Privacy Policy

Auvi — Live Transcription & Translation

Last updated: 17 February 2026

Your microphone

Auvi needs your microphone to convert speech into text. Here is exactly what happens with your audio:

• It is processed entirely on your device by on-device models
• It is never recorded — Auvi does not create audio files. Ever. No sound recordings are saved to your device under any circumstances
• It is never sent to any server, cloud service, or third party
• It is never stored beyond your current session (unless you enable Save Transcripts in Settings — which saves text only, not audio)
• It is discarded from memory the moment you stop transcription or close the app

To be clear: Auvi is a transcription app, not a recording app. It converts speech to text in real-time. No audio files are created, stored, or retained at any point.

On-device processing

All speech recognition and translation runs locally on your device using on-device models. No audio or text data leaves your device at any time.

We do not train AI on your data

Creative Machines does not use any audio, transcription text, voice profile, translation, or any other data generated by Auvi to train, fine-tune, or improve artificial intelligence or machine learning models. We have no mechanism to access, retrieve, or collect such data from your device.

Ephemeral vs. persistent — you choose

• Default (ephemeral): Transcribed text lives in volatile memory only. Stop transcription or close the app, and it is permanently gone. No file, no log, no record.
• Persistent (opt-in): If you turn on Save Transcripts in Settings, text only is stored locally on your device. No audio is saved. Saved transcripts are never sent to Creative Machines or any third party.

Optional local storage

These features are off by default. They only activate if you explicitly turn them on:

• Save Transcripts — stores text locally on your device, excluded from iCloud backup
• Allow Copy — lets you copy transcription text to the clipboard and take screenshots
• Allow Export — lets you share or export saved transcripts

By default, Auvi prevents screenshots and screen recordings from capturing transcript content. This means the live captions on your screen will appear blank in any screenshot or screen recording. This protection is only lifted when you have purchased Plus and enabled Allow Copy — ensuring that transcript text cannot be inadvertently captured or shared without your explicit opt-in.

If you enable saving, you can delete individual transcripts any time or set automatic deletion (7, 30, or 90 days).

Voice profiles and biometric data

If you create a voice profile (optional), the voice embedding is:

• Stored only on your device
• Never sent to any server
• Used solely to distinguish your speech from other speakers
• Deletable at any time by resetting the app

Biometric data notice (BIPA): Voice embeddings may constitute biometric data under certain laws, including the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA). Creative Machines never collects, possesses, receives, or otherwise obtains biometric data from users. Your voice embedding is created and stored exclusively on your device and is never transmitted to us or any third party. You may delete it at any time.

Safety features

Auvi includes optional safety features — sound awareness, safety keyword alerts, and scam detection (phone and in-person) — that analyse audio and transcribed text to alert you to potential hazards or suspicious conversation patterns. All analysis happens entirely on your device:

• No alert data, detection results, or conversation content is sent to Creative Machines or any third party
• No record of alerts is stored beyond your current session (unless Save Transcripts is enabled, in which case the transcript text — not the alert metadata — is stored locally)
• You can enable or disable these features at any time in Settings

External display and lock screen

Auvi can display captions on an external screen (via AirPlay or HDMI) and show the most recent transcript line on your lock screen via Live Activities. These features are designed for accessibility — for example, displaying large captions on a TV during a group conversation.

Be aware that captions shown on an external display or lock screen are visible to anyone who can see that screen. No transcript data is sent to any server — external display output goes directly from your device to the connected screen.

Text-to-Speech

If you enable Translation, Auvi can speak translated text aloud using on-device text-to-speech. No audio is recorded or stored, and no data is sent to any server. The spoken audio is generated entirely on your device.

Model download

The only network request Auvi makes is a one-time download of on-device speech recognition models when you first set up the app. On newer versions of iOS, the required models may already be present on your device. After any initial download, the app makes no further network requests.

Translation

If you purchase the Translation add-on, translations are performed entirely on your device. No text is sent to external servers.

Managed devices (MDM)

For corporate deployments, IT administrators can enforce privacy settings via Managed App Configuration. When MDM keys are present, certain features (saving, copying, exporting) can be permanently disabled. The app does not communicate with any MDM server — it only reads the local configuration profile.

Data Controller

Creative Machines is not a Data Controller or Data Processor under GDPR (or equivalent laws) for any transcription data generated by the app. We never access, receive, process, or store any data generated on your device.

If you enable Save Transcripts or Allow Export, you are the Data Controller for that data. You are solely responsible for compliance with applicable data protection laws.

GDPR

Because Auvi does not collect, process, or store any personal data on any server:

• There is no personal data to consent to processing
• There is no data to request access to or deletion of
• There are no data transfers to third countries
• There are no data processing agreements required

The app is fully compliant with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

CCPA

Auvi does not sell, share, or disclose any personal information. No data is collected from California consumers or any other users.

Hong Kong PDPO

Auvi is published by Creative Machines Limited, incorporated in Hong Kong SAR. As we do not collect personal data, the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance (Cap. 486) does not apply to our data handling practices.

Children's privacy

Auvi does not collect any data from anyone, including children under 13. The app is rated 4+ and is suitable for all ages.

Changes to this policy

If we update this privacy policy, the updated version will be posted at this URL. Since we collect no data, changes would only reflect new features or clarifications.

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