PrecisLast updated 2 October 2026
Privacy
Precis turns what you say into text on your Mac. Your voice and what you dictate never leave it. This page lists everything that does, in the app and on this website.
In the app
What stays on your Mac
- Your voice. Precis records only while you hold the shortcut, or after you tap it for hands-free. It transcribes the recording on your Mac and deletes the audio as soon as the text is typed.
- What you dictate. With History on (it's on unless you turn it off), the text of each dictation is kept on your Mac with the time and the name of the app you dictated into, so you can search it and see your Insights. You can turn History off or clear it in Settings › Privacy & Data.
- Styles. Rewording for an email or a prompt is done by Apple Intelligence's on-device model.
- Your Dictionary, Snippets, Styles and settings.
- Your free trial. It's counted on your Mac. Nothing is sent to start it.
All of this lives in your user Library, in ~/Library/Application Support/Precis and Precis's preferences file. Deleting the app and that folder removes it. Precis has no account, no analytics, no advertising and no crash reporting.
What Precis reads while you dictate
To type where your cursor is and to pick the right Style, Precis uses the macOS Accessibility permission to see which app you're in, the title of the browser tab you're in, and the character just before your cursor (to know whether a space is needed).
With Spell names from the screen on (Settings › Dictation), Precis also reads the names in front of you while you dictate, such as an email's recipients or a chat's title, so “Hi Jane” isn't typed as “Hygiene”.
All of this is used on the spot for that one dictation and never kept, except the app's name, which is saved with the dictation while History is on.
You can take back the Microphone and Accessibility permissions at any time in System Settings › Privacy & Security.
When Precis goes online
Only for these four things:
| What | Who receives it | What they receive | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| Speech engine | Hugging Face, which hosts the Parakeet and Whisper models | A request for the model files, with your IP address | Once per engine, when it's installed |
| Licence | Dodo Payments | Your licence key and your Mac's name (like “Alex's MacBook Air”), so you can tell your activations apart | When you activate, about every two weeks to confirm, and when you deactivate |
| Updates | This website | A request for the list of updates, with your IP address and your Precis version | About once a day (you can turn it off in Settings › About), and when you install an update |
| Feedback | Only me, and only if you send it | Send Feedback opens a new email in your own mail app, with your Precis and macOS versions filled in. Nothing goes until you press Send. | When you choose |
On this website
- The site is served by Cloudflare, which handles your IP address to deliver the pages and protect the site.
- There are no analytics, no cookies and no tracking scripts. The typefaces are served from this site, not from a font service.
- Use my mic on the home page is off until you turn it on. Then your browser reads only how loud your voice is, to move the lines, inside the page. Nothing is recorded or sent.
- In Chrome, Edge and Arc, the page asks your browser whether your Mac has Apple silicon and which macOS it runs, to tell you whether Precis will work. The answer stays in your browser.
- Send to my Mac uses your device's share sheet or copies the link. Nothing comes to me.
Buying Precis
Purchases are handled by Dodo Payments, the reseller and Merchant of Record for Precis. They collect your payment details, name, email address and country to process the order, charge any tax, and send your receipt and licence key, under their privacy policy. I receive your name, email address, country and what you bought, so I can support your licence and answer your emails. I don't sell or share it.
Your choices
- Delete what you've dictated: Settings › Privacy & Data › Clear History, or turn History off.
- Stop the daily update check: Settings › About.
- Ask what I hold about you, or ask me to correct or delete it: email me (below). I'll reply within 30 days.
Precis isn't meant for children under 13.
Changes
If this policy changes, the date at the top changes too, and a significant change is mentioned in the release notes of the update that brings it.
Contact
Precis is made by Nithish Govindasamy, an independent developer in India. Email nithishgovindasamy4@gmail.com.