Privacy policy
Voicelyn is made by CareZelo (“we”). This policy explains what the app does with your information. In short: your recordings stay on your phone, the app sends audio and text only to turn speech into text, translations and summaries, and nothing is used for advertising.
What Voicelyn handles
- Audio you record. Recording only happens after you tap Record and confirm, and stops when you tap Stop.
- Text made from it: the transcript, its translation and, if you ask for one, a summary.
- Your settings, such as languages, theme and backup choices.
- Cloud backup sign-in, only if you connect a cloud (see below).
Voicelyn has no user accounts and does not collect your name, contacts, location, advertising ID or usage analytics.
Stored on your phone
Recordings, transcripts, translations and summaries are saved in the app’s private storage and encrypted with a key held by Android’s secure Keystore. They stay until you delete them in the app or uninstall the app.
Sent for processing
To create captions, translations and summaries, the app sends short audio clips and the related text over an encrypted connection (HTTPS) to Voicelyn’s processing service. The service runs on a third-party cloud provider’s infrastructure and uses AI models to transcribe, translate and summarize. It returns the result to your phone and does not keep the audio or text afterwards, and it is not used to build a profile of you or to show ads. While recording, the app may also use your phone’s own on-device speech recognizer to show an instant draft; that draft stays on the phone.
Optional cloud backup (Premium)
If you turn on cloud backup, Voicelyn uploads your recording’s audio and one text file (transcript, translation and summary) to your own Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive or Dropbox account, in the folder you choose. We do not receive copies of these files. Sign-in tokens are stored encrypted on your phone; you can disconnect at any time in Cloud backup.
Google Drive: Voicelyn asks only for the limited permission to see, create and change files and folders that Voicelyn itself created (Google’s drive.file permission). It cannot see your other Drive files. Voicelyn’s use and transfer of information received from Google APIs adheres to the Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements.
You can also share a recording to a cloud app on your phone using Android’s share screen; that app’s own privacy policy then applies.
Permissions
- Microphone — to record when you start a recording.
- Notifications — to show that recording is in progress so you can stop it from the lock screen.
- Internet — for processing and optional cloud backup.
Sharing and selling
We do not sell your information or share it for advertising. Information leaves your phone only for the processing and backup described above, or when you choose to share a recording.
Recording other people
Only record people who agree to it. You are responsible for getting permission, for example from an instructor before recording a class, and for following the rules of your school, workplace and local law.
Children
Voicelyn is not directed to children under 13 and we do not knowingly collect information from them.
Your choices and deletion
- Delete any recording in Saved recordings; this removes its audio, transcript and summary from the phone.
- Uninstalling Voicelyn removes all of its data from the phone.
- Backups in your own cloud stay under your control; delete them there.
- Disconnect a cloud in Cloud backup; for Google you can also remove access at myaccount.google.com/permissions.
Security
Data on the phone is encrypted, and all network connections use HTTPS. No method is perfectly secure, but we work to protect your information.
Changes
If we change this policy, we will update the date above and, for important changes, tell you in the app.
Contact
Questions or requests: [email protected]