ClipSpeakPrivacy Policy
In short
ClipSpeak does not collect, store or transmit any personal data to me or to third parties. The app has no user accounts, no ads, no tracking and no analytics services. Everything you copy, capture or dictate with ClipSpeak stays on your Mac.
What the app processes locally
- Clipboard history: Copied text, images, links and file paths are stored in the app’s protected data area on your Mac so you can find them again. Content that password managers mark as confidential is never stored. You can clear the history at any time in Settings; you can keep pinned items when doing so.
- Screenshots and text recognition: Capturing and text recognition (OCR) use macOS system features locally on your Mac.
- Dictation and transcription: Speech recognition uses Apple’s on-device technology. No audio is sent to me. macOS downloads speech models from Apple itself when needed.
- Apple Intelligence: The text actions use Apple’s on-device language model.
Permissions
ClipSpeak requests the following macOS permissions and uses each only for the stated feature: Accessibility (to send ⌘V to the active app), Screen Recording (screenshots and OCR), Microphone and Speech Recognition (dictation). You can revoke them at any time in System Settings under “Privacy & Security”.
Sharing with third parties
There is no sharing. The app contains no third-party software that collects data.
Deleting your data
All data is on your Mac. You delete it by clearing the history in Settings or by removing the app together with its data folder.
Contact
Please send privacy questions to: info@joshkalb.com
Changes
If anything changes, I will update this page and the date above.