Privacy

Last updated 25 August 2026

Ethos is speaking practice: you record yourself, the recording gets measured, you get feedback. That only works if we handle recordings of your voice, so here is exactly what happens to them, in plain words.

Audio, and where it goes

When you finish a recording, the audio uploads to our server to be scored. Two third-party AI services process it on our behalf: OpenAI (Whisper) turns the audio into a transcript with word timings, and Anthropic (Claude) turns the transcript and your numbers into written feedback. Both run under API terms that keep your audio and transcripts out of model training. All feedback in Ethos is AI-generated.

What we store

• · Your recordings: the audio files, transcripts (including the raw transcription output), and the AI feedback written about them
• · Your numbers: pace, fillers, pauses, scores, stars, and the on-device presence numbers described above
• · Your progress: streaks, freezes, XP, coins, and the word upgrades pulled from your own transcripts
• · Your account: email address once you create one, an optional display name, and your plan
• · Abuse protection: request timestamps keyed to your account, or to your IP address when there is no account

Some things stay on your device only: preferences like theme and reminder hour, your sign-in session, and any recording waiting to upload.

Cookies and analytics

None. No analytics scripts, no advertising trackers, no third-party cookies. Your sign-in session is kept in your browser's own storage by Supabase, our database and login provider.

Who touches the data

Four processors, each doing one job: Supabase (accounts, database and audio storage), OpenAI (transcription), Anthropic (feedback), and Vercel (hosting, with standard server logs). We never sell your data and never share it beyond these services.

Practising without an account

You can practise before signing up. That progress is tied to an anonymous session in your browser; creating an account later attaches it to you. If you clear your browser data first, the anonymous progress can't be traced back to anyone, including you.

Keeping it, deleting it

We keep your data until you delete your account. Settings has a delete-account control that removes everything: recordings, transcripts, scores, progress, and the account itself. You can also write to hello@speakethos.com for deletion, access or correction.

Where we operate

Ethos is operated from Australia and handles personal information under the Australian Privacy Principles. If you think we've handled yours badly, tell us first; if we don't sort it out, you can complain to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner.

Terms · hello@speakethos.com