Dictation and transcription
Aqua Voice privacy rating
Voice dictation app that sends speech to the cloud for transcription with its own Avalon model and inserts formatted text into any app, with optional screen context for accuracy.
Summary
Aqua Voice scores 24 out of 100 (grade F) on the dictation and transcription criteria. It meets 1 of 10 criteria: TLS configuration. It partly meets no ads or data sales, independent audit and no training on recordings. It does not meet open source, no trackers or telemetry, transparency report, tells users about requests, security headers and runs on the device. It is based in the United States: Five Eyes member; subject to the US CLOUD Act. Automated tests: SSL Labs grade A and Mozilla HTTP Observatory grade C.
Score 24 out of 100. How scoring works
Criteria
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No
No trackers or telemetry Weight 3 of 3
Are the website and apps free of third-party trackers, with any analytics anonymous and any telemetry off by default?
The website loads Google tags, HubSpot and Cookiebot, and the policy describes advertising attribution through Branch and ad platforms.
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Partial
No ads or data sales Weight 2 of 3
Is the product funded without advertising, ad targeting or selling user data?
Funded by subscriptions and does not sell data, but hashed emails and conversion events are shared with ad platforms such as Google and Meta to measure its own ads.
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Partial
Independent audit Weight 2 of 3
Has an independent security or privacy audit been published within the last three years?
A SOC 2 Type II audit by Advantage Partners is claimed, but the report is only available through the Trust Center.
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No
Transparency report Weight 2 of 3
Does the provider regularly publish how many government and legal requests it receives and how it responds?
No transparency report or government request policy is published.
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No
Tells users about requests Weight 1 of 3
Does the provider promise to tell users about requests for their data, unless a court forbids it?
No published policy on notifying users about data requests.
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No
Runs on the device Weight 3 of 3
Is speech converted to text on the device, without sending audio to a server?
Audio is processed in the cloud.
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Partial
No training on recordings Weight 2 of 3
Are recordings and transcripts kept out of model training by default?
With Privacy Mode off, the default, transcripts may be stored to improve the product; Privacy Mode turns this off.
Automated tests
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Yes
TLS configuration Weight 2 of 3
Does the website pass the Qualys SSL Labs test with a grade of A or better?
Grade A
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No
Security headers Weight 1 of 3
Does the website pass the Mozilla HTTP Observatory test with a grade of A or better?
Grade C (50/100+)
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Not tested yet
Modern web standards Weight 1 of 3
Does the website score 90% or higher on the Internet.nl website test?
Not tested yet.