SpeakApp in plain English

A jargon-free, human explanation of our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. For legally binding documents, read the Terms and Privacy Policy. They cover the same ground. This one is simply easier to read.

In three lines: We make an app that listens to your voice and reads aloud. We use a few providers to make that work. We do not retain data we do not need, and we never sell your data. That's a promise.

What is SpeakApp?

SpeakApp is an application you install on a Windows PC. It can:

• Type what you say (voice Dictation: you speak, it types)
• Read aloud what's on your screen (AI chats, documents)
• Run voice commands (such as "open Chrome" or "send the email")
• Speak to an AI agent for you, if you enable it

We do not sell hardware or a storage service. We provide the application, with monthly subscriptions for advanced features.

What do you need to use SpeakApp?

• A Windows 10 or 11 PC
• A microphone
• An email address to create an account if you want paid features
• You must be at least 16 years old

That's it. No permit, registration certificate or four-page form. Install it and start talking.

How much does it cost?

Withdrawal: If you're in France and have paid, you have 14 days to change your mind and obtain a refund, unless you've already used cloud features (cloud speech-to-text, AI agent). In that case, you waived your withdrawal right by ticking the checkbox at payment. This rule comes from the law.

Renewal: automatic. You can turn off renewal any time in Settings.

Refunds: beyond statutory withdrawal, there are no prorated refunds. If something exceptional happened, such as a prolonged outage on our side or a billing error, email support@speakapp.work and we'll answer.

What do we do with your data?

What we never do (we promise)

• ❌ Sell your data. Not to advertisers, data brokers or anyone else.
• ❌ Keep your AI conversations. SpeakApp accesses them on your screen to read them aloud, but nothing is stored on our servers. Content only goes to another provider if you explicitly enable Smart Reading, in which case it goes to one provider in France.
• ❌ Build advertising profiles. There are no ads in the application and there never will be.
• ❌ Train AI on your data. Your speech and texts are not used to train models.
• ❌ Use your microphone when you're not speaking. SpeakApp listens only after Dictation is activated by a button, keyboard shortcut or wake word.
• ❌ Share your data with government agencies unless formally required by law. We will notify you whenever legally possible.

Your rights under the GDPR

If you're in Europe, you have the following rights over your data:

To exercise a right: email privacy@speakapp.work. No form or registered letter is required, though you may use one.

If you're dissatisfied with our reply: complain to the CNIL at cnil.fr. It's free.

What must you NOT do with SpeakApp?

• ❌ Use it to spam or harass someone
• ❌ Use it to hack systems or bypass security controls
• ❌ Record people without their knowledge (French law requires consent)
• ❌ Use it to publish illegal content (hate, child sexual abuse material, terrorist propaganda, etc.)
• ❌ Resell access to your account without our permission
• ❌ Reverse engineer it to replicate its features in a competing app

Violations can lead to termination of your account without warning.

Things we'd rather say explicitly

We're a small company

SpeakApp is published by Florent de Maisoncelle, a French sole trader (PROSPECTPARTNER, SIRET 941 122 897 00023). For now, it has one publisher. We do not have a 40-person legal department or SOC 2 compliance team. We take these questions seriously, but we are still working toward enterprise-grade compliance (SOC 2, ISO 27001, SAML SSO, audit logs and more, planned for Q3–Q4 2026).

We cannot guarantee absolutely everything

We do our utmost to protect your data (encryption, accepted security practices, vetted providers and monitoring). No one can guarantee that incidents will never happen. If one happens, we follow the GDPR: notify you within 72 hours, notify the CNIL, explain what happened and what we're doing to avoid a recurrence.

Your voice is sensitive

We recognize that voice recordings are more personal than clicks. That is why:

• Voice commands and wake words are recognized 100% locally on your PC, without transmission.
• Dictation uses cloud transcription with a European relay, and can be enabled or disabled immediately. No passive listening.
• Transmitted minutes are visible in the app so you know how much went out.

Third-party AI tools have their own rules

When you use the AI voice agent, your question goes to Mistral AI in France, the app's sole AI engine. We selected it for its European location and compliance safeguards, but we cannot guarantee Mistral's behavior on its behalf. Read Mistral's privacy policy before enabling the feature. It is off by default.

Microsoft Edge TTS: an important caveat

For spoken playback we use the open-source edge-tts library calling the same endpoint as Microsoft Edge's browser speech service. It does not store your text, but unlike official Azure services, we have no formally signed Microsoft DPA for this use. It is comparable to a website using browser speech synthesis. We plan to switch to the official Azure API in version 1.x.

You can turn off Reading in Settings. Dictation and Voice commands remain available.

Questions we often get

“Does SpeakApp listen to everything I say, all the time?”

No. The microphone listens only when you activate Dictation using the configured shortcut, button or wake word. Otherwise it is idle.

“If I disable the AI agent, do you still send anything to the United States?”

Your Dictation audio goes to our transcription provider through a relay server in Europe; the detailed sub-processor list is in the Privacy policy. Voice commands and wake words never leave your PC. Email and subscription data remain hosted in Europe.

“Can you read my shortcuts containing passwords or sensitive information?”

No. They stay on your PC, encrypted with Windows DPAPI. Even we cannot read them remotely.

“If I delete my account, what do you keep?”

Invoices for the legally required 10 years. Other data is deleted within 30 days on our systems and at our sub-processors.

“Can I use SpeakApp for confidential legal, health or defense work?”

Our current offer is not designed for highly regulated data. We have no security certification today (neither SOC 2 nor ISO 27001) and promise no certification date. If your framework requires one, or you need a written contractual commitment, contact us for a precise answer about what we can and cannot guarantee.

“Will you sign a Data Processing Agreement with my company?”

Yes, we have a ready-to-use DPA template. Email legal@speakapp.work with your request and specific requirements.

“How is this guide different from the official Terms?”

The official Terms are legally binding. This page is a human-readable summary. If the two conflict, the official Terms prevail.

Changes

For material changes to our Terms or Privacy policy, we'll notify you at least 30 days in advance, by email and an in-app banner. You may accept or cancel without a fee before they take effect.

Minor changes (typos or clarifications that do not alter meaning) need no advance notice, but the “Last updated” date changes every time a document is revised.

How to contact us

Reply within 48 business hours (often sooner).

TL;DR

For complete, legally binding terms, read the Terms and Privacy policy.

Contact us at privacy@speakapp.work any time. We respond.