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Legal dictation that respects attorney-client privilege.

Dictate briefs and motions at the speed you think. Record depositions, intake calls, and witness interviews on-device with Meeting Notes. Ask the AI chat about a contract on screen. Audio never leaves your Mac, so privilege actually stays privileged.

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A field guide for lawyers, updated May 4, 2026 by Branden Chong.

In practice

How lawyers use Dollop.

  1. 01.

    Dictate briefs, motions, and memos.

    Hit ⌥ Space, draft the brief out loud, edit at the cursor. Dollop's cleanup adapter keeps legal terminology intact (motion in limine, voir dire, mens rea) and the per-app tone matching keeps Mail formal, Slack casual, Linear terse.

    Heard

    plaintiff's motion in limine to exclude the surveillance footage should be denied because the defense established a proper chain of custody under Rule 901 at the suppression hearing on March twelfth.

  2. 02.

    Record depositions, intake calls, and witness interviews.

    Hit ⌃ R when the deposition or intake call starts. Meeting Notes captures system audio plus your mic, transcribes locally on Apple's Neural Engine, and produces a summary with action items. No Otter cloud upload, no Fireflies bot in the call, no third-party processing of privileged conversations.

  3. 03.

    Ask the AI chat about a contract on screen.

    Open the agreement, hit ⌃ S to summon the chat overlay with screen context, and ask for the indemnification posture, the missing reps, or a plain-English summary of section 7. Reads what's on screen locally; nothing about the document leaves your Mac.

  4. 04.

    Client emails with the right tone.

    Mail wants formal. Messages wants warm. Slack wants tight. Dollop shifts automatically based on where your cursor is, so the same dictation sounds right in each app.

    Heard

    Dear Mr. Patel, thank you for forwarding the lease addendum. I'll review the indemnification clause this afternoon and circulate redlines by end of day Thursday.

What you actually get

Dollop mapped to your work.

Voice dictation (⌥ Space)
Drafting briefs, motions, memos, intake summaries, and client emails by voice in Word, Pages, NetDocuments, iManage, Clio, Filevine.
Meeting Notes (⌃ R)
Recording depositions, intake calls, and witness interviews on-device, no Otter cloud upload, no Fireflies bot in the meeting.
AI chat with screen context (⌃ S)
Asking the chat overlay for the indemnification posture or missing reps in a contract on screen, without sending the document anywhere.
Per-app tone matching
Formal in Mail, terse in Linear, warm in Messages, brief in Slack, all from the same dictation.
Custom legal vocabulary
Add judge names, opposing counsel, case captions, and local court rules so they transcribe verbatim.
On-device by architecture
Privilege stays privileged. No third-party AI vendor in the data path. Verifiable with Little Snitch.
A type specimen

How the cleanup reads.

Real before-and-after dictation on terms specific to lawyers, processed locally on Apple Foundation Models.

Motion drafting (legal vocabulary recognized verbatim)
Heard

uh, plaintiff's motion in limine to exclude the surveillance footage should be denied because, you know, the defense already established a proper chain of custody under rule nine oh one at the suppression hearing back on march twelfth.

Cleaned

Plaintiff's motion in limine to exclude the surveillance footage should be denied because the defense established a proper chain of custody under Rule 901 at the suppression hearing on March 12.

Client email (formal tone in Mail)
Heard

hi mr patel um thanks for sending over the lease addendum, i'll review the indemnification clause this afternoon and uh circulate redlines by, let's say, end of day thursday

Cleaned

Hi Mr. Patel, thank you for forwarding the lease addendum. I'll review the indemnification clause this afternoon and circulate redlines by end of day Thursday.

Why it fits

Why lawyers care about on-device.

Privilege stays privileged.

Cloud dictation routes audio through third-party servers. That introduces a third party to communications that were privileged the moment your client started talking. Dollop processes everything on your Mac, no upload, no third-party AI vendor, no unsigned BAA in the data path.

Free, no per-attorney license.

Dragon Legal is $300+ per attorney per year. Otter and Fireflies bill per minute or per seat. Dollop is free per Mac with no licensing, so you can install it on every device in the firm without a procurement cycle.

A real Dragon NaturallySpeaking alternative on Mac.

Nuance discontinued Dragon for Mac in 2018. Lawyers on Apple hardware have been stitching together Apple Dictation plus a polish step ever since. Dollop is the first tool to combine both into one app, on Apple's own foundation model, with legal vocabulary tuned out of the box.

Names and citations recognized verbatim.

Add your local court rules, judge names, opposing counsel firms, and case captions to the custom vocabulary. Dollop AI learns them on top of Apple Foundation Models. "Aronoff v. Marshall" stays "Aronoff v. Marshall," not "are an off versus marshal."

Asked & answered

Questions, answered.

Is on-device dictation safe for privileged work? +
Yes. Speech recognition runs on Apple's Neural Engine, cleanup runs on Apple Foundation Models on-device, and there is no network call in the dictation path. No third-party AI vendor sees the audio or transcript. Verifiable with Little Snitch or Activity Monitor. Full privacy posture here.
Can Dollop replace Dragon NaturallySpeaking on Mac? +
Nuance discontinued Dragon for Mac in 2018, leaving lawyers on Apple hardware without a serious option. Dollop fills the gap: dictation, custom vocabulary, per-app tone, and Meeting Notes for depositions. The architecture is different (Apple Foundation Models vs Dragon's proprietary acoustic model) but for the lawyer who just wants clean dictation in Word, Pages, or a court filing system, Dollop is the closest current equivalent.
Is Dollop HIPAA compliant for healthcare-adjacent legal work? +
On-device processing removes the most common HIPAA concern (cloud routing of PHI). Dollop processes audio entirely on your Mac with no third-party services. Formal HIPAA certification with signed BAAs is on the roadmap; for healthcare-adjacent legal work today, the on-device architecture is the right starting point.
Can I record depositions and interviews? +
Yes, that is what Meeting Notes does. Hit ⌃ R; Dollop captures system audio (Zoom depositions, video calls) plus your mic (in-person interviews), transcribes locally, and outputs a summary with action items. Recording laws vary by state (one-party vs two-party consent); Dollop gives you the tool, you handle the consent.
Can it dictate into Microsoft Word, Pages, and document management systems? +
Yes, system-wide. Dollop pastes clean text at your cursor in any app, Word, Pages, NetDocuments, iManage, Clio, Filevine, your browser. There is no per-app integration to set up.
How does it compare to Otter and Fireflies for legal work? +
Otter and Fireflies upload audio to a server for cloud transcription, and most train models on user data unless you opt out. For privileged client conversations, that is a non-starter. Dollop's Meeting Notes runs entirely on-device on Apple's Neural Engine and Foundation Models.
Can I add legal vocabulary, judge names, and case captions? +
Yes. The Custom Vocabulary panel takes any term you want recognized verbatim. Dollop's adapter learns them on top of Apple Foundation Models without retraining anything cloud-side.
Hardware requirements? +
Apple Silicon (M1 or later) on macOS 26 with Apple Intelligence enabled. Most firm-issued Macs from the last few cycles qualify.

You bill in six-minute increments. Your dictation tool, your meeting notes, your email replies should keep up, and your privilege should stay intact. Download Dollop and dictate the next motion before your coffee cools.

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