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Privacy & Data

VocalFlow’s stance: your data belongs to you.

Key points:

  • Recordings and transcripts stay on your Mac, in a local SQLite database in your user library. No cloud sync of recordings or history.
  • The server does not keep your transcript texts. Audio is streamed for transcription and results are returned to you; transcripts are not stored server-side.
  • Usage statistics are computed entirely locally — daily voice minutes and text output never leave your Mac.
  • Context collection follows hard rules that no setting can override: secure input and private browsing windows are always skipped, and screenshots happen only at the instant you press the hotkey — never in the background.
  • The one deliberate exception: your personal dictionary can be manually synced to the server (so you can recover it on a new Mac). Nothing is uploaded unless you press the sync button.
  • Local storage is under your control: Settings shows a storage breakdown and lets you clear audio or purge by age, with confirmation.