Only your devices can unlock your transcripts.
The Private transcripts setting does this.
This page shows what we can read and how long we keep each thing.
Your device turns speech into text or our AI provider does it in the EU.
On your phone or in the desktop app, speech becomes text on the device and the audio never reaches us. In the web app our AI provider in the EU does it, and we delete the audio as soon as the text is ready.
Phone or desktop app
You downloaded the transcription model and Transcribe in the cloud is off.
Web app
It works in your browser with nothing to install.
We can read some things and we cannot read others.
When Private transcripts is on, we cannot read your transcripts. We can read your summaries. We need them so search and sharing work on all your devices.
We can read Readable
- Titles, summaries and the notes you write
- Action items, decisions and folders
- Your account and billing details
- What you said, while we write your notes
- Your mood, supplements and medication in the Journal, if you sync your Journal
We cannot read Locked
- Your locked transcripts
- Your saved Ask Parley Notes chats
- Your recordings, because we do not keep them
- Your voice profile, because it never leaves your phone
This is how it works when Private transcripts is on. When it is off, we store transcripts and chats unlocked, like your summaries.
We don't keep your audio and you decide when to delete your notes.
We delete it as soon as the text is ready. If that fails, we delete it automatically after one day.
They stay on your device. If you turn on backup, they also go to your own Google Drive.
We do not keep them on our serversWe keep it for one day. If your connection drops, you do not have to upload again. If Private transcripts is on, we lock the transcript in it. After one day, it expires and we delete it.
It handles your audio and text in the EU. It does not use your data to train AI.
We keep them until you delete them. You can delete one at a time. You can also delete them all at once in Settings.
Most AI notetakers keep the key while Parley Notes gives it to you.
| Parley Notes | Most AI notetakers | |
|---|---|---|
| A bot joins your call | Never | Often |
| Your device turns speech into text | Yes, after a one-time download | Rarely. Most do it on their servers. |
| Where the audio goes | With on-device transcription it never reaches our servers. Otherwise we delete it as soon as it is text. | They often keep it on their servers |
| Who can read your stored transcripts | Only your devices | The company can read them too |
| Who has the key | You | The company |
| Uses your data to train AI | No | Often, unless you turn it off |
This table shows Parley Notes with Private transcripts turned on.
One account on your phone, your computer and the web.
Android
Transcribe on the phone, in a meeting room or on a plane, and the audio stays in your pocket. The key that unlocks your transcripts lives there too.
Windows
Transcribe on your own computer and the audio stays on your desk. The Windows app holds the key to your transcripts.
For 64-bit Windows.Mac
Transcribe on your Mac and the audio stays with you. The Mac app holds the key to your transcripts.
The Mac app needs macOS 14 or newer.Web app
You do not need to install anything. Read your notes, transcribe calls and ask questions in your browser.
Chrome and Edge
These browser extensions transcribe the meeting in the tab you have open.
One download of the transcription model sets this up. Keep Transcribe in the cloud switched off and no audio leaves the device.
Start with one meeting
and see where it goes.
Free to start on every device.
Plans and prices are on the pricing page.