ReadySaid
This is a product transparency page, not a replacement for the Privacy Policy. Actual options can vary by platform, app edition, account entitlement, and release status.
1. At a glance
Audio stays local
Current Mac speech recognition processes microphone audio on the device. ReadySaid does not send microphone audio to its account backend or text-refinement provider.
Clean is local
Exact normalization and deterministic Clean rules run on the device without a language-model rewrite.
Cloud text is optional
Eligible Natural and Professional wording may send only protected, completed text after a separate consent and activation check.
No training by ReadySaid
ReadySaid does not use your dictation to train a ReadySaid model. OpenAI states API data is not used for model training by default.
2. Dictation and output modes
| Feature | Information | Where it runs | Default and control |
|---|---|---|---|
| Microphone capture | Live audio while you deliberately dictate; a bounded recent-audio buffer may exist temporarily in memory | Your Mac using Apple speech technology | Starts only when triggered; stops on release, stop, cancel, timeout, or failure |
| Exact output | Recognized text | On device | Selected by you; applies local normalization without model-assisted rewriting |
| Clean output | Recognized text | On device | Selected by you; local grammar and punctuation evidence, filler, repetition, and supported self-correction rules |
| Natural or Professional wording | Completed, locally cleaned text; protected values replaced with placeholders before an eligible cloud request | Local safeguards, then ReadySaid gateway and OpenAI when cloud refinement is enabled and available | Cloud processing is separately controlled; a failed or unsafe result falls back to local text |
| Text delivery | Completed transcript, bounded clipboard items, destination metadata, selection information, and the focused field’s before-and-after value for insertion verification | On device and in the destination app you choose | Used only for the insertion you request; not used to learn from other apps; ReadySaid refuses known secure fields and clipboard restoration is best-effort |
3. Personalization and Insights
| Feature | What it can contain | Storage | Control |
|---|---|---|---|
| Speech Profile | Language, recognition mode, vocabulary, corrections, shortcuts, output choices, and approved calibration results | Local Application Support storage with restrictive file permissions and backup exclusion; the profile file is not separately encrypted by ReadySaid; approved fields may sync to your account | Review, remove, disable, or reset profile entries |
| Voice check | Short live audio and aggregate accuracy result | Audio is processed in memory and not intentionally saved; approved result may be stored in the profile | You choose when to run it |
| Private Insights | Daily aggregate dictation counts, word totals, durations, delivery outcomes, and an optional typing-baseline value | Local application storage for up to 366 days | Pause future collection or delete Insights using available controls |
| Application preferences | Appearance, activation, language, output, privacy, and related settings | Local preferences; selected settings may sync to the account | Change in ReadySaid settings or sign out to stop future synchronization on that installation |
4. Account, sign-in, and billing services
- ReadySaid accountSupabase processes authentication, the account identifier, email, synchronized preferences and profile, device records, consent, and feature entitlements.
- Google, Apple, or Microsoft sign-inThe chosen provider authenticates you and may share basic identity information. ReadySaid does not receive the provider password or use sign-in to access mail, files, contacts, or calendars.
- Company SSOThe company domain you enter may be sent to Supabase for SSO-provider discovery. A configured identity provider may then return account claims used for authentication.
- Direct subscriptionStripe hosts payment entry and subscription management. ReadySaid receives identifiers, status, dates, plan, and entitlement information—not complete card details or security codes.
- Apple subscriptionApple handles App Store payment information and subscription management. ReadySaid receives verified transaction and entitlement information needed to provide access.
- Early-access websiteVercel and Neon process the email address and plan interest submitted through readysaid.com, along with normal hosting and security data.
- Direct-app update checkWhen you deliberately choose Check for Updates, ReadySaid requests its update feed from readysaid.com. Hosting systems receive ordinary network-request metadata such as IP address and request time.
5. What an eligible cloud-refinement request excludes
ReadySaid’s refinement contract is designed to exclude:
- microphone audio and audio recordings;
- partial hypotheses, raw speech segments, alternatives, confidence values, and audio timing;
- clipboard contents and surrounding document text;
- application, window, document, field, and website names;
- original values identified by local safeguards, such as email addresses, URLs, names, numbers, dates, and approved shortcut values (detection is heuristic and may not identify every sensitive value); and
- your raw ReadySaid account identifier in the provider safety identifier.
An eligible request also carries operational metadata needed to validate and route it: random request and turn identifiers, platform, app version and build, locale, Natural or Professional selection, punctuation settings, personalization revision, and completion metadata. The ReadySaid gateway sees the authenticated Supabase session; OpenAI receives a keyed pseudonymous safety identifier instead of the raw ReadySaid account identifier.
The request uses store: false, but that flag alone is not a Zero Data Retention promise. Under OpenAI’s default API controls, content may remain in abuse-monitoring logs for up to 30 days. ReadySaid will describe a shorter period only after the applicable provider control is approved and verified.
6. Controls available to you
- Select the output mode appropriate for the text you are creating.
- Keep cloud-assisted refinement off, or turn it off to stop future cloud text requests.
- Review and reset Speech Profile information and local Insights using available app controls.
- Review microphone, Accessibility, Input Monitoring, and login-item permissions in system settings.
- Replace or clear clipboard content when a transcript remains copied.
- Sign out to stop future account synchronization on that installation.
- Revoke social-provider access in the provider account. Contact ReadySaid separately if you also want the ReadySaid account deleted.
- Use supported account-deletion controls or email support@readysaid.com from the account address to begin a verified deletion request. An emailed request is not complete until ReadySaid confirms the required identity and billing steps.
Questions about a specific path can be sent through ReadySaid Support.