Hush Steno privacy policy

Last updated November 11, 2026

Your jobs, notes and dictionaries

Every job, transcript, set of steno notes, signature and dictionary you make or import is kept in the app's own folder on your device. Deleted jobs go to the app's trash first. If you turn on the backup folder, the app also copies your jobs to a folder you pick, such as one in iCloud Drive or on a USB drive; that copy is kept by whichever service holds the folder. Exports go only where you send them.

Audio and the speech backup

When you turn on audio for a job, Hush Steno records the microphone while you write, so you can tap any word and hear it. The recording is saved with the job on your device. The speech backup, which shows what was said at any moment, is made by Apple's speech model running on the device. The audio and the text it produces are never sent to us, to Apple or to anyone. The first time, iOS or macOS may download Apple's speech model for your language; that download is between your device and Apple and contains nothing of yours.

When the app uses the network

• Your Stenograph writer. To connect to a Luminex, Luminex II or Diamante, the app talks to it over your local Wi-Fi.
• Realtime to the room. Only when you start it, the app serves the live transcript to browsers on the same Wi-Fi, such as an attorney's laptop. Viewers need the code the app shows you. Nothing goes beyond your network.
• Captions you send out. Only if you set up a caption output, the transcript text is sent to the place you chose: a Zoom meeting through the caption link the host gives you, a captioning service address you enter, or a broadcast encoder on your network. Only the text is sent, and only to that place.
• Plover's free dictionary. Only when you tap the button to download it, the app fetches it from GitHub, where Plover publishes it. GitHub sees the request, as any website does.
• The App Store. Hush Steno Pro and the 7-day trial are handled by Apple's App Store. Apple processes the purchase; we never see your payment details or your Apple ID. To know whether the trial has been used, the app keeps its start date in the device's keychain.

The app makes no other network connection.

Permissions the app asks for

• Microphone: only when you turn on audio for a job.
• Local Network: to reach your Stenograph writer, share realtime in the room and send captions to an encoder on your network.

Steno keyboards that connect by Bluetooth pair in your device's own Bluetooth settings, like any keyboard; the app does not ask for Bluetooth. On a Mac, USB writers are reached directly over the USB cable. Hush Steno never asks for your contacts, calendar, photos or location.

What is collected

Nothing. There is no account, no analytics, no crash reporting, no advertising and no tracking. The App Store privacy label is Data Not Collected. Nobody, including the developer, can see your jobs, hear your audio or read your notes.

The people in your proceedings

Your transcripts and recordings may hold what witnesses, parties and patients said. Follow your court's, agency's and firm's rules and the law on recording, keeping and delivering the record. Whether Hush Steno fits those obligations is for you to decide.

This website

This site uses no cookies and no analytics scripts. Like any website, the hosting provider's servers see the address a request comes from when they answer it.

If you write to support

If you email support@hushminutes.com or use the form on the contact page, your message and address are used only to answer you. The form is delivered as an email by Resend, an email delivery service. Please never include anything from a confidential proceeding.

Children

The app collects nothing from anyone, of any age.

Changes

If this policy changes, the new version is posted here with a new date.

Contact

Keith Adler, support@hushminutes.com