Terms of Service

1. Acceptance of these Terms

By using Voice to Text (the "Service"), you agree to these Terms of Service. If you don't agree, please don't use the Service.

2. What this Service is

Voice to Text is a free browser-based tool for live speech-to-text transcription, audio file transcription, and text-to-speech playback. It doesn't require an account, and it's provided "as is" on a best-effort basis by an individual operator, not a company.

3. Your responsibilities

• You must have the legal right and any necessary consent to record, upload, or transcribe the audio you submit. Recording another person without their knowledge may be illegal in your location — many countries and states require the consent of some or all parties to a conversation before it can be recorded. You are solely responsible for complying with the recording and wiretapping laws that apply to you.
• You won't use the Service to record, upload, transcribe, or distribute content that is illegal, infringes someone else's intellectual property or privacy rights, is defamatory or harassing, or otherwise violates applicable law.
• You won't attempt to overload, disrupt, or gain unauthorized access to the Service or the server it runs on.

4. How the Service processes your audio

To be clear about where your audio actually goes:

• Live "Start Listening" mode uses your browser's built-in speech recognition (the Web Speech API). In Chrome and Edge, this sends your live audio to that browser vendor's own speech-recognition servers for processing, under that vendor's own terms and privacy policy — this Service has no visibility into or control over that processing.
• "Transcribe File" mode uploads your audio file over HTTPS to this Service's own server, where it's transcribed and the temporary copy is deleted automatically as soon as transcription finishes (or fails). Only the resulting text is sent back to your browser; no copy of the audio is kept.
• Transcripts, sessions, bookmarks, and settings are stored only in your own browser's local storage. This Service does not have user accounts and does not store your transcripts on its server.

See the Privacy Policy for more detail.

5. No warranty; accuracy disclaimer

Automated speech recognition can misinterpret words, omit content, or produce outright errors. Don't rely on transcripts from this Service for medical, legal, safety-critical, or other high-stakes decisions without independently verifying them. The Service is provided "AS IS" and "AS AVAILABLE," without warranties of any kind, express or implied.

6. Limitation of liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, the operator of this Service is not liable for any damages arising from your use of, or inability to use, the Service — including reliance on an inaccurate transcription, loss of data that exists only in your browser's local storage, or processing performed by a third-party speech-recognition provider.

7. Your content

You keep all rights to any audio or text you submit. By using the Service, you confirm you have the right to submit that content, and you grant the operator the limited, temporary right to process it solely to provide the transcription and text-to-speech features back to you.

8. Copyright complaints

If you believe content processed or displayed through this Service infringes your copyright, email samsattendance@gmail.com with: a description of the copyrighted work, a description of the material you believe is infringing, your contact information, and a good-faith statement that the use is unauthorized. Because transcripts aren't stored on the server, in most cases the material in question will only exist in the reporting or reported user's own browser — but the operator will investigate and take reasonable action, including restricting access to the Service, where appropriate.

9. Prohibited uses

In addition to anything already listed above, don't use the Service to: conduct illegal surveillance or covert recording; harass or stalk another person; generate misleading transcripts falsely attributed to real people; upload malware or other harmful files; or scrape or reverse-engineer the Service to build a competing product.

10. Suspension and termination

The operator may block or restrict access to the Service — at the account, session, or network level — for any user or IP address found abusing it, without prior notice.

11. Changes to these Terms

These Terms may be revised at any time. Continuing to use the Service after a change means you accept the updated Terms. Material changes will update the "Last updated" date above.

12. Governing law

These Terms are governed by the laws of South Africa, without regard to conflict-of-law principles.

13. Contact

Questions, copyright notices, or abuse reports: samsattendance@gmail.com