Terms of service

The service

SpeechShield provides a real-time conversation assistant through a macOS app and this website. It transcribes and translates speech in meetings, calls, lectures and interviews, and suggests talking points from documents you saved. Using the app requires signing in with a SpeechShield account, which is free to create. Once signed in, you can use it with your own API key, a local CLI, or your Mac's own speech recognition and translation. SpeechShield-hosted AI uses the allowance included in your plan.

Acceptable use

Don't use SpeechShield to:

• Get help in interviews, exams or assessments that don't allow AI assistance
• Record people without their consent, or where recording is not allowed
• Resell SpeechShield-hosted AI or call it in bulk through automation

AI output

Answers and translations produced by AI can be wrong. Check anything important yourself. SpeechShield does not guarantee job offers or any particular outcome.

Billing and cancellation

Paid plans renew automatically each period. Cancel anytime from your account page and keep access until the paid period ends. Refunds follow the refund policy.

Payments are processed by our reseller Paddle.com, and Paddle's buyer terms also apply to your purchase.

Fair use

Each plan includes the SpeechShield-hosted AI minutes listed on the pricing page. Unlimited plans such as Max have a daily fair-use limit: once it's reached, SpeechShield-hosted AI pauses until the next day. You can keep going with your own API key or on your Mac in the meantime.

A session that keeps listening with no speech for a long time may end on its own. If we see other abnormal use, we'll contact you before limiting access.

Friend invitations

Minutes, AI answers and payment discounts from friend invitations follow the conditions and time limits shown where you invite. They have no cash value, can't be transferred, and aren't refundable.

If we find abuse, such as creating accounts to invite yourself, we may withhold rewards or turn off invitations for the account. Rewards and their conditions may change; rewards you already received are not affected.

Changes

We announce changes on this page and by email 7 days before they take effect, or 30 days before for changes that work against you.