Doctors
Patient notes without the cloud
Clinical notes are some of the most sensitive text anyone writes, yet most modern dictation apps send your audio to cloud servers to transcribe it. Quiet Dictation does the recognition on your own computer. Patient audio is never uploaded, it works offline behind hospital firewalls and on bad clinic Wi-Fi, and your dictation history stays on your machine, encrypted. Hold a hotkey, speak, release, and the note appears in your records system.
Patient audio stays on your machine
Recognition happens on your laptop, not on a server. There is no third party storing recordings of patient encounters, and nothing to breach.
Works behind firewalls and offline
Hospital networks, clinic Wi-Fi, rural practices with unreliable connections. After a one-time setup, Quiet Dictation needs no internet apart from an occasional licence check.
Learns your terminology and names
Drug names, procedures, colleague and patient names. The personal dictionary learns from your corrections, so the terms you use daily come out right.
Faster than the evening catch-up
Dictate the note straight after the consult, in the time it would take to find the keyboard shortcut for your records system. Notes done between patients, not after hours.
The problem with cloud dictation in healthcare
Apps like Wispr Flow and Aqua Voice transcribe speech on their own servers. For patient information, that introduces a third party into the chain: their retention policy, their subprocessors, their breach risk. Many practices and hospital groups simply cannot accept that, and many clinicians do not want it even where it is allowed.
Quiet Dictation takes the cloud out of the picture. There is no cloud mode. The audio is processed on your computer, the text lands in your records system or document, and the local dictation history is encrypted. You can switch history off or delete it whenever you like.
Fits the way clinics actually run
- One hotkey works in any app: your records system, email, referral letters, reports.
- Double-tap for hands-free dictation during long notes.
- Clean, punctuated text, so notes need a quick read rather than a rewrite.
- Record and transcribe meetings and case discussions locally.
What it costs
Every plan starts with a 14-day free trial, no credit card needed. After that it is $5 a month, $39 a year, or a $79 lifetime deal at launch. Because there are no servers transcribing your voice, the price stays low.
If your organisation has specific compliance requirements, check with your compliance officer. The plain facts: patient audio never leaves your computer, and nothing you dictate is stored in the cloud.
Common questions
Does patient audio leave my computer?+
No. Speech recognition runs on your machine. The only network traffic is an occasional licence check, which sends nothing you have said or typed.
Does it work with my records system?+
Yes. Quiet Dictation types wherever your cursor is, in any application, including browser-based records systems.
Does it work without internet?+
Yes. After a one-time setup download it works fully offline, apart from an occasional licence check.
Can it handle medical terminology?+
Yes. The personal dictionary learns from your corrections, and you can add drug names, procedures and names manually so they are always spelled your way.
Try Quiet Dictation free for 14 days
No credit card needed. Your voice never leaves your computer.
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