It stopped working: which permissions should I check?

Open System Settings, then Privacy & Security, and make sure Writhere is enabled under Microphone, Accessibility and Input Monitoring (plus Screen Recording if you transcribe calls). Then relaunch the app: macOS applies some of these only to a fresh start. You can check them anytime from the Autorizzazioni section in the app dashboard.

What are the system requirements?

A Mac with macOS 13 or later. Apple Silicon (M1 or newer) is recommended: everything runs on-device, and the AI features are dramatically faster there. Intel Macs work too, with longer processing times for call transcription and summaries.

Why does it ask for the Microphone?

To hear your voice while you dictate. The audio is processed on your Mac and never leaves it.

Why does it ask for Accessibility?

To type the dictated text straight into your apps and to catch the shortcut in any app. Without it, Writhere would be stuck in its own window.

Why does it ask for Screen Recording?

Only to hear the other side of a call you want transcribed: macOS gates system audio behind this permission. It is optional, nothing is filmed, and no audio ever leaves your Mac.

€49 forever — what's the catch?

There isn't one. The AI runs on your device, so there's no ongoing cost on our side to pass on to you. One payment, yours to keep.

Is my voice really private?

Yes. Everything is processed locally. Your audio and text never leave your machine — there's no server to send them to.

What happens when I switch computers?

Your license covers every device you own. Install Writhere on the new one and you're set — no account, nothing to migrate from the cloud.

Yes — improvements land as free updates, so the app you own keeps getting better at no extra cost.

July 21, 2026

The Best Wispr Flow Alternative If You Want Offline Dictation

Search for a Wispr Flow alternative and offline support is usually the first thing people are actually asking about. Wispr Flow's own Data Controls page states transcription always happens in the cloud — no connection, no dictation. Writhere flips that: the model lives on your Mac, so it works with WiFi off.

Quick answer

Writhere downloads its speech model once, then runs entirely on your Mac's own chip. No connection required to dictate, no per-word round trip to a server, no outage risk. One €49 payment, no subscription.

What "offline" actually requires

Offline dictation isn't a toggle — it's an architecture decision. A cloud app can add a "poor connection" warning, but it can't transcribe without a server unless it was built to run the model locally from day one. Writhere was built local-first: download the app, download the model once, and every dictation after that is processed on-device.

Where this actually matters

— Flights and trains. No WiFi, no problem — dictate the whole flight.
— Spotty home/office WiFi. A dropped connection mid-sentence doesn't lose your work or stall the app.
— Sensitive content. Nothing about what you say has to leave the machine to become text.
— No degraded mode. There's no "fallback to lower quality when offline" — it's the same model, same quality, every time.

The bottom line

If offline is the reason you're looking past Wispr Flow, that's not a workaround Writhere needs — it's the default. €49 once, runs on your Mac, no connection required.