Dictation your NDA and your IT department can live with
Client confidentiality clauses and IT policies often rule out cloud dictation. ScrinkleScribe transcribes on your own computer, has no account, and sends no telemetry.
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Where it fits in your day
Client deliverables
Talk through findings and recommendations in Word, Google Docs or Notion, then tighten them with voice edits.
Slack, Teams and email
Reply in your own voice wherever the cursor is. Writing style adapts to chat or email automatically.
Code comments and docs
Works in VS Code and other editors. Add project names and jargon to the custom dictionary.
The questions you should ask any dictation tool
- Where does my audio go?
- Nowhere. It is transcribed by a Whisper model on your own computer, on Windows and Mac, in every configuration, and then discarded. The only recording kept is the latest one (and very short clips) while history is on; set history retention to 0 and none are kept.
- Does my text ever leave the machine?
- Not by default. Cleanup runs on a local AI model. There is an optional online cleanup engine that sends dictated text to a provider you choose with your own API key; it is off by default and asks before the first use. If you never switch it on, your text stays local.
- What does the app send over the internet at all?
- Three things, all listed in the privacy policy. A license check with Polar when the app starts (the key and an activation id; your computer's name is sent once, when you activate). One-time downloads during setup. And, only if you switch it on, the optional online cleanup engine, which sends dictated text to the provider you choose. Never audio. No analytics, telemetry or crash reports.
- Is there an account or a server holding my data?
- No account, no sign-in, and no server of ours. History stays in a file on your computer for 30 days by default, and one menu item deletes it.
- What would my IT team need to know?
- The privacy policy lists every network request. By default: license activation, start-up validation and deactivation calls to Polar's API (key, activation id, and the computer's name at activation), and one-time setup downloads from GitHub, PyPI and Hugging Face. The optional online cleanup engine is the only path that sends text to a third party; it is off by default, needs the user's own API key and asks before first use. The app is Python and ships readable, so it can be inspected.
ScrinkleScribe makes no compliance certification claims. Whether a tool fits your professional obligations is your call; the privacy policy lists every network request the app makes so you can decide with the facts.
Try it on your own work
14 days free, the full app, no card. Then $89 once, with a 14-day money-back promise.
Hear on launch day: hello@scrinklescribe.com