# TalkType Privacy Policy

_Last updated: 2026-07-16_

TalkType is a local-first application. It does not run a server, has no account
system, and sends no telemetry or analytics of any kind.

## What stays on your device

- **Audio** is captured only while you hold the dictation hotkey, transcribed
  locally on your PC, and then discarded. Audio is never written to disk and
  never leaves your machine.
- **Transcriptions** and an optional **dictation history** are stored only in a
  local database on your own computer (`%APPDATA%\TalkType`). You can limit how
  long history is kept, or disable it entirely, in Settings. It is never uploaded.
- **Settings, custom dictionary, and snippets** are stored locally as plain files
  on your computer.
- **Speech models** are downloaded once from their public hosts (Hugging Face)
  and then run fully offline.

## The only feature that can send data off your device

TalkType includes an **optional, off-by-default** "AI rewrite" feature. If — and
only if — you explicitly enable it and choose a **cloud** provider (OpenAI,
Anthropic, or Groq), the transcribed **text** (never the audio) is sent to that
provider using your own API key, so their privacy policy then applies to that
text. Choosing the **Ollama** provider keeps rewriting fully local. When AI
rewrite is disabled, TalkType makes no network connections except to download
speech models.

## Data collected by the developers

None. The developers of TalkType do not receive, store, or have access to any of
your audio, transcriptions, settings, or usage data.

## Code signing

TalkType release binaries are code-signed through the
[SignPath Foundation](https://signpath.org)'s free code signing program for
open-source software.

## Contact

Questions or concerns: open an issue at
<https://github.com/AchiGever26/talktype/issues>.