Privacy policy
Last updated 13 November 2026
Voxlar turns your speech into text on your PC. By default, nothing you say leaves your computer. Only if you turn on Cloud mode are your recordings sent away to be transcribed. This page explains exactly what happens in each case.
Voxlar is made by Dodo SaaS Studio, in Mauritius ("we"). We are responsible for the personal data described here.
The short version
- Local mode, the default: your voice, your text and your settings stay on your PC.
- Cloud mode, only if you turn it on: each recording and your saved words are sent to Voxlar Cloud to be transcribed, and the text comes back. We don't store your recordings or your text.
- We never sell your data, show you ads or use your recordings to train AI.
- No account is needed. Voxlar Cloud knows your copy of Voxlar only by a random ID, not by your name or email.
What stays on your PC
These are stored on your computer only, and most are encrypted so that only your Windows account can read them:
- Recordings. Each dictation is saved while you speak, so it isn't lost if something fails. It's deleted once its text is pasted. A recording that failed is kept so you can retry it, for 14 days by default (you choose 1 to 30). You can turn saving off completely in Settings.
- History of your dictated text: the last 30 days, at most 500 entries. You can turn it off in Settings.
- Your saved words, snippets and settings.
- A timing log: how long each dictation took, as numbers only. It never holds your words.
AI polish, which tidies up your text, runs on your PC too. Your text is not sent anywhere to be polished.
What Cloud mode sends
Cloud mode is off until you turn it on and agree to a notice. With it on, each dictation sends:
- the recording;
- your saved words, so the speech service spells them right;
- a random ID created when Voxlar was installed;
- your licence key, if you have Voxlar Pro, so we can confirm it.
Voxlar Cloud passes the recording and saved words to our speech provider, gets the text back and sends it to your PC. It doesn't store or log the recording or the text.
To enforce the free plan's limits and stop abuse, Voxlar Cloud keeps only counts: how many words and seconds of audio each install ID, and each internet address, has used this week. Internet addresses are stored only as scrambled codes (salted hashes), never as the address itself. A Pro licence is stored only as a hash and the result of its last check. All of these counts are deleted automatically after 15 days.
Error reports
If something goes wrong in Voxlar, it saves a short error report on your PC. The next time Voxlar starts, it asks whether you want to send it. Nothing is sent unless you say yes, and the report is deleted from your PC either way.
A report holds only the kind of error, where in Voxlar's code it happened, and the Voxlar and Windows version numbers. It never holds your words, recordings, saved words, files or error messages, which could contain them. It goes to Voxlar Cloud, which keeps it for 15 days so we can fix the problem, then deletes it.
Who handles your data
We use these companies to run Voxlar. Each handles data only to provide its service to us:
| Company | What for | Where | What it receives |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cloudflare, Inc. | Runs Voxlar Cloud and serves updates | Worldwide network; Voxlar Cloud runs in the United Kingdom | Cloud recordings and saved words while in transit, the counts above, error reports you choose to send, and your internet address |
| Groq, Inc. | Turns recordings into text | United States | Cloud recordings and saved words. Groq may keep them for up to 30 days to fix problems or investigate abuse, then deletes them. |
| Lemon Squeezy | Sells Voxlar Pro and checks licences | United States | What you give when buying, such as your name, email and payment details, and your licence key when it is checked. Lemon Squeezy handles payments under its own privacy policy. |
| Hugging Face and GitHub | Download the optional AI polish and Kreol model files | United States | Only your internet address, as with any download |
Your data may therefore be handled outside your country, including in the United States and the United Kingdom. Where the law requires it, these transfers are covered by the safeguards those companies provide, such as standard contractual clauses.
Why we use it
- Cloud transcription: because you turned Cloud mode on and agreed to it. You can withdraw that at any time by switching back to Local in the tray menu.
- Licence checks: to provide the Pro plan you bought.
- Usage counts: to keep the free plan fair and stop abuse.
- Error reports: because you chose to send one, to fix what went wrong.
Your choices and rights
- Use Local mode, and nothing you say leaves your PC.
- Delete your history, recordings and saved words on your PC at any time, or uninstall Voxlar to remove them all.
- Depending on where you live, you can ask to see, correct or delete personal data we hold about you, or object to how we use it. Because Voxlar Cloud keeps only counts linked to a random ID, there is usually nothing we can link to you, and the counts are deleted after 15 days anyway.
- You can complain to your data protection authority. In Mauritius, that is the Data Protection Office.
Children
Voxlar is not meant for children under 16, and we don't knowingly collect their data.
Changes
If we change what Voxlar sends or who handles it, we'll update this page and its date. If the change affects Cloud mode, Voxlar will ask you again before sending anything.
Contact
Questions about privacy: write to Dodo SaaS Studio at hello@dodosaas.com.