Official documentation
Privacy: what leaves your machine
LocalTranscript, 2026
Read the originalRead on October 23, 2026
- What it is
- The privacy page of LocalTranscript, a transcription app for Windows, macOS and Linux with an iPhone companion, last updated October 20, 2026. It says what stays on the computer and what travels off it, how long the relay keeps encrypted recordings, and how long recordings stay on the iPhone.
- How much weight it carries
- The publisher's own page. It says the desktop app was verified against v0.6.88 and the iPhone app against v1.0.0. It describes the company's own product and has not been audited by anyone else. The relay and encryption claims rest on the company's own description.
Facts taken from this source
- LocalTranscript's privacy page says recordings are stored on the iPhone until the user deletes them. It says the company never receives the recordings in a form it can read. It names no number of days.
“We do not run speech recognition on our servers, and we never receive your recordings in a form we can read. ... Recordings are stored on your phone until you delete them.” (What the app records; The iPhone companion app)
- LocalTranscript's privacy page says an encrypted recording or transcript is deleted from its relay as soon as the other device has collected it, and at the latest after 7 days. It says the company does not run speech recognition on its servers and cannot read the recordings.
“We do not run speech recognition on our servers, and we never receive your recordings in a form we can read. ... An encrypted recording or transcript is deleted from the relay as soon as the other device has collected it, and at the latest after 7 days, collected or not.” (How long the relay keeps things; The iPhone companion app)