Privacy Policy Speech to text
Privacy Policy for Speech to text — Effective Date: 2026-09-25
Speech to text turns what you say into written notes. Doing that means sending your recording to a third-party AI service, so this policy sets out plainly what is sent, who receives it, what it is used for, and what never leaves your device.
1. Who we are
Speech to text is published by Techlara. We can be reached at [email protected]. We hold no user accounts — there is nothing to sign up for and no profile to create. We do run one small server, which relays requests to OpenAI and keeps track of token balances (see sections 2 and 5).
2. What the app collects, and how
Voice recordings. When you tap the record button, the app records audio through your device’s microphone. When you stop, that recording is uploaded through our server to OpenAI so it can be turned into text (see section 4). Our server holds it in memory only for as long as that request takes and never writes it to disk or logs. The audio file is deleted from your device as soon as the transcription comes back or the attempt fails.
The text of your notes. Transcriptions are saved on your device. When you use the Chat feature, your question and the text of your saved notes are sent together, through our server, to OpenAI so the answer can be grounded in your own notes. When you record into a module, the transcript is sent a second time so it can be sorted into that module’s fields. Our server passes this text on without storing or logging it.
A random install ID, and nothing that identifies you. On first launch the app registers with our server and receives a random ID. It is created by the app, is not derived from any hardware or advertising identifier, and is used for one thing: knowing which token balance a request draws on. The app does not ask for and does not transmit your name, email address, phone number, contacts, photos, location, or advertising identifier. Nothing sent to OpenAI carries the install ID or any identity.
No analytics, no advertising, no tracking. The app contains no analytics SDK, no advertising SDK, and no tracking technology of any kind. We do not build a profile of you and we do not share data with data brokers.
Stored on your device only. Your transcriptions and your modules are stored in your device’s local storage. They are not uploaded anywhere except as described above, for the request you make. Deleting the app deletes them.
Stored on our server. Under your install ID, our server stores your token balance, the store transactions that credited it (product, transaction ID, date, and the transaction details Apple or Google return), a log of how many tokens each transcription or chat used and when, and a one-way hash of the IP address the ID was registered from, used only to limit repeated sign-ups. It stores no audio and no note text.
3. What the data is used for
Voice recordings are used for exactly one purpose: producing the text of what you said. Note text is used for exactly one purpose: answering the question you asked about your own notes, or filling in the module fields you defined. That is the complete list. The data is not used for advertising, marketing, analytics, profiling, personalisation, or model training — not by us, and, per section 4, not by OpenAI.
4. The third-party AI service
Transcription and chat are performed by OpenAI, L.L.C. (San Francisco, California, USA), through the OpenAI API. Your recording and note text travel over encrypted (HTTPS/TLS) connections from your device to our server and from our server to OpenAI’s servers, are processed there, and the result is returned to your device the same way.
OpenAI acts as our data processor. Under the OpenAI API data policies that govern this transmission:
- Content submitted through the API is not used to train or improve OpenAI’s models, unless the account holder explicitly opts in to share it. We have not opted in.
- Abuse-monitoring logs are retained for up to 30 days and then deleted, unless a longer period is required by law or is reasonably necessary to protect against harm.
- OpenAI may use the content only to return your transcription or answer and to monitor for abuse. Our agreement with them permits no other use, which holds them to the same restriction this policy places on us.
We do not control OpenAI’s systems. Their handling of the data is additionally governed by their own privacy policy and their API data policy. We recommend reading both.
Your permission is required first. The app asks for your agreement, naming this data and this recipient, before anything is sent. Until you agree, nothing leaves your device. You can withdraw that agreement at any time under Settings → Data & AI; recording and chat then stop working, and everything you have already saved stays on your device and stays exportable.
5. Purchases
Token packs are sold as in-app purchases through Apple’s App Store or Google Play. Your payment is handled entirely by Apple or Google under their own privacy policies — we never see your payment details. When you buy a pack, our server asks Apple or Google to confirm the transaction before adding the tokens, and keeps the transaction record described in section 2 so the same purchase can’t be credited twice. Apple and Google don’t give us your name or contact details for this.
6. Data security
All data in transit — to our server and to OpenAI — is encrypted with TLS. Data at rest on your device is held in the operating system’s app-private storage, with the install ID in the platform’s secure storage (Keychain on iOS, encrypted preferences on Android). Our server holds no copy of your recordings or notes, so a breach of it could expose balances and purchase records, not your content.
7. Children’s privacy
The app is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect information from them.
8. Your rights
The only things we hold are the balance and purchase records in section 2, filed under a random install ID rather than a name. To have them deleted, email [email protected]; deleting them also deletes your remaining tokens. On your side you have full control:
- Export everything as CSV, JSON or plain text from Settings → Export.
- Delete individual notes in the History tab, or delete the app to remove all of it at once.
- Withdraw your permission for AI processing at Settings → Data & AI.
For questions about data held by OpenAI during their 30-day retention window, contact OpenAI through the privacy links in section 4.
9. Changes to this policy
We may update this policy. If a change alters what data is sent or who receives it, the in-app disclosure is re-shown and your agreement is asked for again — the previous agreement does not carry over.
10. Contact
[email protected]