Help & support.
Direct answers about recording, transcription, and what leaves your device.
Three steps.
setup · keys · useRecord.
Start a recording from the menu bar (or the iOS app). Microphone permission is asked for on first use.
Transcribe.
Verbatim transcription runs on-device with Apple Speech — no key needed, nothing leaves your machine.
Refine.
Optional AI cleanups and summaries use a provider you connect with your own key, or a local Ollama server.
Your keys, your device.
byok · privacy · pricingNo. Recording and verbatim on-device transcription work with no key and no network. A key (or a local Ollama server) is only needed for optional AI refinements, billed by that provider directly to you.
Nothing, unless you run an AI refinement — then the transcript text goes straight from your device to the provider you connected, under your key. Silo Systems runs no server and receives no copy.
In the system Keychain, in app-scoped items. Never in preferences, files, or logs, and never transmitted to Silo Systems.
OpenAI, Anthropic, OpenRouter, Google Gemini, xAI, GitHub Models, or an Ollama server at 127.0.0.1. You pay the provider directly; OhmsVoice adds no markup.
A one-time purchase at $29.99 covering Mac, iPhone, and iPad. No subscription, no account.