Privacy Policy — Talk Log: Live Transcription (com.mythosia.talklog)

Last Updated: 2026-10-12

1. Overview

Talk Log records conversations and meetings, transcribes speech to text in real time, and lets you replay recordings together with their transcripts. You can also import audio and video files you choose and transcribe them. Microphone access is used only while you are recording. If you choose, you can also share a recording as a web link so that others can read its transcript and, if you include its audio, listen to it in a browser.

2. Data We Collect and Why

Audio recordings and transcripts: recorded only after you start a recording, and stored on your device. They are not stored on our servers, except recordings you choose to share as a link (see "Shared links" below).
Imported files: only the audio or video files you share to Talk Log from another app or pick with the system file picker. They are copied into the app and stored on your device; for a video, only its audio track is kept. Talk Log does not request access to your device storage and cannot read other files.
Audio for live AI transcription: while you record, the microphone audio is streamed to Microsoft Azure AI Speech to produce the live transcript. Depending on the app version, it is processed in Microsoft Azure's Korea Central (Seoul) or Southeast Asia (Singapore) region.
Audio for post-recording AI transcription: only when you choose to transcribe a recording or an imported file ("Precise transcription"), its audio file is uploaded to our server and forwarded to Microsoft Azure AI Speech (MAI-Transcribe model, Southeast Asia (Singapore) region) to create a transcript with speaker separation. Long recordings may be split into several parts for processing. The uploaded file is processed temporarily and is not kept after the transcript is returned.
Shared links: only when you choose "Share as link" for a recording, that recording is uploaded to our server (Microsoft Azure) to create the link. What is uploaded: the transcript as shown in the app (speaker names, your edited text and timestamps), the recording's title, date and duration, and, only if you choose to include it, its audio, which our server converts to AAC and strips of file metadata (such as location tags). The audio is included by default, and each time you update the shared content you can choose again to include or remove it. The transcript text as it was before your edits is not uploaded, but the shared audio is the original recording, so anything you edited or deleted in the transcript can still be heard in it. Anyone who has the link can read the transcript and, if the audio is included, listen to it without signing in. Shared pages ask search engines not to index them (noindex). The secret part of the link address is stored on our server only as a one-way hash.
Account data (Google sign-in): email address, name and profile picture, used for sign-in, cash balance and support.
Purchase and usage data: in-app purchase order IDs, cash balance and usage amounts, used to process purchases and bill transcription usage.
Advertising ID: used by Google AdMob for ad delivery, measurement and fraud prevention (opt-out available via device settings).
Crash & diagnostics data: stability improvements and bug fixes.

3. Sharing

We do not sell personal data. We share data only with the following service providers, who use it solely to provide their services to us:

Microsoft Corporation — Azure AI Speech and Azure: live AI transcription, post-recording AI transcription of recordings and imported files you choose to transcribe, shared-link storage, backend APIs and hosting
Google LLC — Google Sign-In, Google Play Billing and AdMob: sign-in, purchases and ads
Supabase: authentication

People who receive a shared link: anyone who has the link to a recording you shared can read its transcript and listen to its audio (if you included it) until the link expires or you stop sharing it.

4. Retention

Recordings, imported files and transcripts: kept on your device until you delete them in the app or uninstall the app
Audio sent for transcription: processed temporarily and deleted after the transcript is returned
Shared links: a link expires 30 days after you create it or last update its shared content (updating starts a new 30 days). When you stop sharing (including when you delete the recording and choose to also stop sharing its link), the link stops working immediately and the copy on our server is deleted right away (if a deletion is interrupted, an automatic cleanup removes it within about a day). Likewise, when you remove the audio while updating the shared content, the previously shared audio is deleted from our server right away. When a link expires, it stops working immediately and its copy is deleted within about an hour. Deleted copies can no longer be opened through any link, but our cloud storage keeps them as a recoverable backup for up to 7 days after deletion (to protect against accidental loss); after that they are permanently erased.
Account and purchase data: deleted without undue delay upon account deletion, except where longer retention is required by law
Crash logs: retained for up to 90 days

5. Security

We apply reasonable safeguards such as encryption in transit (TLS) and access controls. Our server logs do not record the contents of shared recordings (transcripts or titles). However, no method of transmission or storage is completely secure.

6. Your Choices

Microphone access can be revoked at any time in your device settings; recording will not be possible without it.
Delete recordings, imported files and transcripts in the app at any time.
Stop sharing a link from the recording's menu in the app on the device and account that created it (Shared link → Stop sharing); the link stops working right away.
If you delete a recording without stopping its link, uninstall the app, or sign in with a different account, you can no longer stop sharing that link from the app. The link stays available until it expires (30 days after it was created or last updated); to have it removed sooner, contact support@mythosia.net.
To report a shared link, use the Report link on the shared page or contact support@mythosia.net.
Reset or limit your device’s Advertising ID and turn off personalized ads via device settings.
Request data access or account deletion by contacting support@mythosia.net.

7. Children

This app is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from them.

8. Changes

We may update this policy from time to time. Material changes will be notified in-app or on this page with the new effective date.