Dictate memos, letters, and intake notes straight into Word or your practice tools, with the speech turned to text on your own machine. No cloud service in the middle, no per-seat annual subscription.
Runs on your Windows PC. Your dictation stays on a device you control.
Dragon Legal became a yearly subscription, and the cloud notetakers are convenient right up until you think about what you just said out loud. Dictating the facts of a client matter into someone else's servers is a quiet exposure most attorneys would rather not have, especially with confidentiality guidance like ABA Formal Opinion 512 putting these tools squarely on the profession's radar.
This does the same job in the other direction. The speech model runs on your computer, so your words become text without ever leaving the machine. You keep the speed of dictation and lose the third party.
| Dragon / cloud dictation | This, on your PC | |
|---|---|---|
| Where your words go | Vendor servers or license cloud | Never leave your computer |
| Cost | Annual per-seat subscription | One-time setup, then yours |
| Types into Word / your tools | Yes | Yes |
| Legal vocabulary tuning | Yes | Yes, in the $497 setup |
| Who holds the audio | The vendor | You |
Honest caveat: this is a private dictation tool, not a compliance product, and it is not sold with a certification. The benefit is simply that nothing is uploaded. You remain responsible for your files and your professional obligations, the same as always.
Want to see it work on your own machine first? Grab 15 minutes before you spend anything.
Yes. It transcribes continuously as you speak and types into whatever has your cursor. On a short call I can show it working live with the wifi off, so you can see nothing goes anywhere.
We do not sell it as a compliance product and you should not lean on a certification. What is true is that nothing is uploaded, which keeps your words on your own device. Your professional obligations stay yours.
A Windows 10 or 11 computer. The $97 setup gets everything installed and tuned for you remotely.
Purpose Built AI, a systems engineer's practice in Layton, Utah that rebuilds subscription software as private, on-device tools. Google "Purpose Built AI" to see the rest.
Built on Flow Local. Also for firms: private notes for therapists and Meet Local.