The short version
- Audio exists only until the note is written. Then it is deleted from your phone or computer and from our servers. Parley Notes keeps notes, not recordings.
- The text transcript goes to the cloud to write the note. That is what makes the summary, Ask Parley and sync possible.
- Nothing you record, transcribe or write is used to train AI.
Transcribing in the cloud
The audio goes to our servers over an encrypted connection, is turned into text and is deleted there. Once the note is written, the copy on your device is deleted too. The transcript is stored in your account.
Transcribing on the device
With the model downloaded and On this phone or On this computer chosen, the audio never leaves the device. Speaker separation and voiceprints run there too. Only the finished transcript goes to the cloud and the audio is deleted from the device once the note is written. The note says "transcribed on this device" so you can tell.
What is stored where
| On your device | In your account | Never kept | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Audio | Only while the note is being written | Deleted once the note is written, everywhere | |
| Transcripts and notes | A copy so they open offline | Yes so they sync | |
| Voiceprints | Yes | They never leave the device | |
| Live transcript clips (desktop) | Shown once, never kept |
What this means in practice
There is no audio player on a note and no recording to download. If the words matter, the transcript has them, line by line with the speaker and the time. If you need the sound itself, Parley Notes is the wrong tool for that one conversation.
AI tools
AI tools you connect are read-only and cannot read health notes or private transcripts. See AI tools. The privacy policy at parleynotes.com/privacy has the formal version.