| Permission | Needed for | When it's asked for |
|---|---|---|
| Microphone Required | Dictation, the AI Assistant and meeting notes; Recognize Song, and your voice in a screen recording, when you ask | In the welcome tour |
| Accessibility Required | Every shortcut and typing into your app; on the notch, Lock Keyboard and Clean Screen, typing in Calculator and Emoji, pasting clips, the volume and brightness keys, and other apps' notifications | In the welcome tour |
| Paste from Other Apps Recommended, macOS 27 only | Putting your clipboard back after Dictera pastes what you said, and Clipboard History | In the welcome tour, on macOS 27 |
| System Audio Optional | The AI Assistant and meeting notes hearing the other people on a call; a screen recording with the sound playing on the Mac | In the welcome tour, or the first time the AI Assistant listens |
| Screen Recording Optional | Screenshots and screen recordings from the notch, and showing the AI Assistant your screen | In the welcome tour, or your first screenshot, recording or screen capture |
| Calendar Optional, read-only | Up Next, the countdown to your next meeting, and linking recordings to the meetings they belong to | In the welcome tour, or Settings ▸ Calendar |
| Notifications Optional | A banner when a timer ends while you're away | In the welcome tour, or the first time you start a timer |
| Location Only when needed | The weather where you are. Typing a town instead needs no permission | Only when you choose Use My Location, on the weather card or in Settings ▸ Notch |
| Camera Only when needed | Camera Mirror in the notch. The picture stays on this Mac: nothing is recorded or sent | The first time you open Camera Mirror |
| Reminders Only when needed | Reminders in the notch: its page, its widget, the card when one is due, and Add a Reminder. Your reminders stay in the Reminders app | When you click Connect to Reminders, on its page in the notch or in Settings ▸ Notch ▸ Reminders |
| Automation (Music) Only when needed | What's playing in Music, and its controls, in the notch | When you click Connect to Music |
| Files & Folders Only when needed | Saving screenshots and recordings to the Desktop or Documents, the Downloads page and any folder you add to it or to Wallpaper, and a project folder for Claude Code | The first time Dictera saves into one of those folders, when you turn on Downloads, or when you add a protected folder |
| Local Network Only when needed | An AI server on another computer on your network, such as Ollama or LM Studio | The first time Dictera connects to one |
Reference
Permissions
Dictera never asks for Input Monitoring. Change any of these in System Settings ▸ Privacy & Security.