's & Microsoft's speech recognition engines for the transcription.”

speechnotes.co

“For dictation, the recording & recognition - is delegated to and done by the browser (Chrome / Edge) or operating system (Android). So, we never even have access to the recorded audio, and Edge's / Chrome's / Android's (depending the one you use) privacy policy apply here.”

speechnotes.co
$0 per month (Dictation Free)$ as shownFree plan. Checked 28 Sep 2026. Vendor site

Trint

Transcription and live transcription workspace used mainly by newsrooms and media teams.

Transcription workspace for newsrooms

Web, API. Transcription

The cloud

“Trint uses HTTPS (using TLS 1.2) for secure data upload, export and transfer. Data is encrypted at-rest using AES 256. Physically, Trint uses data centers owned and operated by Amazon Web Services (AWS) in both the EU and US.”

trint.com
$79 per seat per month (Pro, individuals), $948 per seat billed annually$ as shownNo free plan. Checked 28 Sep 2026. Vendor site

Windows voice typing

Voice typing built into Windows, opened with Windows key plus H, that uses Microsoft online speech recognition.

Voice typing built into Windows

Windows. Dictation

The cloud

“With voice typing, you can enter text on your PC by speaking. Voice typing uses online speech recognition, which is powered by Azure Speech services.”

support.microsoft.com
No price publishedFree plan not stated. Checked 28 Sep 2026. Vendor site

Wispr Flow

Dictation app that types cleaned up speech into any app, plus a meeting notetaker on desktop.

Dictation app plus meeting notetaker

Mac, Windows, iPhone, Android. Dictation, Meeting notes

The cloud

“Transcription always occurs on the cloud. This is the best way for us to provide accurate, low latency transcription.”

wisprflow.ai

“Transcription always happens in the cloud to provide the best speed and accuracy.”

wisprflow.ai
$14.4 per user per month$ as shownFree plan. Checked 28 Sep 2026. Vendor site