Security & privacy.
Dictivo is a paid desktop product. Trust is part of what you're paying for, so this page lists exactly what runs locally, what crosses the network, and how installs and updates are protected.
Your voice stays on your device.
Dictation runs against an on-device speech engine. Dictivo processes the microphone audio locally, transcribes it on the same machine, and never uploads it to a Dictivo server or a third-party transcription service.
- No audio leaves the device during normal dictation.
- Transcripts never upload for storage, analytics, or model training.
- Local history and dictionary files live in your profile directory; you can delete them at any time.
What actually crosses the network.
A desktop product does need a small amount of network access. Dictivo limits that to the minimum a paid install requires.
- Update checks — periodic requests to
downloads.dictivo.appfor the current release manifest. - License activation — a one-time request binds your license to the device, then a signed entitlement renews on a long interval.
- Crash reports — only when you opt in. Off by default; toggleable from settings.
That is the complete list. Dictivo never calls third-party analytics, ad networks, or remote logging services from inside the app.
Signed builds, single canonical host.
Every release is signed before it leaves the build pipeline and serves from a single canonical host, so you can verify the installer you got is the installer we shipped.
- macOS DMG — signed with a Developer ID certificate and notarized by Apple.
- Windows EXE and MSI — Authenticode-signed installers.
- Canonical download host —
downloads.dictivo.app(Cloudflare R2). - Machine-readable manifest —
/downloads.jsonon dictivo.app.
Updates verify themselves before they install.
Dictivo's updater pulls release metadata from the canonical host and verifies the installer signature before replacing the running build. It rejects any tampered or unsigned package.
Tell us before you tell the internet.
If you think you've found a security issue in Dictivo, the desktop installers, or anything on dictivo.app, please email [email protected] with reproduction steps. We aim to acknowledge within two business days and to ship a fix or mitigation as quickly as the severity warrants.
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