DICTA — Privacy Policy

Last updated: June 23, 2026

DICTA (“the app”, “we”, “us”) is a voice-dictation app that turns your speech into text on your device. We built DICTA to be private by default. This policy explains, in plain language, what happens to your data.

Summary

• We do not create accounts, and we do not have a server or database that stores your data.
• We do not collect, sell, share, or transmit your personal data to us or to any third party.
• Your transcriptions are stored only on your device.
• There is no analytics, no advertising, and no tracking of any kind.

1. Who we are

DICTA is developed by Miguel Monllau Monfort. You can reach us at miguel.monllau.monfort@gmail.com.

2. Data we collect

None that reaches us. DICTA has no backend, no user accounts, and no developer-operated servers. We have no way to see your recordings, your transcriptions, or any usage data.

3. Microphone and speech recognition

To transcribe your voice, DICTA needs access to the microphone and to speech recognition, which iOS asks you to allow the first time you start a dictation.

• On-device by default. On supported devices (iOS 26 and later), DICTA uses Apple's on-device speech recognition (SpeechAnalyzer). Your audio is processed entirely on your iPhone and never leaves the device.
• Fallback to Apple's servers. If on-device recognition is not available for a particular language on your device, DICTA falls back to Apple's standard speech-recognition service. In that case, audio is sent to Apple for processing. This is handled by Apple under Apple's Privacy Policy, not by us, and the app shows an “Apple Cloud” indicator while recording so you always know which mode is active. We never receive that audio.
• The microphone is used only while you are actively dictating. DICTA does not record in the background without your action.

4. Your transcriptions

The text DICTA produces is saved to a local file on your device only (in the app's private storage). It is not uploaded anywhere. You are in full control:

• Delete any transcription (swipe to delete, or Edit → delete) — this removes it permanently from your device.
• Export a transcription to a .txt file through the system “Save to Files” dialog. Where the exported file goes (Files, iCloud Drive, etc.) is your choice and is governed by your own settings.
• Copy the text to the clipboard.

Deleting the app removes all of its locally stored transcriptions.

5. No tracking, analytics, or advertising

DICTA contains no analytics SDKs, no advertising, no third-party trackers, and no crash-reporting services that send your data off the device. We do not use cookies or any cross-app tracking.

6. Permissions and how to manage them

You can review or revoke DICTA's microphone and speech-recognition access at any time in Settings → DICTA (or Settings → Privacy & Security → Microphone / Speech Recognition) on your device. Revoking access disables dictation but does not delete transcriptions you have already saved.

7. Children's privacy

DICTA does not collect any personal data from anyone, including children, and is suitable for general audiences.

8. Data security

Because your data never leaves your device (except for the optional Apple speech fallback described in section 3), it is protected by your device's own security and the app's private sandbox storage.

9. Changes to this policy

If we change how DICTA handles data, we will update this page and revise the “Last updated” date above.

10. Contact

Questions about privacy? Email us at miguel.monllau.monfort@gmail.com.