Privacy
What you say stays on your computer.
People dictate private things: work emails, reports, notes to family. We think those words are yours alone. So Marks turns speech into text on your own PC, and nothing you say is uploaded.
Our promises
Nothing you say is uploaded
Not your voice, and not the text it becomes. We couldn't read your dictation even if we wanted to.
The microphone is on only when you ask
It listens between Start and Stop, and that's all. Audio is never saved.
No tracking
No analytics and no ads, in the app or on this website.
Your settings are locked to you
Your vocabulary and settings are protected with your Windows account.
When Marks goes online
Only for these two things. Neither one includes anything you've said or written.
To confirm your subscription
Once you subscribe, Marks checks your license when you're online. It keeps working for up to 30 days without a connection. Buying and managing your plan happen in your web browser.
To check for updates
About once a day, the installed app asks our update server whether there's a new version.
You stay in control
History is off unless you turn it on
If you choose Save my dictations, they're encrypted and kept on this computer for 7, 30 or 90 days, or until you delete them.
Delete it all whenever you like
In Settings, History & privacy, you can erase your history, vocabulary and settings. Marks asks first, so nothing goes by accident.
Your clipboard is put back
When Marks pastes your words, it restores what you had copied and keeps the text out of Windows clipboard history.
Support details leave out your words
If you contact us, the app can copy your version and PC details for you to paste. It never includes dictated text, vocabulary or audio.
Read the details
Our policies explain exactly what the app and this website do with data. Payments are handled by Polar, our payment provider.