Voicetypr is a private, offline-by-default voice dictation app for Mac and Windows. Hold a hotkey, speak, and the text lands in whatever field you are working in. In local mode, transcription runs entirely on your device — so your voice never travels to a server, whether you are dictating in English or in French. North America is Voicetypr's home market, and Canada's bilingual reality is built into the local models from the start.
Privacy in Canada
Canada is governed federally by PIPEDA, and Québec adds Law 25 (formerly Bill 64), one of the strictest privacy regimes in North America, now in full force with named privacy officers, mandatory privacy-impact assessments, and real penalty exposure. Voicetypr's local-first architecture answers that cleanly: in local mode your audio is transcribed on your own machine, we store nothing on our servers, and no recording is shipped to a cloud transcription service. Because the country is bilingual, the local models transcribe both English and Québec French on-device — no cloud round-trip for either. This is architecture, not a certificate — you remain the controller of your own data, and Voicetypr is designed to help you meet your PIPEDA and Law 25 expectations.
Governing law
Personal data in Canada is governed by PIPEDA (the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act) federally, and in Québec the stricter Law 25 (formerly Bill 64). Voicetypr's local-first architecture is designed to help you meet those expectations — you remain responsible as the data controller.
Regulator
Oversight comes from the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC), and in Québec the Commission d'accès à l'information (CAI). Because core dictation keeps your audio on your device, you cut down the data-transfer surface they scrutinise most.
Language support
Whisper is multilingual, so the local models handle the languages people actually work in across Canada — no cloud round-trip required for core dictation.
Why it fits
FAQ
Compliance is a property of your full processing setup, so no tool can certify it for you. What Voicetypr offers is helpful architecture: in local mode, transcription runs on your device, your voice never leaves your machine, and we store nothing on our servers. By keeping your audio off any cloud, Voicetypr is designed to help you meet your PIPEDA and Law 25 obligations, while you remain the controller responsible for compliance.
Yes. The local models are multilingual and transcribe both English and French on your own Mac or Windows machine, so you can dictate in either language — or switch between them — without a cloud round-trip. Optional AI text formatting can tidy punctuation and casing, and that step sends only text, using your own AI provider and key.
Yes. Core dictation needs no internet at all — the local Whisper and Parakeet models run entirely on your device, so you can dictate on a flight, on a train, or in a remote area with patchy coverage. Nothing is uploaded, and nothing waits on a signal.
Federally, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) oversees PIPEDA, and in Québec the Commission d'accès à l'information (CAI) enforces Law 25. Because Voicetypr's core dictation keeps your voice on your device, you reduce the data-transfer surface those regulators scrutinise most — though you remain responsible for how you handle any personal data you produce.
Related guides
Compare the broader voice typing guide, the zero-knowledge architecture, and the offline-first roundup.
broader workflow
The general pay-once dictation story before narrowing to a single country's privacy context.
privacy architecture
How local-first dictation keeps your voice on your device and off our servers.
offline-first
A roundup for buyers who mainly care that transcription runs locally, no cloud required.
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