Privacy notes
ASRbox is local-first software. Here is exactly what stays on your machine and what can leave it.
Stays on your device by default
All of the following lives on your own device (Application Support on macOS / %APPDATA% on Windows / the /data volume in Docker). Local transcription works fully offline:
- Audio and video files
- Transcripts, subtitles and all version history
- Exported files
- Downloaded models
- App settings and AI chat history
What can leave the device
Only these four deliberate actions make network requests, and each is visible before it happens:
Model downloads
Model files are fetched from Hugging Face or ModelScope. None of your data is included.
Update checks
The GitHub API is queried for new versions. No user data is sent.
Online ASR
When you choose an online transcription service (e.g. Bcut, Aliyun), audio is sent to the provider you selected.
AI features (proofread / translate / chat)
Only subtitle text segments, their indexes and limited neighboring context are sent. Never audio, file names, file paths, timestamps or speaker labels.
An honest note
API keys for online services are currently stored in plaintext in the local database on your device, not in the OS keychain. Anyone with physical access to your machine could read them — prefer restricted-scope keys and rotate them regularly.
About this website
This site collects no analytics — no tracking scripts, no cookies. The download page calls the GitHub API to show the latest version number, and that is all.