Privacy

What stays local, what can go to cloud

This page explains data flow in plain language so you can decide what workflows are appropriate for your use case.

30-second flow

  1. You trigger dictation with a shortcut.
  2. Warp captures audio only during active dictation.
  3. Audio/text are processed based on your enabled providers and features.
  4. Output is inserted into the focused app field.

Stays local on your Mac

  • Shortcut preferences and local configuration metadata.
  • UI state, window mode, and interaction settings.
  • Temporary in-app context needed for insertion routing.

May be sent to providers

  • Active dictation audio when cloud speech services are enabled.
  • Text transform requests (rewrite/translate/explain) when using connected AI providers.
  • Minimal request metadata required for provider responses.

Feature-level processing notes

Translation and rewrite actions may use external providers depending on your settings. Choose workflows according to your team’s privacy policy.

For security and team controls, see security approach.

If insertion misses a field, use the 30-second recovery flow to retry, preserve text, and report context.