Voice Translate & Dictate is a Chrome extension that lets you speak in one language, see it transcribed live, get an instant translation, hear it spoken back, and have it typed automatically into a text field on the page you're using. This page explains what data the extension processes and what happens to it.

What the extension processes

When you dictate, your speech is converted to text using Chrome's built-in Web Speech API — the same engine behind Chrome's native dictation. Audio is handled by Chrome/Google's speech recognition service as part of that browser API; the extension itself never records, stores, or has direct access to raw audio.

The recognized text is sent to a Google Translate endpoint solely to get a translation back. That text is used only to produce the translation shown to you and typed into your page — it is not logged, stored, or used for any other purpose by this extension.

What's stored, and where

• Your settings — speak-in and translate-to languages, the Auto-type and Conversation mode switches, saved language pairs, and the optional settings in the panel (such as push-to-talk, sounds, speaking speed and your custom word list) — are saved locally in your browser using Chrome's storage API, so they're remembered next time you open the panel. This data stays on your device and is never transmitted anywhere.
• Simple usage counts (for example how many phrases you've translated) are kept on your device so the panel can show them to you. They contain only numbers — never anything you said or translated — and are never sent anywhere. You can reset them at any time in Settings.
• The most recent translated phrase is kept in temporary browser-session storage so the “repeat last” shortcut can type it again. It is cleared when you close Chrome, and not kept at all if you turn on “Clear panel text right after typing”.
• Which iframe last had a focused text field on a given tab is kept briefly in session storage, purely so a translation gets typed into the right frame. It's cleared automatically when you navigate or close the tab.
• Transcript download: a text file of the current session is only created if you press “Download transcript”, and is saved to your own computer. Otherwise the session text lives only in memory and is gone when you close the panel.

Offline (on-device) mode

If you press “Download offline packs” in Settings, Chrome itself downloads its on-device speech and translation language packs. When those are used, your speech and text are processed on your device by Chrome and are not sent to Google's speech or translation services. The extension doesn't receive or store the packs.

Keyboard keys and password fields

If you turn on push-to-talk, the extension watches for the single key you chose (for example F9) on web pages so it can start and stop listening. It doesn't read or store any other keys. The extension also refuses to type into password and payment-card fields.

What we don't do

• We don't collect your name, email, or any account information — there are no user accounts.
• We don't track your browsing history or activity across sites.
• We don't use analytics, ads, or any third-party tracking scripts.
• We don't sell, rent, or share any data with third parties, beyond sending the text you dictate to Google's translation service in order to translate it.

Third-party services

Speech recognition and translation rely on Google's services as described above. Their handling of that data is governed by Google's Privacy Policy.

Children's privacy

This extension is not directed at children and does not knowingly collect data from children under 13.

Changes to this policy

If this policy changes, the update will be posted on this page with a revised "last updated" date.

Contact

Questions about this policy or the extension can be raised via GitHub Issues.