Privacy Policy
Last updated: April 2, 2026
Privacy-First Approach
Livcap is designed with privacy as our core principle. This Privacy Policy explains how we handle your information when you use our macOS live captioning application.
🔒 No Data Collection
Livcap does not collect, store, transmit, or process any of your personal data. All audio processing and live captioning happens locally on your device. Your conversations, audio, and captions never leave your Mac.
What We Don't Collect
- • Audio recordings or content
- • Generated captions or transcriptions
- • Personal information or identifiers
- • Usage analytics or telemetry
- • Device information or system data
- • Network activity or connections
- • Any other personal or sensitive information
Local Processing Only
Livcap uses Apple's built-in speech recognition frameworks and APIs that operate entirely on your device. No audio data is transmitted to external servers, including our own. All processing happens locally using your Mac's hardware and Apple's on-device machine learning capabilities.
🔧 Technology Framework
Currently, Livcap utilizes Apple-supplied APIs and frameworks for all speech recognition functionality. This ensures the highest level of privacy and security as all processing remains within Apple's ecosystem on your device.
Future Changes: We may update or change the underlying frameworks and technologies used in future versions of Livcap. However, privacy will always remain our first priority. Any future technology changes will maintain our commitment to local processing and zero data collection.
Permissions
Livcap requires the following system permissions to function:
- • Microphone Access: To capture and process audio for live captioning
- • System Audio Access: To caption system audio from applications
- • Accessibility Features: To display captions as overlay windows
These permissions are used solely for the application's core functionality and do not enable any data collection or transmission.
Open Source Transparency
Livcap is open source software released under the MIT License. You can review our complete source code at github.com/wayne-xyz/Livcap to verify our privacy claims and understand exactly how the application works.
Third-Party Services
Livcap does not integrate with any third-party services, analytics platforms, or external APIs. The application operates completely independently on your device.
Updates to This Policy
Any changes to this Privacy Policy will be posted on this page and in our GitHub repository. Since we don't collect any data, we cannot notify users directly of policy changes. We recommend checking this page periodically for updates.
Contact
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, please open an issue in our GitHub repository at github.com/wayne-xyz/Livcap/issues.
Summary: Livcap is designed to respect your privacy completely. We don't collect, store, or transmit any of your data. Everything happens locally on your Mac, and you can verify this by reviewing our open source code.
© Wayne-xyz. Released under the MIT License.