TranscribeKit is a local-first application. Your audio, video, and transcriptions are processed entirely on your own device and are never uploaded to our servers.
1. Who We Are
TranscribeKit is developed and published by IAM_DEV. If you have any questions about this policy, please contact us at support@iamdev.me.
2. Information We Do Not Collect
TranscribeKit does not collect, store, or transmit the following:
- Audio or video files you upload into the app
- Transcription text or subtitle content
- Translation results
- Video titles, file names, or any file metadata
- Your name, email address, or any personal identifiers
- Usage data, analytics, or behavioral tracking
All data created within TranscribeKit — videos, transcription jobs, subtitle segments, translations, voiceovers, and exports — is stored locally in your user folder (%USERPROFILE%\.TranscribeKit\ on Windows) and never leaves your machine.
3. Network Activity
TranscribeKit connects to the internet only in the following specific circumstances, all of which are user-initiated:
- Speech model download: When you choose to download a transcription model, the model file is fetched from Hugging Face's public model repository. No personal data is sent.
- Translation model download: When you choose to download an offline translation model, the model file is fetched from the same public repository. No personal data is sent.
- Voiceover generation (optional): If you generate a voiceover, the subtitle text for those lines is sent to Microsoft's Edge text-to-speech service to synthesise the audio. This only happens when you explicitly start a voiceover.
Transcription and subtitle translation both run entirely on your own computer using models stored on your disk. Neither requires an account, an API key, or a network connection. TranscribeKit does not make any other network requests: there are no telemetry calls, crash reporting endpoints, or background data transmissions.
4. Third-Party Services
TranscribeKit does not send your recordings, transcripts or translations to any third-party service. Transcription and translation are performed locally by models running on your own machine.
Two exceptions, both user-initiated: model files are downloaded from Hugging Face, and the optional voiceover feature sends the subtitle text you choose to voice to Microsoft's Edge text-to-speech service. If you never generate a voiceover, no text is ever transmitted.
5. Microsoft Store
TranscribeKit is distributed through the Microsoft Store. Microsoft may collect diagnostic, telemetry, and purchase-related data as part of the Store experience, governed by Microsoft's Privacy Statement. This data collection is performed by Microsoft, not by TranscribeKit.
6. Data Storage & Security
All app data is stored in a local SQLite database on your machine. We have no access to this database. You can delete all app data at any time by uninstalling the application or deleting the app data folder.
Because we never receive your data, we cannot be subject to a data breach affecting your transcriptions or files.
7. Children's Privacy
TranscribeKit does not knowingly collect any personal data from anyone, including children. The application has no user accounts and no data collection mechanisms.
8. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we make material changes, we will update the effective date above and note the changes in the app's release notes. Continued use of the app after changes constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.
9. Contact
Questions, concerns, or requests related to this Privacy Policy can be directed to: