Dictivo documentation
Reference facts about the Dictivo desktop app, written by the Dictivo team. They describe how the app works, not how it compares with other apps; the guides and comparison pages do that.
Applies to: Dictivo 0.3.57 on macOS (Apple Silicon and Intel) and Windows x64. Read from the app's source and the published app by the Dictivo team on 10 November 2026.
Short answer
These pages answer practical questions about Dictivo: system requirements, install and uninstall, macOS permissions, local models and languages, offline behavior, network connections, license and devices, and updates and renewal. Each fact comes from the app's source at the stated version or from a page this site already publishes. Each page says which version it applies to and when the facts were read.
Pages
- System requirements — What Dictivo needs on a Mac and on Windows x64, and how it picks a model for your hardware.
- Install and uninstall — How to install Dictivo from the disk image, with Homebrew, or from the Windows EXE or MSI, and how to remove it.
- macOS permissions — The three macOS permissions Dictivo asks for, what each one does, and what happens without it.
- Models and languages — The seven local speech models, their download sizes, which one is free, and the 11 dictation languages.
- Offline behavior — What works with no network after the first model download, and which actions need one.
- Network connections — Every server the app can contact, when it connects, what it sends, and what happens if you block it.
- License and devices — What one Local license covers, how activation works without an account, and how to move the license to another device.
- Updates and renewal — How Dictivo checks for and installs updates, and what changes when the 12 included months end.