# Dictate Terms Source Copy

Date: 2026-09-26

This is the repository source copy for a public Dictate terms page, proposed at
`https://arcforge.au/terms/dictate`. The general `https://arcforge.au/terms`
covers Arc Forge's paid services and does not describe Dictate. Publish these
contents there and use that URL as the Microsoft Store terms link.

## Who provides Dictate

Dictate is made by Arc Forge Labs (Samuel Rodda, ABN 66 913 411 628), Adelaide,
South Australia.

## Free, with nothing to buy

Dictate is free. There is no account, no subscription, no in-app purchase and
no paid tier. We will not ask you for payment details.

## Licence

Dictate is open-source software under the MIT licence
(<https://github.com/arcforgelabs/dictate/blob/master/LICENSE>). You may use,
copy, modify and share it under that licence.

Dictate includes third-party software and the Parakeet speech model from
NVIDIA, each under its own licence. Those licences apply to those parts.

## Your dictation stays yours

Dictate transcribes on your device and does not send us your audio or text. We
claim no rights in anything you dictate. How Dictate handles data is described
in the Dictate privacy policy at <https://arcforge.au/privacy/dictate>.

## Use it responsibly

Transcription can be wrong. Check anything important before you rely on it,
especially for medical, legal, financial or safety matters.

Dictate types into whichever app has focus. You are responsible for what it
types and where, and for following the law and the rules of the apps you use,
including getting consent where the law requires it before recording other
people.

## Provided as is

Dictate is provided "as is", without warranty of any kind, as set out in the MIT
licence. Nothing in these terms excludes rights you have under the Australian
Consumer Law or other laws that cannot be excluded.

## Where you got it

If you install Dictate from the Microsoft Store, Microsoft's terms for the Store
also apply to that download. Installs from GitHub are subject to GitHub's terms
for that download.

## Support

Support is best-effort, through
<https://github.com/arcforgelabs/dictate/issues>. There is no guaranteed
response time.

## Changes

We may update these terms. The current version is always on this page, with its
date.