Fact · Voice privacy and security
Hearing Buddy's privacy policy says that with its optional Enhanced Accuracy feature, neither the company nor the caption provider stores the audio or the captions. It gives no number of days.
Checked against its source on October 26, 2026
In the source's own words
“Neither we nor the provider store the audio or the captions; our server records only the number of seconds streamed so it can meter your included hours.”
Privacy Policy: Hearing Buddy, Krager Labs LLC, 2026, Enhanced Accuracy, iPhone app.
Open the original- What it measures
- Enhanced Accuracy streams audio over an encrypted connection through the company's caption service to a speech-recognition provider, which the policy names as Meta. The policy says it is off by default for existing users and can be turned off at any time. The company's server keeps only the number of seconds streamed.
- What it does not show
- This is the company's own account of what the provider does. The policy gives no number of days, and it does not say whether anyone reviews the streamed audio.
In the data
A row of How Long Voice Assistants Keep Your Recordings, as Hearing Buddy, Enhanced Accuracy audio: Neither we nor the provider store the audio or the captions days.
- Service
- Hearing Buddy
- What is kept
- Audio and transcripts
- When
- If you opt in
- Reviewed by people
- Not stated
- As of
- 2026-10