Privacy - Pipit

Pipit turns your speech into text on your Mac. Your audio never leaves your Mac. Some features you choose send text to a service, and this page says which.

What goes where

Feature	What it uses	Leaves your Mac?
Dictation	Your voice	No. Speech is turned into text on your Mac.
Voice model download	Nothing about you	Pipit downloads the voice model once, and Improve name recognition downloads a small helper. Nothing you say or type is sent.
AI cleanup with ChatGPT	Your dictated text, plus context: the app and window you’re in, text around your cursor, your dictionary words (including ones Pipit learned), and names read from your screen when Read names on screen is on	Yes, to OpenAI, through your ChatGPT account. Only when AI cleanup is on.
AI cleanup with OpenRouter	The same as above	Yes, to OpenRouter and the AI company whose model it runs. Only when AI cleanup is on.
AI cleanup with Your own server	The same as above	Yes, to the server at the URL you entered. If that server runs on your Mac, such as Ollama or LM Studio, nothing leaves your Mac.
Draft	What you say, any text you selected, and the text visible on screen	Yes, to the AI provider you picked. Screenshots are not sent.
Read names on screen and Use on-device OCR	Text and names on screen. OCR also uses screenshots.	No, except that names go with your text to your AI provider when AI cleanup is on. Screenshots never leave your Mac.
Clipboard history	What you copy	No.
Transcription history	The text of your dictations	No. Audio is not saved.
Transcripts	The audio and video files you add	No. Files are transcribed on your Mac. AI Summary sends the transcript’s text to your AI provider.
Voice commands	What you say after the command	Web searches and AI chats open in your browser, so the words go to the site you named. “Paste clipboard” never sends your clipboard to AI.
Sync across Macs and signing in	Your email and name, your dictionary, and your Pipit settings, such as writing styles, custom instructions, and shortcuts	Yes, to Pipit’s servers, only while you’re signed in. API keys, history, and audio are not synced.
Send Feedback	Your message, your email if you add it, your Pipit and macOS versions, and your voice model. Bug reports also say whether Microphone and Accessibility are on.	Yes, to the Pipit team, only when you send it.
Anonymous usage data	Events such as whether setup finished, and crash reports	Yes, to Pipit. Private data like your transcriptions is never sent.

API keys stay in your Keychain

The API key you enter for OpenRouter or your own server is kept in your Mac’s Keychain. So is your ChatGPT sign-in. Pipit sends a key only to the service it belongs to, and never syncs it.

Signing in is optional

Pipit works fully offline, with no account needed. Signing in only adds Sync across Macs, which backs up your dictionary and settings. You can skip it during setup and sign in later: click the bird at the top of Pipit’s window, or Sign In under Dictionary > Settings.

Reading your screen

Pipit doesn’t read password or sign-in screens. Screenshots used by Use on-device OCR are processed on your Mac and never uploaded. Words read from your screen can go to your AI provider with your text when AI cleanup or Draft is on. OCR needs the Screen Recording permission. See Permissions.

Usage data

Pipit collects anonymous usage data, such as whether setup finished, and crash reports. Private data like your transcriptions is never sent, and your audio never leaves your Mac. For the full details, read the privacy policy.