Privacy policy
Last updated: June 2026 · https://udevoice.com
What Ude is
Ude is a voice notes and meeting assistant. You control when recording and cloud transcription run. This site (https://udevoice.com) is the official web app for sign-in, settings, and invite links.
Our baseline: no permanent audio
Ude does not keep permanent audio recordings. We do not archive raw meeting audio on our servers, in your cloud account, or in device backup files. What you save is text (transcripts, notes, todos) and metadata you choose to store.
Two capture paths
Capture behavior is configured in Settings → Capture. Privacy for listening, transcription, and storage are related but not the same thing.
Quick capture (tap)
A short tap starts quick capture. When Quick capture is set to On-device, audio can stay entirely on your device from microphone through transcription to saved note — nothing is sent for speech recognition unless you change that setting.
Meeting capture (hold or Start meeting)
Meetings with speaker labels use Cloud STT when Meeting capture is set to Cloud STT. By necessity, short audio segments are sent to our Firebase backend and then to a speech provider (Google Gemini or AssemblyAI, as shown in Settings) for transcription only. Those segments are processed in memory and are not stored on Ude's servers.
After a cloud meeting ends, raw audio may remain in app memory on your device only for up to 15 minutes so you can optionally run Enhance transcript (a second quality pass). If you skip enhance, or after a successful enhance, that audio is deleted from memory. It is never written to disk or uploaded for long-term storage.
Enhance transcript & device memory
The optional 15-minute buffer is client RAM only. Enhance can fail even while the timer is still running if the operating system reclaims memory. Your live transcript is always saved.
| Meeting length | Suggested device RAM | Guidance |
|---|---|---|
| 15–59 min | 4 GB+ | Avoid heavy apps during the 15-minute window |
| 60–89 min | 6 GB+ | Close streaming, games, extra tabs before the meeting |
| 90–120 min | 8 GB+ | Prefer desktop Chrome; keep Ude in the foreground until Enhance finishes |
Where your saved notes and meetings go
Saving text to the cloud is separate from cloud transcription. In Settings → Security, Privacy, and Data you choose:
- Ultimate privacy — saves stay on this device only (IndexedDB). No automatic cloud copy, no device file backups.
- Backup as needed — you are prompted per note or meeting before backing up to device files or uploading; cloud sync is optional.
- Privacy with backup — automatic device file backups on the native app; cloud sync remains your choice.
- Sync saves to my cloud account — when turned on, saved notes and meetings (text and metadata) copy to your private Firestore account. When off, storage is device-only. This toggle does not block ephemeral cloud STT during meetings.
Sharing with friends or groups always requires an explicit share action with confirmation. We do not auto-upload your library because a meeting appeared on your calendar.
Account & invites
Friend invite links on https://udevoice.com ask you to sign in with the email address the inviter entered. We use that only to confirm you are the intended recipient and to add you to their friends list. We do not sell invite or contact data.
Third-party providers
When cloud features are enabled, data may be processed by Firebase (authentication, functions, optional Firestore sync), speech providers (Gemini, AssemblyAI), and AI providers you select for summaries. Stripe processes payments for paid plans. Each provider has its own privacy policy; for Google, see Google Privacy Policy.
Contact
Questions about this policy or a mistaken security warning for https://udevoice.com? Email support through the address listed in the Play Store listing or your account provider.