| layout | default |
|---|---|
| title | SafeScribe — Privacy-First AI Transcription |
| description | Your transcription app keeps your recordings for days. Ours? Zero seconds. RAM-only processing, on-device audio optimization for accuracy, deleted the moment you receive your text. |
| lang | en |
Your transcription app keeps your recordings for days.
Ours? Zero seconds.
RAM-only processing. On-device audio optimization for accuracy. Deleted the moment you receive your text.
Privacy isn't a policy we follow — it's a structure we built. You can't subpoena data that was never stored.
Coming soon to App Store and Google Play.
The Difference
| Feature | SafeScribe | Otter.ai | Fireflies | Good Tape |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RAM-only processing | Yes | No | No | No |
| Audio deleted immediately | Yes | 30 days | Manual | Yes |
| Transcript deleted from server | Yes | No | No | No |
| Email stored on server | No (hash only) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| On-device audio optimization | Yes | No | No | No |
| On-device preprocessing | Yes | No | No | No |
| Data available for subpoena | No | Yes | Yes | Partial |
How It Works
Record directly in the app or choose an audio/video file from your device. Supports MP3, WAV, M4A, MP4, and more.
Your audio is processed by a state-of-the-art speech recognition AI on our servers — entirely in RAM. Nothing is ever written to disk.
Our Commitments
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Every claim below is enforced in code — not just policy. Each links to the technical evidence.
Core Architecture
- ✓RAM-only processingYour audio exists in volatile memory only during transcription — never written to disk. learn more →
- ✓Cascade deletion + failsafeEach step deletes the previous step's data. If our code fails, data self-destructs via TTL. learn more →
- ✓Self-hosted AIYour audio never reaches OpenAI, Google, or any third-party service. We run our own infrastructure. learn more →
- ✓Integrity verificationEvery transcript carries a SHA-256 checksum so you know it arrived unaltered. learn more →
- ✓No re-downloadOnce you receive your transcript, nothing remains on our servers. There is no "download again." learn more →
What We Don't Collect or Do
- ✓Your email or name — never storedOnly a one-way hash of your account ID is kept. It cannot be reversed to reveal who you are. learn more →
- ✓Your IP address — never loggedUsed briefly for rate limiting (as a hash), then discarded. Never appears in any log. learn more →
- ✓Your recordings — never used for trainingYour audio is deleted immediately after transcription. No copy, no archive, no training dataset. learn more →
- ✓No profiling or automated decisionsWe never score, rank, or make automated decisions about you. learn more →
- ✓No behaviour trackingWe use zero analytics SDKs. No Mixpanel, no Firebase Analytics, no trackers of any kind. learn more →
- ✓No contacts, location, or biometricsWe request only microphone access — nothing else from your device. learn more →
- ✓Payment details — never seen by usPayments handled entirely by Apple or Google. We receive only a purchase receipt. learn more →
How We Protect What Must Move
- ✓AES-256 + hardware-backed keysTranscripts on your device are encrypted. Keys stored in iOS Keychain or Android Keystore. learn more →
- ✓Crash reports: off by defaultOptional. If enabled, personal data is automatically stripped before anything leaves your device. learn more →
Who Needs This
Your sources are safe — not because we promise, but because we can't access them. Zero-retention means zero risk of compelled disclosure.
Attorney-client privilege-grade transcription. No discoverable data on our servers — ever. Nothing to subpoena, nothing to breach.
Surveillance-proof transcription. No logs, no profiles, no traces. Your voice becomes text and the rest disappears.
Accuracy You Can Trust
Every audio file passes through an optimized pipeline — on your device and on our servers — to ensure the highest possible accuracy.
High-pass filtering, leading-silence trimming, LUFS loudness normalization (-16 LUFS, optimized for ASR), peak limiting, and 16 kHz resampling — encoded as lossless FLAC before upload.
Silero VAD identifies speech segments and eliminates AI hallucinations in silent passages by restricting transcription to detected speech regions only.
Pricing
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No subscriptions. No hidden fees. Buy credits and use them whenever you want. Unlike subscription services, you never pay for time you don't use.
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FAQ
What happens to my audio after transcription?
Do you use my recordings to train AI?
Do you see my payment or card details?
Which languages are supported?
What file formats can I use?
How is my data encrypted?
Can I delete all my data?
Do you log my IP address?
How do I verify your privacy claims?
How does on-device preprocessing improve accuracy?
App Store Privacy Labels — Our privacy nutrition labels on the App Store and Google Play reflect exactly what is documented here.
Responsible Disclosure — Found a vulnerability? Contact security@safescribe.dev.
SafeScribe uses OpenAI's Whisper model weights via the open-source faster-whisper library (SYSTRAN, MIT license). SafeScribe is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by OpenAI.