Vox Reader privacy policy
The short version: Vox Reader reads your own documents aloud on your PC, and everything it keeps stays on your PC. The app has no accounts, no ads, no analytics and no Tendercraft server, and it makes no internet connections of its own. We do not collect, receive, sell or share personal information about you or what you read. The Microsoft Store handles the optional Pro purchase.
Who we are
Vox Reader is a document reader that speaks your books, articles and documents aloud using a voice that runs on your computer. It is published by Tendercraft (tendercrafthq.com). You can reach us at [email protected].
What the app stores on your PC
All of this is kept in the app's own data folder on your computer. Vox Reader does not upload it, and Tendercraft does not receive it:
- Your books. When you import a file (TXT, EPUB, PDF or Word) or paste text, the app keeps the extracted text, the title and author, and the cover image if the file has one (for a PDF, a picture of the first page). It does not keep the original file or its location.
- Your place and notes. Your reading position, your bookmarks (a short piece of the text at each bookmark), and the voice and speed you last used for each book.
- Your settings. Voice, speed, volume, text size, theme, accessibility options, library view and sorting, and any custom pronunciations you add.
- Listening statistics. Minutes listened per day, a streak and an all-time total, shown to you in Settings. They never limit your listening. The weekly listening allowance of the Free plan is also stored on your PC.
- Saved speech. To make repeat listening smooth, the app keeps speech it has generated from your text in a local cache of limited size (about 128 MB). This audio comes from your documents, so it stays on your PC like the documents do.
- A local log. A small
errors.logfile records technical error types and codes and playback timing. It contains no book text.
What the app does not do
- It does not ask you to create an account or give your name, email or any personal detail.
- It does not collect analytics, usage tracking or crash reports of its own.
- It does not show advertising or share information with advertisers.
- It does not scan your computer. It opens only files you choose or drop onto it.
- It does not send your text to a cloud service to be spoken. The voice runs on your PC, and reading aloud works without an internet connection.
Clipboard
The app reads the clipboard only when you press Paste text, to pre-fill the box where you add text as a book. It does not watch or record the clipboard.
Windows media controls
While you listen, the book title, author and cover are shared with Windows so they appear on the volume flyout and lock screen, and so media keys and headphone buttons can pause and skip. Other apps on your PC that read Windows media information could also see them.
Purchases
The Free plan includes TXT and EPUB books, three voices and three hours of listening a week. Pro is a one-time purchase that unlocks all voices, unlimited listening, PDF and Word import, and custom pronunciations. There are no subscriptions.
Purchases are handled by the Microsoft Store using Windows' own licensing service. Microsoft handles payment and your Microsoft account under the Microsoft Privacy Statement. Tendercraft does not receive your payment details. Through Partner Center, Microsoft gives developers aggregate information such as acquisitions and purchases and, where you have allowed Windows diagnostic data, app crash reports. Vox Reader itself reads only whether Pro is active for your account.
Backups you create
If you choose Back up library, the app writes one file to the place you choose. It contains your books, bookmarks, places, settings and covers, so keep it somewhere safe. Vox Reader does not send it anywhere, and we never see it.
Children
Vox Reader is not directed to children. It asks for no personal information from anyone, so we do not knowingly collect personal information from children.
Deleting your data
Everything is on your PC, so you control it. Removing a book from the library deletes it together with its bookmarks, saved voice and speed, and cover. Uninstalling Vox Reader removes the app and the data it stores privately. Backup files you created stay where you saved them until you delete them.
Open source
Vox Reader's own code is licensed under the GNU General Public License, version 3 or later.
Changes to this policy
If the way the app handles data ever changes, for example if it ever begins to make network connections, we will update this page and its date before the change ships in an app update.
Contact us
Questions, or a request about this policy? Email [email protected]. Anything you email us is outside the app's on-device storage and is handled as described in the Tendercraft Privacy Notice.