Privacy policy

Vaani helps people who find speaking hard take part in calls: you type a line and it is spoken aloud in your chosen voice. This policy covers the Vaani website and app, and the Vaani for Google Meet browser extension. In short: we don't sell your data, we don't show ads, and we don't keep what you type.

The Vaani for Google Meet extension

The extension only runs on Google Meet (meet.google.com) and on the Vaani site. It does one thing: it adds the speech Vaani generates to the microphone you use in Google Meet, so other people in the call hear it.

• Your microphone audio is mixed inside your own Google Meet tab, on your computer. It goes only where Google Meet already sends it.
• The extension does not record, store or upload your audio.
• It reads the address and title of your Meet tab only to show you which call Vaani is connected to. That information stays in your browser.
• It does not collect personal information, browsing history, or anything from other websites, and it does not use analytics or tracking.

What happens to what you type

When you send a line, the text goes to Vaani's server, which passes it to ElevenLabs to turn it into speech. The audio comes straight back to your browser. Vaani doesn't save your lines or the audio on its server, and doesn't log them.

ElevenLabs handles that text under its own privacy policy, using your ElevenLabs account. Your recent lines are kept in the open Vaani page so you can replay them instantly. They disappear when you close the page or clear the list.

Your ElevenLabs API key

If you add your own ElevenLabs API key, Vaani checks it with ElevenLabs once, then keeps it encrypted in a secure cookie in your browser. Only Vaani's server can read it, and only to make speech for you. Remove it any time under Voice in the app.

Stored in your browser

Vaani keeps a few things on your own device so it's ready next time:

• A sign-in cookie, if the Vaani site you use has a login.
• Your encrypted ElevenLabs API key, if you added one.
• Your settings: chosen voice, speaker, speech speed and your list of quick phrases. These are kept in your browser's local storage and never sent to us.

Clearing your browser's site data for Vaani removes all of it.

Typing from your phone

If you use the phone link, lines typed on your phone go through Vaani's server to your computer straight away. They are passed along in memory only and never written down. The link contains a long random code, and only devices with that code can send or receive lines.

What we don't do

• We don't sell or share your data with anyone for advertising.
• We don't use analytics, tracking pixels or third-party cookies.
• We don't use your data for anything other than speaking your lines.

Changes and contact

If this policy changes, we'll update this page and the date at the top. Questions or requests: open an issue on GitHub.