Terms of Service
Last updated 12 July 2026
These are the terms for using ScribeFace. We have tried to write them so you can actually read them.
What ScribeFace does
ScribeFace transcribes speech into text, in real time, on iPhone and Mac. It sends audio to our servers, which use OpenAI's Whisper model to transcribe it. See the Privacy Policy for exactly what is sent and what is kept.
Your account
You need an account to use ScribeFace. Keep your sign-in details to yourself; you're responsible for what happens under your account. You can delete your account, and everything in it, from inside the app at any time.
Minutes, plans and payment
- New accounts get a one-time allowance of free transcription minutes.
- Beyond that, you can subscribe to a plan (which includes a monthly allowance of minutes) or buy a one-off pack of minutes.
- Purchases are handled by Apple. Subscriptions renew automatically until you cancel them, which you do in your Apple ID settings — not here.
- Minutes from a one-off pack do not expire. Minutes included with a plan refresh each billing period and do not roll over.
- Refunds are handled by Apple under their policies.
- We may change prices. If we do, it will not change what you have already paid for.
What you can and can't do
Don't use ScribeFace to:
- Record people without the consent the law where you are requires. Recording laws differ by country and by state, and complying with them is your responsibility, not ours.
- Break the law, or infringe someone else's rights.
- Attack, overload, reverse-engineer or abuse the service — including trying to get transcription without paying for it.
- Resell the service as your own.
Your transcripts are yours
You own what you record and what ScribeFace transcribes from it. We claim no rights over your content. Transcripts are stored on your device, not on our servers.
Accuracy
Speech recognition makes mistakes — with names, jargon, accents, crosstalk, and background noise especially. ScribeFace's output is not guaranteed to be accurate, and should not be relied on where accuracy is critical (legal, medical, or safety contexts, for instance) without a human checking it. Transcripts are editable for exactly this reason.
The service can change or break
We may change, suspend, or discontinue parts of ScribeFace. It depends on services we don't control (notably OpenAI), and it may occasionally be unavailable. The service is provided "as is", without warranties. To the extent the law allows, our liability is limited to what you paid us in the twelve months before the claim.
Ending it
You can stop using ScribeFace and delete your account whenever you like. We may suspend or close an account that breaks these terms.