Privacy policy
Short version: your text goes to a speech provider and your audio to a transcription provider, we keep neither, the browser converters never upload anything, and an account is only an email address.
Effective 8 October 2026. This policy explains how the operator of texttoaudio.io ("we") handles data. Contact: [email protected].
1. What we process, where it goes, how long it is kept
| You do | What is sent | To whom | Kept |
|---|---|---|---|
| Text to audio, reader, voice over | Your text, the voice and a pace instruction | Kie.ai (API provider, United States), which passes it to Google's Gemini text to speech model | We do not store your text. Kie.ai keeps each generated audio clip at an unlisted link for up to 14 days, then deletes it. The finished MP3 is assembled in your browser and never stored by us. |
| Transcribe audio or video | A compressed mono copy of the audio track (never the video picture) | Kie.ai temporary file storage, then Google's Gemini model for transcription | Kie.ai deletes the uploaded audio within 24 hours. We do not store the audio or the transcript. |
| Load a web page in the reader | The URL | Our server fetches the page and returns its text to you | Not stored. |
| MP4 to MP3, video to audio | Nothing | Nowhere: the conversion runs in your browser | Nothing to keep. |
| Sign in | Your email address | Us, and Resend (email delivery) to send the one-time link | Until you delete the account. Sign-in links expire after 15 minutes; sessions after 30 days. |
| Subscribe | Email, plan, payment details | Our payment processor, on its own hosted page. We never see card numbers. | We keep the plan, renewal date and order reference. The processor keeps billing records as tax law requires. |
The speech and transcription providers process content to return the result. We send only the text or audio, never your email, account or IP address.
2. Usage counters
To enforce free daily limits without requiring an account, our server stores one-way hashes of (a) characteristics your browser reports (screen size, time zone, language, platform and similar) and (b) your IP address, next to the number of characters and seconds used. These counters expire after two days. For paid accounts the counters are tied to the account and expire 40 days after the billing period. Hashes cannot be turned back into an IP address and are not shared.
3. Browser storage
The site stores your last chosen voice and, when signed in, your email address in your browser's local storage, plus a session cookie that keeps you signed in. No advertising or tracking cookies. Cloudflare, our host, keeps standard request logs (IP address, user agent, URL, time) for up to 30 days for security.
4. Deleting your data
- Account: on the account page, use "Delete account". The account record is deleted immediately and every session stops working. Cancel a paid plan first; deleting the account does not by itself stop a subscription at the payment processor.
- Anything else: email [email protected] from the address concerned. We reply within 30 days.
- Text and audio: we hold none. Provider copies expire as listed above.
5. Your rights
Depending on where you live (for example the EU, UK or California) you can ask to access, correct, delete or export your data, and object to or restrict processing. Our legal basis for processing content is performing the service you ask for; for counters and logs it is our legitimate interest in a fair free tier and a secure service. You may complain to your data protection authority.
6. Children
The service is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect their data. Accounts are for users aged 16 or over.
7. Changes
We post changes here with a new effective date. If we change which providers process your content, we say so on this page before the change takes effect.