Does Aqua Voice process transcriptions locally or in the cloud?

Processing occurs online. Aqua Voice uses network resources to interpret and transcribe, not local on-device processing. You can enable Privacy Mode to indicate that your transcription data shouldn’t be stored or used for product improvement, and you can choose “avoid clipboard history” in Settings.

Aqua Voice

Fast Voice Input for Mac and Windows

5.0•13 reviews•

610 followers

Fast Voice Input for Mac and Windows

5.0•13 reviews•

610 followers

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Aqua Voice was awarded the Readability Award for AI Dictation Apps in Winter 2025

Aqua is fast AI dictation that lets you talk into any text field -- Cursor, Gmail, Slack, even your terminal. It starts up in under 50ms, inserts text in about a second (sometimes as fast as 450ms), and has state-of-the-art accuracy.

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Q: Does Aqua Voice process transcriptions locally or in the cloud?
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Processing occurs online. Aqua Voice uses network resources to interpret and transcribe, not local on-device processing. You can enable Privacy Mode to indicate that your transcription data shouldn’t be stored or used for product improvement, and you can choose “avoid clipboard history” in Settings.
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Aqua Voice vs Wispr Flow

I'm a big fan of voice dictation apps. In fact, I'm using one right now to write this very post (you'll have to wait till the end to see which one I'm using )

The two main products I've used in this space are @Aqua Voice and @Wispr Flow. From talking to others, these are the two that I typically hear people mention using. In general, I hear a lot more people talk about using Wispr Flow.

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5.0

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Aqua Voice earns consistent praise for speed, accuracy, and reliability across daily workflows—from coding and long-form writing to email and accessibility needs. Reviewers highlight near-instant startup, smooth app integration, and strong customization like instructions and dictionaries. Several users prefer it over Wispr Flow and Superwhisper, citing faster performance, better value, and notably more responsive support. Requested improvements include clearer prompts/guidance, an edit option alongside copy, and broader platform coverage (Linux and iOS). Overall, users report meaningful productivity gains and a calmer, more fluid writing experience.

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Pros

fast performance (9)

voice to text (9)

high accuracy (8)

dictionary customization (6)

easy to use (5)

app integration (4)

customizable behavior (3)

streaming mode (3)

customer service (2)

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What's great

easy to use (5)fast performance (9)customer service (2)high accuracy (8)voice to text (9)dictionary customization (6)streaming mode (3)customizable behavior (3)lower cost than competitors (1)

I am a very long-time user of Dragon Dictate as well as other voice-to-text options, and I have to tell you that Aqua is the best voice-to-text solution I've ever had the pleasure of using. As someone with a disability, it's imperative that I have something that works well predictably and at a reasonable cost because it's something that I'm going to be spending a lot of time with.

Aqua ticks all the boxes.

On top of that, the vocabulary that I use can sometimes be very specialized, but Aqua allows words to be added to its dictionary and does an excellent job of rendering them in place.

I have not hesitated to recommend Aqua to anybody that I know.

What needs improvement

Being an online tool, it requires network access on the back end to really do its job in its model.

It would be nice if more of that power could be allocated locally for situations in which network access is inconvenient or impossible.

vs Alternatives

Nuance Communications

Dragon Dictate, while an entirely local application, is extremely explicit in order to get it to work well. You really must dictate your punctuation in order for it to do a good job. While that is only a light impediment, it is an impediment.

In addition, it is only occasionally updated, and when it is, you are paying hundreds of dollars for a new version of the application.

In terms of development cycle, it's stable, but not particularly improving. Aqua Voice, on the other hand, is very much in a state of continual improvement, and the creators are extremely responsive.

While the buy-in for Aqua is on a monthly basis, the development that you get for it and the access that it provides is easily worth the $10 a month.

Does it handle code dictation in terminals and editors?

It handles voice dictation in pretty much every application I've tried in Windows 10, from browsers to terminals to editors.

Can I control capitalization, numbers, and symbols by voice?

Yes, you can. And it's very good at making those changes after the fact if you realize that you have entered something incorrectly in streaming mode.

What data is stored, and can I opt out?

You do have the option in settings to "avoid clipboard history" in the settings, but this is an online tool which uses network resources to do the interpretation, so take that into account. Privacy mode can also be set in order to indicate that you don't want transcription data to be stored or used to improve the product. But again, it's worth keeping in mind the processing does not occur locally on your machine.

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