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Privacy notice for Tokens, by Tinkr, Inc.
Tinkr, Inc., Tinkr, Inc., 2026
Read the originalRead on October 23, 2026
- What it is
- The privacy notice for Tokens, the downloadable macOS dictation beta from Tinkr, Inc., updated October 18, 2026. It says speech is processed on the Mac, that audio is not uploaded for recognition, and that dictation is not uploaded for model training, analytics or crash reporting.
- How much weight it carries
- The maker's own privacy notice, read on 2026-10-23 from the live page (fetched with curl). It describes a beta, and the maker says future versions may change features or data handling. It covers the downloadable app and the website, not the source code builds, which the notice says do not send the daily usage ping.
Facts taken from this source
- Tinkr's privacy notice says dictation stays on the Mac, and that optional local-model features talk only to Ollama on the same Mac.
“Your dictation stays on your Mac ... Optional local-model features communicate with Ollama on your Mac at 127.0.0.1.” (Section 'Your dictation stays on your Mac')
- Tinkr's privacy notice says settings and dictionary entries are stored on the Mac, so the app keeps a dictionary of entries.
“settings, dictionary entries, and the Terms version and time you accepted are stored on your Mac.” (Section 'What is saved locally', item 'Preferences')
- Tinkr's privacy notice for Tokens says spoken text and typed notes are saved on the Mac in the app's history, and that there is no automatic expiry. You can clear the history yourself in the app.
“History: spoken text and typed notes are saved in the app’s Application Support folder. There is no automatic expiry.” (What is saved locally: History)
- Tinkr's privacy notice says that if on-device recognition is unavailable, the Tokens beta stops rather than uploading audio for recognition.
“If on-device recognition is unavailable, it stops rather than uploading your audio for recognition.” (Section 'Your dictation stays on your Mac')
- Tinkr's privacy notice says Tokens does not upload dictation to Tinkr for model training, analytics or crash reporting.
“Tokens does not upload your dictation to Tinkr for model training, analytics, or crash reporting.” (Section 'Your dictation stays on your Mac')
- Tinkr's privacy notice for Tokens says recognized text may be saved on the Mac until delivery is resolved or you discard it, to help recover from an interrupted delivery. The notice gives no number of days.
“Recovery: recognized text may be saved locally until delivery is resolved or you discard it, to help recover from interrupted delivery.” (What is saved locally: Recovery)
- Tinkr's privacy notice says the Tokens beta processes speech on the Mac and requires on-device speech recognition.
“The beta processes speech on your Mac and requires on-device speech recognition.” (Section 'Your dictation stays on your Mac')