Fact · Voice privacy and security
Tingdong says captions and transcripts are stored only on the user's Mac, can be deleted at any time, and are never uploaded.
Quote found word for word on the live source, last checked October 23, 2026
In the source's own words
“Captions and transcripts are stored locally on your Mac only, deletable any time, never uploaded.”
Tingdong Privacy Policy, Grep Advisory Pte. Ltd., Grep Advisory Pte. Ltd., 2026, Privacy policy, section 'Audio: processed live, never stored'.
Open the original- What it measures
- Tingdong's live captioning app keeps the text it shows on the user's own computer. The policy gives no number of days for these files.
- What it does not show
- No fixed period is given, so the transcripts stay until the user deletes them. The policy does not say what happens to them in a Mac backup.
In the data
A row of How Long Voice Assistants Keep Your Recordings, as Tingdong, transcripts: Captions and transcripts are stored locally on your Mac only, deletable any time, never uploaded. days.
- Service
- Tingdong
- What is kept
- Transcripts
- When
- By default
- Reviewed by people
- Not stated
- As of
- 2026-10