Your Rights as a Conversation Participant

What to know when someone uses Auvi near you

Last updated: 31 March 2026

What is happening

Speech is being transcribed to text in real-time on the other person's device. This means their device is converting spoken words into written text as the conversation happens.

• No audio is recorded. Auvi is a transcription app, not a recording app. No sound files are created at any point.
• No data is sent to any server or third party. Everything happens entirely on the device in front of you. Nothing leaves that device.
• No cloud processing. There is no company receiving, storing, or analysing your speech.

Is my data being saved?

By default, no. Transcribed text exists only in temporary memory and disappears completely when the session ends. Once the person stops transcribing or closes the app, the text is permanently gone.

If the user has enabled Save Transcripts (an optional setting that is off by default), a text-only record is stored locally on their device. Even in this case:

• The saved data is text only – no audio
• It is stored only on their device – not on any server
• It can be deleted at any time by the user

Your rights

Under data protection laws (including GDPR), you may have the right to:

• Know that your speech is being transcribed
• Request access to any saved transcript containing your speech
• Request deletion of any saved transcript containing your speech
• Object to your speech being transcribed

How to exercise your rights

Because all data stays on the other person's device and Creative Machines (the app developer) has no access to any transcription data, you should speak directly to the person using Auvi. You can ask them to:

• Show you any saved transcript that contains your speech
• Delete any saved transcript that contains your speech
• Stop transcribing if you do not wish your speech to be converted to text

They can do all of this within the app. Creative Machines cannot help with these requests because we have no access to any transcription data – it never leaves the user's device.

About Auvi

Auvi is a live transcription app designed for deaf and hard-of-hearing people. It is made by Creative Machines Limited (Hong Kong). The app runs entirely on-device with no cloud processing. We collect no data from any user.

For more information, see our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.

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