Privacy Policy

Ear to Eye is built by Aether Tools. It works without an account and we run no server of our own — there is no Aether Tools backend for your audio or your transcripts to be sent to. This policy explains what that means in practice, and is specific about the one place where audio does leave your device.

Information we collect

We collect nothing. Ear to Eye has no account system, no login, no telemetry, and no server operated by us. We never receive your audio, your transcripts, or any information about how you use the app.

The microphone, and where speech recognition happens

When you start Listen, the app captures audio from the microphone and passes it to Apple's Speech framework (SFSpeechRecognizer) to convert speech into text. This is the same system service that powers dictation on iOS.

Apple's speech recognition may perform that conversion on Apple's servers rather than on your device, which means audio captured while Listen is running can be transmitted to Apple and processed under Apple's Privacy Policy. We chose not to force on-device-only recognition because accuracy across a room, on speakerphone, and with degraded audio is meaningfully better through Apple's full model — and those are exactly the situations this app exists for. We do not receive that audio, and it does not pass through any system of ours.

Audio is captured only while Listen is active. The app does not record in the background, does not save audio files, and does not listen when you are not in a listening session.

Please treat this as you would any dictation feature. Because Ear to Eye captions whatever speech is within earshot, that can include other people in the room. Use it with the awareness and consent of the people around you, and follow the recording and consent laws where you live.

What is stored on your device

Your settings — pacing, word or phrase granularity, type size, presets — and the session transcript are stored locally on your device using standard on-device storage. They are not uploaded. Transcripts are kept so you can re-read and replay a sentence; clearing a session or deleting the app removes them.

Sensors and data types Ear to Eye does not use

Ear to Eye does not use location, contacts, your photo library, your camera, health data, or advertising identifiers. It has no social features, no sharing, and no cross-app tracking.

Analytics and tracking

None. Ear to Eye contains no third-party analytics SDKs, no advertising identifiers, and no cross-app tracking. We do not know when you open the app.

Third parties

The only third party involved is Apple: the operating system's speech recognition service, described above, and App Store distribution. We do not sell or share your personal information, because we do not collect it.

Children

Ear to Eye is a general-audience accessibility tool. It is not directed to children, and we knowingly collect no data from anyone.

Your controls

Microphone and speech recognition permissions can be revoked at any time in iOS Settings → Privacy & Security; the app's captioning simply stops working without them. Clear a transcript from inside the app. Deleting the app removes all of its on-device data. There is no account to close.

Changes to this policy

If this policy changes, we will update the date at the top of this page.

Contact

Questions? [email protected]