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Privacy Policy

Last updated: May 14, 2026

SkipType is a dictation tool for macOS, operated by Facula LLC (“SkipType,” “we,” or “us”). This policy explains what we collect, what we do with it, and what we don’t do. We’ve tried to keep it short and direct.

The short version

— Your dictation audio is sent to our servers, transcribed and cleaned up by a language model, and the result is returned to your Mac. The audio and the text are processed in real time and immediately discarded. We don’t keep them, and we don’t use them to train models.
— We keep a small account record (who you signed in as, when), per-user preferences and a custom dictionary you control, a log of dictation events for your stats and quota (counts and timing only — never the text), and, if you upgrade to Pro, a Stripe customer ID and subscription status.
— If you subscribe to Pro, payment is handled by Stripe. We never see or store your card number.

1. What we collect

Account information

When you sign in with Google or Apple we receive your email address, a provider user ID, and (depending on the provider) your name and profile picture. We store this so we can recognize you on return visits and link your desktop app to the right account.

Dictation audio and transcripts

When you dictate, the SkipType app sends the audio to our API. We send it to a third-party speech-to-text provider for transcription, then send the transcript to a third-party language model to clean it up — or, if you’ve enabled translate mode, to translate it into your chosen language. The result comes back to your Mac. We don’t write the audio or the text to disk on our servers, and we don’t keep it after the request finishes.

Preferences, dictionary, and dictation events

To keep the experience consistent across your devices, we store your dictation preferences (language, regional variant, output mode, target language) and your custom dictionary in our database. We also write one row per completed dictation to a dictation-event log — word count, character count, audio duration, detected language, a flag noting whether the formatter ran, and a timestamp. The log never contains your transcript or your audio. We use it to display your stats and to enforce the free-tier weekly word quota.

Billing information

If you subscribe to SkipType Pro, we use Stripe to take payment. Stripe collects your payment details directly — we never see your full card number. From Stripe we receive a customer ID, your subscription status, and the end date of the current billing period; that’s what we store. Tax-relevant information (e.g. country, ZIP) is handled by Stripe under their policy.

Usage and diagnostic data

Our hosting providers and our API write standard request logs — IP address, timestamp, the path that was hit, the response status. These help us debug and protect the Service. They don’t contain your audio or transcript text.

Things you send us

If you email us a bug report, share feedback, or send us a sample, we keep what you sent. If a sample includes a transcript or recording, we use it only to investigate the issue you described.

2. Data that stays on your Mac

The SkipType desktop app keeps a dictation history locally on your device so you can re-read or copy what you dictated. Each entry contains the transcript text, its audio duration, a word count, and a timestamp. The history is stored in the app’s application-support folder, scoped to the signed-in account, and is never uploaded to our servers. You can delete individual entries or clear the whole history from the app, and signing out hides the entries for that account on that device.

Pasting your dictation involves your system clipboard. When the app inserts a transcript, it briefly writes the text to your clipboard, synthesizes a Cmd+V into whichever app is in front, and restores your previous clipboard contents about a third of a second later. The tray menu’s “Paste last dictation” item can also re-paste the most recent transcript on demand. The most-recent transcript is held in app memory until the next dictation overwrites it; nothing about your clipboard is sent to our servers.

SkipType needs two macOS permissions to do its job. The microphone permission lets the app record what you say. The Accessibility permission lets the app detect the trigger key (Fn / Globe, Right ⌘, or Right ⌥) and synthesize the paste keystroke. The app does not read the contents of any field on your screen.

3. What we don’t collect

— We don’t store your dictation audio or transcripts after a request completes.
— We don’t use your dictation content to train AI models — ours or anyone else’s.
— We don’t sell your data, and we don’t share it with advertisers.
— We don’t see or store your payment-card details. Stripe handles that directly.

4. How we use what we collect

We use account information to authenticate you, link your desktop app, and send you the occasional account-related email (sign-in alerts, security issues, material changes to these policies). We use your preferences and dictionary to run the dictate pipeline the way you’ve configured it. We use the dictation-event log to show you stats and to enforce the free-tier weekly quota. We use Stripe billing data to give Pro subscribers Pro access. We use request logs to operate the Service, debug problems, prevent abuse, and meet our legal obligations.

5. Third parties

SkipType is built on a small set of vendors:

— Google and Apple for sign-in. We receive identifiers and basic profile info from the provider you choose.
— AI service providers for speech-to-text transcription and for the language-model formatter that cleans up or translates the transcript. We send these providers only the audio or transcript text needed for the request. They are configured not to retain your content after the request and not to use it to train their models.
— Stripe for processing Pro subscription payments. Stripe receives your billing details directly and handles them under their privacy policy.
— Vercel hosts the SkipType website and API.
— A managed Postgres provider stores account records, preferences, dictionary entries, dictation-event rows, billing references, and one-time sign-in codes.
— GitHub hosts the macOS app’s downloads and update files. When the app checks for or downloads an update, GitHub sees your IP address and the version you have installed, under their privacy policy.

Each of these vendors handles data under their own privacy policies. We share with them only what they need to do their job.

6. Cookies

Our website uses cookies to keep you signed in and to keep sign-in flows secure (for example, CSRF protection). We don’t use third-party advertising or marketing cookies.

7. Retention

— Audio and transcripts: not retained. Discarded immediately after the request.
— Account records, preferences, dictionary: kept while your account is active. If you delete your account, we delete the associated records except where we’re required to keep something for legal or fraud-prevention reasons.
— Dictation-event rows: kept while your account is active so your stats and weekly-quota calculations stay accurate. They contain counts and timing only — never your transcript or audio.
— Billing references: we keep your Stripe customer ID and subscription history for as long as legally required for accounting and tax purposes.
— Request logs: retained for a short window (typically 30–90 days) for operational and security purposes.
— Support correspondence: kept as long as we need it to resolve your issue and a reasonable period after.

8. Security

We use HTTPS for all traffic, sign desktop app tokens with a secret-key JWT, and limit access to production systems to a small number of operators. No system is perfectly secure, but we try to take sensible precautions.

9. International transfers

SkipType is operated from the United States, and our vendors mostly process data in the US. If you’re in the EU, EEA, UK, or another region with data-transfer rules, by using SkipType you understand that your information may be processed in the US.

10. Your rights

Depending on where you live, you may have rights under laws like the GDPR or the CCPA — including the right to access the data we hold about you, correct it, delete it, port it, or object to processing. To exercise those rights, email harryzhang@facula.tech.

You can also delete your account at any time by emailing us; we’ll remove your record and revoke any active desktop app tokens.

11. Children

SkipType isn’t directed at children under 13 (or under 16 in the EU/EEA/UK). We don’t knowingly collect personal information from them. If you believe a child has used SkipType without parental consent, contact us and we’ll delete the account.

12. Changes to this policy

We may update this policy as the product changes. The “last updated” date at the top reflects the latest version. If a change materially affects your privacy, we’ll give reasonable notice — by email or in the app — before it takes effect.

13. Contact

Questions, requests, or concerns about privacy? Email harryzhang@facula.tech.