TalkSlate Privacy Policy

Updated 8 November 2026 · applies to the TalkSlate Android app (app.talkslate)

In short

TalkSlate turns voice messages into text and translates them entirely on your phone. It has no accounts, no ads, no analytics and no tracking, and it never sends your voice messages, their text or anything about you to anyone, including us.

What TalkSlate reads, and why

• Notifications of messaging apps (if you allow notification access): only to notice that a voice message arrived, in which app and from whom. Only notifications from the messaging apps listed in TalkSlate's Settings › Apps are looked at, and only for voice messages.
• WhatsApp's voice message folder (only the folder you choose in Android's folder picker): to read those voice messages.
• Audio saved on the phone (if you allow it): only voice messages you save from Signal.
• Audio you share to TalkSlate.
• Notifications permission: to ask you about a new voice message and show its text.

Where your data stays

Speech recognition and translation run on the phone, with AI models stored on the phone. Copies of voice messages, their text and translations are kept only in TalkSlate's private storage on your phone (at most the last 300 messages). Removing a message deletes it; uninstalling TalkSlate deletes everything. Android's backup of app data is turned off for TalkSlate.

Internet

TalkSlate uses the internet only to download its AI models from Hugging Face (huggingface.co), once. These downloads contain none of your data. As with any download, Hugging Face can see your phone's IP address (see Hugging Face's privacy policy).

Sharing

TalkSlate does not collect, sell or share personal data. It contains no third-party advertising, analytics or tracking code. Purchases are handled by Google Play under Google's privacy policy; TalkSlate receives no payment details.

Your choices

You can switch off any permission at any time in Android's settings, switch off individual messaging apps in Settings › Apps, remove messages in TalkSlate, or uninstall it.

Children

TalkSlate is not directed at children under 13.

Changes and contact

Changes to this policy are published on this page, with a new date. Questions: use the developer email shown on TalkSlate's Google Play page.