Privacy policy

Last updated November 12, 2026

Speaklit reads text out loud, explains it with AI, and answers questions about it. This page says, in plain words, what information that uses and what happens to it.

What we collect

• Your account: your name, email address, the role you pick (student, teacher…), and your password, which we store only in scrambled (hashed) form.
• Your settings: your voice, speed, colors and similar choices, so they follow you to every computer.
• Usage counts: how many AI answers and how many characters of reading you used each day, so we can apply the daily limits. We count; we don’t keep the text.
• Payments: if you buy a paid plan, Stripe handles your card. We never see or store card numbers.
• Messages you send us: when you email us or use the school license form, we keep your name, email and message so we can answer you.
• Speaklit Creators: if you join the creator hub on speaklit.org, we record that you confirmed you’re 18 or older and agreed to the creator rules, and which steps you’ve finished.
• Creator email: if you make a @speaklit.co address, the emails you send and receive are stored on our own email server so you can read them, until you delete them or the address is closed. We don’t read them, except to filter spam and harmful content, to stop abuse, or when the law requires it. To apply the sending limits, we keep a short record of each email you send (when, who to, and the subject).
• Creator AI tools: what you type into the video-prompt maker or the coach goes to OpenAI to make the answer. We count how much you use them; we don’t keep the text. Your chat with the coach is kept only in your browser tab.
• Affiliates: if you use the affiliate program, we keep your payout setup status (your identity and bank details are held by Stripe, not by us), the website or channel you told us about, and records of your referrals and payouts.

The text you read

When you press RC, the text you chose is sent to make the voice (Microsoft’s online neural voices). When you press EC or ask a question, it goes to our server, which passes it to OpenAI for the AI answer. We only send the text you chose, and we don’t store it on our servers after your answer is made.

Getting ready when you copy (desktop app). So reading starts the instant you press RC, the Speaklit desktop app starts making the voice for the first sentence or two of text you copy, if it looks like something to read. It skips single words, links, and anything that looks like a password or code, and nothing is kept. You can turn this off any time: click ⚙ on the Speaklit bar and turn off Get ready when I copy. The extension only reads your clipboard when you ask it to read.

The browser extension

Speaklit for Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Safari shows the Speaklit bar on the pages you visit so you can use it anywhere. It does not read, collect or send the pages you visit. It only sends text when you press RC, EC or ask a question, as described above. It keeps your settings and a sign-in token in your browser.

Who we share it with

Only the services that make Speaklit work: OpenAI (AI answers), Microsoft (voices), Stripe (payments and affiliate payouts), Cloudflare (keeps the website fast and secure), and our own email server (account emails). We don’t sell your information and we don’t show ads.

Cookies

We use one cookie to keep you signed in (and, while Speaklit is in preview, one that remembers your access code). If you arrive through an affiliate’s link, we also set a referral cookie for 60 days that only holds that affiliate’s code, so they get credit if you sign up. We count visits from affiliate links without storing your IP address. To know how many people visit and download Speaklit, we also count page visits anonymously: no cookie, no IP address stored, and a visitor can’t be followed from one day to the next. No advertising cookies, and no third-party trackers.

Students and schools

Speaklit is made for students. If you are under 13, please use Speaklit with a parent’s or teacher’s permission. Schools can contact us about how student information is handled.

Your choices

You can change your name and settings on your account page at any time. To get a copy of your data, or to delete your account and everything linked to it, email [email protected] and we’ll do it within 30 days.

Contact

Questions about privacy or student data? Email [email protected]. For help using Speaklit, email [email protected].