Privacy policy
The short version
Listably does not collect your personal data. There is no account, no tracking, no analytics and no advertising. Your documents are read and stored on your iPhone.
Who we are
Listably is published by Dan Stevens. For anything about this policy, email support@listably.co.uk.
Your documents
- Files, photographs, pasted text and web pages you add are processed and stored on your device only. We never receive them.
- Text is turned into speech on your device, by the Studio voices built into the app or by Apple's voices. The Studio voices come inside the app, so nothing is downloaded and no text is sent anywhere to be spoken.
- Text in photographs is recognised on your device using Apple's built-in text recognition.
- "Listen in Listably" (the share sheet) copies what you share into a private folder that only Listably can read, on your device, and the app imports it next time it opens.
- "Save as audio" writes the audio file to a temporary folder on your device and hands it to the share sheet. Where it goes from there (Files, AirDrop, a message) is your choice, and that app's privacy policy applies.
- Deleting the app deletes its documents from your device.
Web pages you ask it to fetch
When you give Listably a web address, your iPhone requests that page directly from the website, as Safari would. That website sees a normal request, including your IP address. The request does not pass through us, and we do not see which pages you fetch.
Purchases
Purchases and subscriptions are handled by Apple. We do not receive your name, email address or payment details. Apple tells the app only whether Pro is active on your Apple ID.
What we do not do
- No account or sign-in.
- No analytics, crash-reporting or advertising code. The only third-party components are the open-source Studio voice model and its text-processing libraries, which run entirely on your device and make no network connections. They are credited in the app under Settings, About.
- No tracking across other apps or websites.
- No selling or sharing of data, because we do not have any.
If you email us
If you contact support, we receive your email address and whatever you choose to send. We use it only to reply, keep it no longer than needed to deal with your request, and never add you to a mailing list.
Children
The app collects no personal data from anyone, including children.
Your rights
Under UK and EU data protection law you can ask what data we hold about you, and ask us to correct or delete it. Apart from any support emails, we hold none. You can also complain to the Information Commissioner's Office at ico.org.uk.
Changes
If the app ever starts handling data differently, this page will be updated before that version is released, and the date at the top will change.