Privacy policy

Who we are

VoiceLab is run by Brooke Wernke. Questions about privacy: brooke.wernke@gmail.com.

What the service does

You sign up, record or upload short voice clips, and see acoustic measurements (pitch, resonance, scores) to support your own practice. You can also save personal baselines, track progress over time, share a recording with a private link, and optionally request written AI practice notes based on your metrics.

Information we collect

Your account

• Name and email — to create your account, sign you in, and send account-related email (such as password reset).
• Password — stored in hashed form; we never store your password in plain text.
• Training direction — whether you are practicing toward higher/brighter or lower/darker acoustic cues. This labels your scores; we do not use it to infer your identity.

Your recordings

• Audio — clips you record in the browser or upload.
• Details about each clip — title, passage name, date, favorites, and processing status.
• Analysis results — pitch, formants, intonation, benchmark comparisons, and charts derived from your audio.
• Personal baselines — if you choose, recordings you mark as your “starting” or “target” voice.
• AI practice notes — if you request them, short written feedback is saved so you can read it when you return to a recording or passage.

Voice recordings can be sensitive. Please treat them as personal information, especially if you use share links.

Sharing (your choice)

If you turn on sharing for a completed recording, we create a private link. Anyone with that link can play the audio and view scores until the link expires (about 30 days unless you extend or turn it off sooner) or until you disable sharing.

Invite requests

If you request access while registration is closed, we receive the email address you submit so we can reply about an invite.

Technical information

• Cookies and session data — described in our Cookie policy.
• Server logs — basic technical logs (such as IP address, browser type, and request time) used for security and fixing problems.

We do not use advertising or third-party analytics trackers on VoiceLab.

How we use your information

• Run the service — analyze your clips, store recordings, show charts, and deliver optional AI notes.
• Keep your account secure and enforce fair-use limits (such as storage and upload caps).
• Send email you ask for or need for your account (password reset, verification, invite replies).
• Answer support or privacy requests you send us.

We do not sell your personal information.

AI practice notes and service providers

If you use AI coaching, we send a summary of your metrics (pitch, formants, baselines, passage trends) to an AI provider. We do not send your audio for that feature.

We use trusted companies to help run the service, such as:

• Hosting and file storage — where the app and your recordings are kept.
• Email delivery — to send account and invite messages.
• AI services — to generate practice notes from your metrics. Their own privacy terms apply to that processing.
• Font delivery — typefaces may load from Bunny Fonts when you visit the site (see the Cookie policy).

These providers process data only to deliver the service to you, under our instructions and appropriate safeguards.

How long we keep information

• Your account — until you delete it from Profile settings. Deleting your account removes your recordings and related data from our active systems (backups may retain copies for a short time).
• Audio files — may be removed automatically after about 30 days while keeping your analysis numbers, or earlier if you delete recordings or free up storage in the app.
• Share links — stop working when they expire or when you turn sharing off.
• Server logs — kept only as long as needed for security and operations.

Your choices

• See and update — most of your data is visible in the app (recordings, scores, profile).
• Delete recordings — remove individual clips anytime.
• Delete your account — Profile → delete account.
• Sharing — you decide whether a link is active.
• AI notes — optional; each clip gets at most one AI write-up; passage trend notes update only when you choose to refresh them.

Depending on where you live, you may have additional rights to access, correct, or delete your data. Contact us at brooke.wernke@gmail.com and we will respond within a reasonable time.

Security

We use encrypted connections (HTTPS), access controls, and standard hosting security practices. No online service is perfectly secure — please use a strong password and treat share links as private.

Children

VoiceLab is not intended for children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect their information. If you believe a child has given us data, contact brooke.wernke@gmail.com.

If you use the service from outside the United States

We may store and process your information in the United States or where our providers operate. Privacy laws where you live may differ from those where your data is processed.

Changes to this policy

We may update this page from time to time. The “Last updated” date at the top will change when we do. If you keep using the service after an update, that means you accept the revised policy.

Contact

Privacy questions: brooke.wernke@gmail.com