Your words stay under your control.

Last updated: 7 October 2026

JustSpeakToIt does not sell your data, show ads, or track you across apps and websites. Local transcription can stay on your device. Cloud features are optional and send only the data needed to the service you choose.

Recordings and transcripts

JustSpeakToIt accesses the microphone only when you start a recording or a hands-free feature that clearly indicates it is listening. Apple Speech can process speech on-device where supported. Recordings and transcripts may be stored locally in History until you delete them.

When you are signed in to iCloud, History, including transcript text, syncs automatically to your private iCloud account so it can appear on your other Apple devices. On Mac, model-comparison results sync the same way. You can turn iCloud sync off in the app's settings to keep this data on your device; turning it off does not remove anything already in iCloud. App settings are not synced through iCloud. Apple processes that data under its own privacy policy.

Optional cloud services

When you choose a cloud transcription, post-processing, or text-to-speech service, the app sends the audio, text, or prompt needed to perform that feature directly to the provider you configured. This may include providers such as Deepgram, ElevenLabs, Meta Model API, or OpenAI. Their handling of that data is governed by their privacy policies and your account settings.

JustSpeakToIt does not operate an intermediary server that receives or stores your recordings or transcripts. Cloud features use credentials you provide and can be avoided by using supported local options.

If you explicitly configure the optional Azure loopback proxy, transcription audio first goes to that separate process on your own Mac, which forwards it to Azure using your Azure CLI sign-in. This is a user-operated relay, not a JustSpeakToIt service. Plaintext loopback assumes a trusted machine: it does not authenticate the local server, so do not use it on an untrusted host.

API keys and credentials

Provider API keys are stored in Apple Keychain. When you use a cloud service, the app sends that provider its key with each request to authenticate it. If you turn on key sync, supported credentials are encrypted on your device with your sync passphrase before being written to your private CloudKit database. We do not receive or sell your keys.

Clipboard and sharing

The app writes a transcript to the system clipboard only when you copy it or select an after-recording action that copies it. Clipboard contents may then be available to the operating system and other apps according to your device settings. Sharing or sending a transcript is always initiated by you or by an automation you configured.

Diagnostics

JustSpeakToIt may send crash reports and performance diagnostics to Sentry so we can find and fix reliability problems. This diagnostic data is not used for advertising or tracking and is not linked to your identity. We configure diagnostics to avoid collecting transcript contents, recordings, and API keys.

Optional anonymous product analytics

The direct-download Mac app may ask you to opt in to anonymous product analytics hosted by PostHog EU Cloud in Frankfurt. Nothing is sent until you choose to share. Declining does not affect the app, and you can withdraw consent at any time in Settings.

The initial rollout records daily app activity, onboarding progress, and the first successful transcription using a fixed set of coarse properties. It never includes transcripts, audio, prompts, clipboard text, keystrokes, API keys, screen content, names, or email addresses. Each Mac uses a separate random identifier that is not synced through iCloud or linked to Sentry. Opting out deletes that identifier and any queued events. Raw product events are retained for no more than 12 months.

This product-analytics transport is not included in the Mac App Store, iOS, or keyboard-extension builds.

Data we do not collect

No advertising identifiers or cross-app tracking data.
No account profile is required to use the app.
No sale of personal information.
No developer-operated storage of your recordings or transcript history.

Your choices

You can use local transcription, disable anonymous analytics, remove provider credentials, disable iCloud features, clear History, and delete the app's local data at any time. You can also manage microphone, speech recognition, iCloud, and Live Activity permissions in system Settings.

Children

JustSpeakToIt is a general-purpose productivity app and is not directed at children. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children through a developer-operated account or service.

Changes to this policy

We may update this policy when the app's data practices change. The date at the top identifies the latest version.

Contact

Questions about privacy can be sent to [email protected].