Privacy Policy

Last updated: October 18, 2026

Always Listen is a Chrome extension that transcribes your microphone to text after you turn it on. This page explains what it handles and where that data goes.

The microphone is used only while the listening switch is on.
Your transcripts and settings are stored on your device.
No account, no analytics, no ads and no server of ours.
Chrome's built-in speech recognition sends audio to Google to turn it into text.

1. What the extension handles

Microphone audio, only while the listening switch is on and Chrome has granted microphone permission.
The resulting text, the language you chose, and the time each phrase was saved.
Settings such as recognition language, listen on startup, keeping the listener window, and how many phrases to keep.

2. Where your data is stored

Settings and saved text are stored in your browser with chrome.storage.local. They are not synced and are never sent to us. There is no Always Listen account, analytics, advertising or server.

3. Speech recognition by Google

Always Listen uses Chrome's built-in Web Speech API. While listening is on, Chrome sends your microphone audio to Google, which returns the text. Google's handling of that audio is covered by the Google Privacy Policy. Always Listen does not add any other transcription service. If you do not want audio to leave your computer, leave the switch off.

4. Browser permissions

storage to save your settings and transcripts on this device.
offscreen to keep speech recognition running after the popup closes.
alarms to restore a listening session that Chrome paused while the switch is on.

The extension does not request access to websites, does not read page content and does not load code from the internet.

5. Sharing and selling

We do not sell, rent or share your audio or text. It is not used for advertising, profiling or credit decisions.

6. Your control

Turn listening off at any time from the popup or the listener window.
Export or delete your saved text from the extension's Settings page.
Revoke microphone access for the extension in Chrome's site settings.
Removing the extension deletes everything it stored.

7. Children

Always Listen is not directed at children under 13 and does not knowingly collect data from them.

8. Changes to this policy

If the way the extension handles data changes, we will update this page and the date above before the new version is released.

9. Contact

Questions about privacy? Email msaidzengin@gmail.com.