BABELME
Privacy Policy — Last Updated: May 10, 2026
Overview
BabelMe is a real-time speech translation app. We are committed to protecting your privacy and being transparent about how we handle your data.
Information We Collect
- Account Information: When you register for BabelMe Messenger, we collect your email address and display name. Your username is auto-generated.
- Audio and Voice Data: Speech audio is processed for live translation, dictation, voice messages, text-to-speech playback, and optional voice setup. Audio may be sent to third-party services such as Apple Speech, Google Cloud Speech, Deepgram, and ElevenLabs solely to provide speech recognition, audio isolation, voice cloning, voice conversion, or text-to-speech functionality.
- Messages and Conversation Content: Messages, translated text, sender and recipient identifiers, language choices, and related delivery metadata are processed so BabelMe can deliver Messenger, group, Party Room, and Broadcast experiences. Some message data may be temporarily stored or queued on our servers to deliver messages to offline recipients, synchronize conversations, or support notifications. Message history may also be stored locally on your device.
- Dictation and Notebook Content: Dictation text, transcript blocks, note titles, note type, evidence labels, translated text, and related session metadata may be processed to provide Dictation, Notebook, companion, cleanup, and export features.
- Camera and Photo Content: Camera input may be used to scan QR codes, translate visible text, capture video text for Dictation, or add photos as local Dictation evidence. Photo evidence is stored locally unless you choose to share or export it.
- Device Token: If you enable push notifications, we store your Apple Push Notification service (APNs) device token to deliver message notifications.
- Language Preferences and Voice IDs: Your selected languages, voice playback preferences, and optional ElevenLabs voice identifiers may be stored locally and on BabelMe servers so your current voice profile can be recovered and used consistently across sessions.
- Companion Session Data: If you use Dictation Companion or nearby Mac pairing, BabelMe processes active session data such as session codes, companion tokens, note titles, note type, transcript text, and connection state so your phone and companion stay in sync.
- Usage and Quota Data: BabelMe may process feature usage, provider request metadata, and quota counters to operate the service, prevent abuse, control costs, and enforce usage limits.
- Local Network Data: If you use nearby device pairing, BabelMe may access devices on your local network to discover and connect your iPhone and Mac.
How We Use Your Information
- To provide real-time speech translation services
- To deliver and synchronize messages between BabelMe users
- To send push notifications for new messages
- To verify your identity via email OTP during registration
- To provide optional personalized voice playback and voice setup
- To operate usage limits, safety controls, and service reliability protections
- To pair your iPhone with a nearby Mac or browser companion for live Dictation editing
- To keep active companion sessions synchronized across connected devices
Third-Party Services
BabelMe uses the following third-party services to provide its functionality:
- Anthropic (Claude): For text translation
- Apple Speech Framework: For on-device speech recognition
- Google Cloud Speech-to-Text: For cloud-based speech recognition
- Deepgram: For streaming speech recognition in supported live and dictation workflows
- ElevenLabs: For text-to-speech and voice cloning
- Resend: For sending verification emails
- Cloudflare: For API proxy and WebSocket relay infrastructure
- Google AdMob and User Messaging Platform: For consent messaging and optional rewarded ads for free users when rewarded access is enabled
Each service processes data according to its own privacy policy. Audio, text, and related request data sent to these services is used to provide the requested service, such as speech recognition, translation, voice setup, audio cleanup, or text-to-speech playback.
Data Storage
- Server-side: Your account information, username, display name, email, language preference, device token, voice identifier, message delivery data, and active room or session metadata may be stored or processed on Cloudflare's infrastructure to operate the app.
- Active and Queued Sessions: Party Room, Broadcast, Messenger, and Dictation Companion data may be temporarily relayed or queued so connected devices stay synchronized and offline recipients can receive messages. BabelMe limits server-side storage to what is needed to operate the service, deliver messages, enforce safety controls, and maintain reliability.
- On-device: Message history, contacts, language preferences, voice identifiers, notebook drafts, dictation evidence, and companion-session drafts may be stored locally on your device using standard iOS storage mechanisms.
Dictation Companion & Local Network
BabelMe includes optional Dictation Companion workflows that let you pair an iPhone with a nearby Mac or join a live Dictation session from a browser. These workflows use session codes, companion tokens, local network discovery, or active relay connections only to keep the current session running and synchronized.
Any transcript exports or saved notes created from a companion session are stored where you choose to save them. Live session content may still be temporarily relayed while the companion connection is active.
User Safety & Content Moderation
BabelMe provides the following safety features:
- Block Users: You can block any user from contacting you. Blocked users cannot send you messages.
- Report Users: You can report users for harassment, spam, inappropriate content, impersonation, or other concerns. Reports are reviewed and appropriate action is taken.
- Account Deletion: You can permanently delete your account and all associated data at any time from the app's Settings or by following the instructions at babelme-privacy.pages.dev/delete-account.
Your Rights
- Access: You can view your account information in the app's Settings.
- Deletion: You can delete your account at any time from Settings. This permanently removes your account, contacts, group memberships, and all associated data from our servers. If you cannot access the app, use the public deletion page at babelme-privacy.pages.dev/delete-account.
- Portability: Your message history is stored locally on your device and can be accessed through standard iOS backup mechanisms.
Children's Privacy
BabelMe is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe we have collected information from a child, please contact us.
Changes to This Policy
We may update this privacy policy from time to time. We will notify users of any material changes by updating the "Last Updated" date at the top of this page.