Official documentation
BetterVoice README: privacy and storage, grammar cleanup, vocabulary
TarunTomar122, GitHub, TarunTomar122/better-voice, 2026
Read the originalRead on October 21, 2026
- What it is
- The README of the BetterVoice repository, written by its developer. It covers how the app works, the optional grammar cleanup model, the custom vocabulary file, and a section titled Privacy and storage that says where transcription runs and how long sessions are kept.
- How much weight it carries
- The developer's own documentation for an MIT-licensed open-source app, so it describes the code as published. It is a project README for an experimental app, and it is the only source for the on-device and retention statements, which the developer may change in later releases.
Facts taken from this source
- BetterVoice's README says an optional grammar cleanup model, run on each transcript, fixes capitalization, punctuation and sentence structure, and can occasionally change wording.
“BetterVoice then runs each transcript through the tiny, English-focused t5-tiny-gec-hone model. ... the model fixes capitalization, punctuation, and sentence structure, and it can occasionally change wording” (Grammar cleanup section)
- BetterVoice's README says it inserts the transcript into the selected text field, when macOS allows it.
“BetterVoice inserts the transcript into the selected text field when macOS allows it” (Introduction, how the app works)
- BetterVoice's README says its saved sessions live in a folder on the user's Mac for at most 7 days.
“Sessions live in ~/Desktop/BetterVoice for at most 7 days.” (Privacy and storage section)
- BetterVoice's README says the open-source Mac app transcribes speech locally.
“It transcribes speech locally and captures the full screen whenever you circle something with your pointer” (Introduction)
- BetterVoice's README says temporary audio is deleted after transcription. It gives no number of days.
“Temporary audio is deleted after transcription.” (Privacy and storage section)
- BetterVoice's README says you can add your own vocabulary in a file you edit, where the key is what the transcript says and the value is what you meant.
“The key is what the transcript says, the value is what you meant, and phrases of several words work” (Your own vocabulary section)