Bob Dictation Privacy Policy
Draft. Before publication the text must be reviewed by a lawyer (Microsoft Store and GDPR requirements). Gaps marked “<…>” are filled in by the owner. Revision date: 2026-09-27.
In short: Bob Dictation does not collect your data. Speech recognition runs on your computer. Neither audio nor text is sent to us or to anyone else.
1. What the app does with your voice
- Microphone audio is processed on your computer by a local recognition model.
- Recordings are not saved. Audio exists only in memory while a phrase is being recognized and is erased right after.
- If the “Pre-recording” setting is on, the last second of audio is kept in memory in a loop. It is not written anywhere and is erased when the app is closed.
- If you turn on “Save unrecognized phrases”, such recordings are stored on your computer in the app folder (the last 20), so that you can send them to us when contacting support. This is off by default.
2. What is stored on your computer
In the folder %LOCALAPPDATA%\BS Code\BS Voice (or next to the app in portable mode):
| What | Why | Can be turned off |
|---|---|---|
Settings (config.json) | your keys, language, snippets | no, these are the settings themselves |
Work log (logs) | troubleshooting; contains time, phrase duration, character count — without the text itself | — |
Dictation history (state\history.txt) | to find what you dictated earlier; kept for 7 days | yes, with the “Dictation history” setting |
Statistics (state\stats.json) | the “Your benefit” card: words, minutes | — |
| Notes (a file you choose) | dictation into notes | you decide whether to use it |
All of this stays with you. We have no access to these files.
3. When the app goes online
Only in three cases, each time by your decision:
- Downloading the recognition model during first setup — from Hugging Face servers.
- Downloading NVIDIA libraries for graphics card acceleration — from pypi.org, if you press “Download”.
- Checking for updates — if this setting is on. Only the current version number is transmitted.
After installation the app works without internet. There is no telemetry, no usage statistics and no background data transfer in the app.
4. Contacting support
The “Report a problem” button builds a report folder: your description, the app's work log, Windows version, graphics card model, microphone names, your settings (without snippets and without texts). The report contains no audio and no dictated text. The Windows user name is removed from file paths.
The report is never sent automatically. It is saved on your computer; you decide whether to send it to us at <SUPPORT EMAIL>. We use received reports only to fix the app and delete them within <N> months.
5. Purchase
Payment is handled by our payment partner (<Microsoft Store / Paddle / Lemon Squeezy>). Card data is processed by them; we do not see or store it. We receive only purchase details: email address, order number, country — to issue the license and the receipt.
6. Children
The app is not intended for children under 13 and does not knowingly collect their data.
7. Your rights
Since we do not store your personal data, there is nothing to request deletion of. If you sent us a problem report and want it deleted, write to <SUPPORT EMAIL> and we will delete it on request.
8. Changes
If this policy changes, the new revision will appear at <WEBSITE ADDRESS> and in an app update, with its date.
9. Contact
<SELLER NAME>, BS Code Email: <SUPPORT EMAIL> Website: <WEBSITE ADDRESS>