In short: Aulio Translate has no account and no servers. Speech recognition and translation run on your iPhone. What you say, type, or photograph is never sent to us or anyone else, and we can't see it. We don't collect personal data, use analytics, or track you.
Who we are
Aulio Translate is an iPhone app made by Amit Nadir ("we", "us"). You can reach us at amitnadir@gmail.com.
The microphone
- Aulio Translate uses the microphone only after you tap Start, and stops when you tap Stop.
- The sound is turned into text and translated on your iPhone. The audio itself is not saved and never leaves your phone.
The camera and your photos
- When you translate a photo, Aulio Translate reads its text on your iPhone using Apple's built-in text recognition.
- You choose each photo yourself; Aulio Translate can't see the rest of your photo library.
- A photo you translate is kept with its translation in your list, on your iPhone, until you delete it.
Your translations
- What was said or typed and its translations are saved in Aulio Translate's list on your iPhone, so you can read or play them later.
- Delete one with a swipe, or all of them in Settings > Delete all recordings. Deleting the app deletes everything.
- Like your other app data, they may be part of your device's own backups (iCloud Backup or a computer backup), which you and Apple control.
Downloads
- The first time you open Aulio Translate, it downloads its AI models for speech recognition and translation, and later any voices you choose. These files come from Hugging Face (huggingface.co) or from Apple.
- These downloads send none of your content. Like any download, they reveal your device's IP address to the server that hosts the files.
- After that, Aulio Translate works without internet.
No tracking, no analytics, no ads
- Aulio Translate has no analytics, no advertising, and no third-party tracking.
- To keep the app running well, it keeps a small technical log on your iPhone (for example how long a translation took, and the phone's temperature). It contains no conversations and is never sent anywhere.
- If iOS asks you to rate the app, that request comes from Apple's own system.
Children
Aulio Translate is not directed at children under 13, and it collects no personal data from anyone.
Changes
If this policy changes, we'll update this page and the date at the top.