Privacy Policy

Meet Transcriber - Last updated: July 21, 2026

What this extension does

Meet Transcriber captures audio from your browser tab and microphone, sends it to OpenAI's transcription API, and displays the resulting text transcript with speaker labels.

Data collected

Audio: Captured locally from the active tab and (optionally) your microphone. Audio is sent directly to OpenAI's API for transcription and is not stored by the extension after the API call completes.
OpenAI API key: Provided by you. Stored in your browser's local storage (chrome.storage.local). Never synced, never exported, never sent anywhere except to OpenAI's API as an authorization header.
Transcripts: Stored locally in your browser's storage and optionally on your local filesystem (~/.meet-transcriber/) if you install the native messaging bridge.
Voice sample: If you choose to record a voice fingerprint for speaker identification, it is stored locally in your browser's storage only.

Third-party services

The only external service this extension communicates with is OpenAI's API (api.openai.com). Audio data is sent to OpenAI for transcription using their speech-to-text models. OpenAI's data handling is governed by their own privacy policy and API terms of service.

No other external service, server, or analytics platform receives any data from this extension.

What we do NOT do

No telemetry or analytics
No tracking of any kind
No intermediary server - audio goes directly from your browser to OpenAI
No ads
No data sharing with third parties (other than OpenAI for transcription)
No account required

Data retention

Transcripts remain in your browser's local storage until you delete them. If the native messaging bridge is installed, transcript files remain on your local filesystem until you delete them. No data is retained on any remote server operated by us.

Open source

This extension is fully open source under the MIT license. You can inspect every line of code at github.com/hugoblanc/meet-transcriber.

Contact

For questions about this privacy policy, open an issue on GitHub.