Resonant — Voice for legal professionals
Case notes, briefs, client communications, time entries — dictated naturally, transcribed on your Mac. No audio transmitted. No server involved. Attorney-client privilege preserved by architecture, not policy.
Speak the way you think through a case. Resonant transcribes locally, cleans up the output, and delivers structured text wherever you need it. Private. Instant. Yours.
The liability
Every cloud dictation tool works the same way: your audio is transmitted to an external server, processed, and returned as text. That means every word you dictate — case strategy, witness assessments, settlement figures, client admissions — passes through infrastructure you do not control.
Attorney-client privilege depends on reasonable steps to maintain confidentiality. Routing privileged information through third-party servers introduces risk that is difficult to justify and impossible to fully audit.
Resonant eliminates the vector entirely. Transcription happens on your Mac using a local model. No audio is transmitted. No content is stored on any server. The risk does not exist because the data never leaves.
Compliance by architecture
HIPAA, privilege rules, and data protection regulations all share a common thread: minimize the systems that touch sensitive data. Resonant's architecture means your dictation content touches exactly one system — your Mac.
Audio is transcribed by a local model running on your Mac. No audio data is transmitted to any server, ever.
All transcriptions and recordings are stored in encrypted files on your machine. You control the data lifecycle.
Resonant collects zero information about what you dictate. No words, no topics, no metadata about your content.
Full functionality without an internet connection. Airport, courthouse, client site — it works everywhere your Mac goes.
No third-party data processors handling your content means no subprocessor agreements, no BAAs with dictation vendors, no additional attack surface.
Run a network monitor. Check the traffic. The claim is architecturally verifiable — not a policy promise you have to take on faith.
Where it fits
Dictate observations, witness impressions, and strategy immediately after a hearing or client meeting. Capture the details that fade within hours — tone, hesitation, contradictions — while they are still sharp.
Talk through the argument before you write it. The oral version is always more persuasive than the first typed draft. Dictate the structure, the key authorities, the narrative arc. Edit from strength.
Status updates, engagement letters, settlement recommendations. Speak the way you would explain it in person — direct, clear, with the right level of nuance. Resonant delivers polished text ready to send.
Walk out of the room and dictate what matters: admissions, inconsistencies, areas to probe in cross. Build a working summary in minutes, not the hour it takes to type one after a long day.
Flag issues as you read. Dictate redline notes, risk assessments, and negotiation points without switching between the document and your notes. Your hands stay on the pages.
Six-minute increments demand real-time capture. Dictate entries between tasks — while the work is fresh. Detailed descriptions, accurate allocations, no end-of-day reconstruction.
What happens
Post-deposition case note, dictated walking to the parking garage
“ok so the deposition went better than expected, their expert basically conceded that the timeline doesn't support the negligence theory, he said the inspection was done quote in accordance with standard practice which contradicts the plaintiff's amended complaint, I want to pull that transcript section for the summary judgment motion, also the damages witness was shaky on the lost revenue numbers, couldn't reconcile the two different figures from the interrogatories, we should subpoena the underlying financials before the discovery cutoff on the 15th”
Deposition Summary — Case Note
Key admission: Defense expert conceded inspection was conducted “in accordance with standard practice” — directly contradicts plaintiff's amended complaint on the negligence theory. Pull transcript section for summary judgment motion.
Damages weakness: Plaintiff's lost revenue witness could not reconcile two different figures from interrogatory responses.
Action item: Subpoena underlying financial records before discovery cutoff (15th).
Dictated in 35 seconds. Structured with parties, key admissions, and action items. On-device — no privileged content on any server.
Meeting recording
No bot joins the call. No third-party service processes your audio. Resonant records directly on your Mac — capturing system audio and microphone input together.
Speaker labels distinguish participants. Full transcripts are searchable. Key moments can be flagged and annotated. Everything stays on your device.
For depositions, client intake calls, expert consultations, and witness preparation sessions — a local recording that never touches a server is the only kind that preserves privilege without question.
Cloud recording tools
Bot joins your privileged call
Audio transmitted to external servers
Transcript stored on vendor infrastructure
Subprocessor agreements required
Privilege risk on every recording
Resonant
No bot. No server. No vendor.
Records system audio directly on your Mac
Speaker labels and full transcript
Searchable across all recordings
Encrypted local storage you control
Privacy architecture
Privacy policies are promises. They can change. They can be breached. They rely on trust in a vendor's operational discipline and legal commitments.
Resonant's privacy is architectural. Audio is processed by a model running locally on your Mac. No network request is made during transcription. No audio buffer is transmitted. The data path between your microphone and the finished text never leaves your machine.
This is not a claim you need to take on faith. Run a packet capture during dictation. Monitor outbound traffic. The absence of transmission is verifiable by anyone with basic network tools.
For legal professionals handling privileged material, health records, trade secrets, and confidential business information — verifiable local processing is not a feature. It is a requirement.
Free. Private. On your Mac.
Dictate case notes, briefs, and client communications with the confidence that nothing leaves your device. Ever.
Requires macOS 14+ · Apple Silicon