ScanTextPrivacy policy
In short: ScanText does not collect, store on its own servers or share any data about you. The photo and the recognized text stay only in your device's memory.
1. What the app does with your photo
When you tap the button to take a photo, the picture is kept only in the device's memory, the text is recognized and the image is discarded right after. The photo taken with the camera is not saved: not to your Photos, not to a file, not to the cloud. The app has no server, asks for no account and uses no ads, analytics or tracking.
2. Camera and gallery
- Camera. The app asks for camera access to show the live image and take the photo when you tap the button. It uses the camera only while it is open and on the capture screen.
- Gallery. To pick an existing photo, the app uses the system photo picker. That is why it does not ask for permission to access your library: the system hands over only the photo you chose, and that photo also stays in memory only, without being copied or saved.
3. Text recognition and reading aloud
- The text is recognized on the device itself, using the system's Vision feature. No internet is needed and nothing is sent to anyone.
- Reading aloud uses the system's voices (AVSpeechSynthesizer), also on the device. The language of the text is detected on the device to choose the voice. Extra voices you download in the iPhone's Settings follow Apple's rules.
4. The recognized text
The text appears on the result screen and exists only while it is open: the app keeps no history. When you tap Copy, the text goes to the system clipboard and becomes available to other apps, like any copied text. When you tap Share, you choose the destination in the system menu; the app hands the text to the app you chose, and the developer has no access to that transfer.
5. What is stored
Only one preference: the speed you chose for reading aloud, kept on the device itself. The device backup, made by Apple (iCloud or computer), follows Apple's policy.
6. What the app does not do
- It shows no ads and uses no analytics or tracking tools.
- It asks for no login and creates no account.
- It does not access your photo library, your location, your contacts or other apps.
- It does not sell or share data with third parties, because it collects none.
7. Children
The app is not directed at children and collects no data from anyone, of any age.
8. Changes to this policy
If this policy changes, the effective date at the top will be updated.
9. Contact
Questions about this policy: suporte.apps@afw.com.br.