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> Are there other, more privacy oriented transcription services anyone can recommend? Yes. Try https://aliceapp.ai https://aliceapp.ai, the iOS app's in the Ap
by karanmg 4y ago
> Are there other, more privacy oriented transcription services anyone can recommend?
Yes. Try https://aliceapp.ai https://aliceapp.ai, the iOS app's in the AppStore: https://aliceapp.ai/app https://aliceapp.ai/app. I created this specifically to be as privacy conscious as possible. There's a small, but strong team of engineers behind this and I'm the primary investor. It's not perfect, but works pretty well, with many relying on it everyday.
From the FAQs:
https://aliceapp.ai/faqs https://aliceapp.ai/faqs
Is Alice secure?
* We don't ask for your name.
* We don't require your real email address, nor your phone number.
* We don't use passwords to login, to avoid easy or re-usable passwords. The login process is Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) by design.
* We don't track your location.
* We don't ask for access to your contacts.
* We don't ask you to allow push notifications.
* We don't store your credit card information in our database.
* We don't use tools like Google Analytics to track your behavior.
* We don't drop any cookies from Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, et cetera (i.e. any social network) to track browsing habits.
* We aren't on social networks. Our focus is on the product and on communicating directly with you via email, text or phone. We are not into the game of getting "likes".
* We don't prompt you to give us a five-star rating on the App Store.
* We don't annoy you with newsletter signup popups.
* We don't serve you ads.
* Alice is only listening when it's obviously recording. Otherwise the mic is off by default.
- anigbrowl 4y agoIt's unfortunate you were downvoted. Perhaps it's because you're self-promoting, but you were up front about it and your pitch was relevant and focused on user needs.
- karanmg 4y agoThank you. It is up to us to do something about making our software more privacy conscious. And management/leaders/founders have to put up the money to support it. This project is also an experiment to see if its possible to build a "successful" app without user behavior tracking, without endless AB testing.. and so far it seems totally possible.
- anigbrowl 4y agoI forgot to add that while I'm not an iPhone user (so can't test if it does this already) but if you can set it up to record phone calls it would be an absolute godsend for journalistic purposes.
- karanmg 4y agoWould love to add phone call recording, with proper user permissions. Unable to do so with current iOS APIs though. Open to ideas here. Do have desktop recording on the website to capture audio if the call is on speaker. Some users use that. Adding another number to the call seems inelegant.
- fxtentacle 4y agoCan you say anything about the technology? It appears that this app DOES NOT work fully offline? That would imply that it sends all audio recordings to someone's data center... Who are you sending the audio to? Which legal jurisdiction are they in?
- jereees 4y agoSome of your questions are answered in their Privacy policy https://aliceapp.ai/privacy https://aliceapp.ai/privacy. The data is stored in the US not encrypted at rest but also not used for marketing or research.
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- warkdarrior 4y ago$3/hour or more!??! That is insane. Anything more than $1/month is a rip-off.
- fxtentacle 4y agoGoogle Cloud is priced at $2.16/h if you want to request privacy.
- wh-uws 4y agoPlease let me know when you've got an android app or website I can use. Love otter but open to others