[stingraycharles]

Where did you get from that the voice input is sent to Apple / the cloud?

As far as I understand Apple’s voice model runs locally for most languages.

Siri commands can be used for training, but is also executed locally and sent to Apple separately (and this can be disabled).

[angristan]

I couldn't believe it either but when you enable it the settings of macOS you get this popup:

> When you dictate text, information like your voice input and contact names are sent to Apple to help your Mac recognize what you’re saying.

[wat10000]

Elsewhere it says:

"When you use Dictation, your device will indicate in Keyboard Settings if your audio and transcripts are processed on your device and not sent to Apple servers. Otherwise, the things you dictate are sent to and processed on the server, but will not be stored unless you opt in to Improve Siri and Dictation."

And:

"Dictation processes many voice inputs on your Mac. Information will be sent to Apple in some cases."

In conclusion... I think they're trying to cover all their bases, but it sounds like things are processed locally as long as the hardware can handle it.