Fact · Voice privacy and security
Tidytalk's site says that when you transcribe a YouTube or Bilibili link, only the audio is downloaded and then deleted. The site gives no time for the deletion.
Quote found word for word on the live source, last checked October 23, 2026
In the source's own words
“For links, only the audio is downloaded, then deleted”
Tidytalk: Private, On-Device Voice Input for Mac, byteyu2436, Tidytalk (tidytalk.zayen.dev), 2026, Transcribe audio, video files, and links too.
Open the original- What it measures
- Tidytalk transcribes a dropped file or a pasted link on the Mac. The product page says the recognition runs on the Mac and that recordings are never uploaded.
- What it does not show
- The rule covers audio fetched from a link, not your own dictation. The page does not say when the deletion happens or whether the transcript is kept.
In the data
A row of How Long Voice Assistants Keep Your Recordings, as Tidytalk, link audio: For links, only the audio is downloaded, then deleted days.
- Service
- Tidytalk
- What is kept
- Audio recordings
- When
- Other
- Reviewed by people
- Not stated
- As of
- 2026-10