Terms of Use — Voice
Last updated: 7 September 2026
These terms cover the Voice app for macOS, sold through the Mac App Store by Mariusz Szyma. Apple's own Licensed Application End User License Agreement applies to every app bought from the App Store and applies here too; these terms add the parts that are specific to Voice. Where the two conflict, Apple's agreement wins.
Apple's agreement: apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula
What you are buying
A licence to use Voice on the Macs associated with your Apple ID, for as long as it runs on your hardware. One payment, no subscription, and every future update to Voice is included.
You are not buying speech recognition. That comes from Soniox and is billed by Soniox to your own Soniox account, at their prices, under their terms. Voice cannot dictate without a Soniox API key that you supply, and the developer neither resells nor marks up that service. Before you buy the unlock, be sure you are willing to hold a Soniox account — it is not optional, and it is not included.
The free dictations
Voice gives you 25 dictations that produced text before it asks you to buy the unlock. The count is kept on your own Mac. Those 25 dictations still use Soniox, and Soniox still bills your account for them — the free part is Voice, not the speech service.
What Voice requires
- macOS 14 or later.
- A Soniox account and API key, which you obtain from Soniox at console.soniox.com.
- An internet connection. Speech recognition is a cloud service; Voice does nothing useful offline and says so rather than pretending otherwise.
- Microphone and Accessibility permission, granted by you in System Settings. Voice's privacy policy sets out exactly what each is used for.
What the developer does not promise
Voice is provided as it is. Speech recognition is imperfect, and it will sometimes get words wrong — proofread anything that matters. Soniox is an independent service that may change its prices, its models, its terms or its availability, and Voice depends on it; if Soniox becomes unavailable, Voice cannot transcribe. The developer does not warrant uninterrupted or error-free operation, and is not liable for indirect or consequential loss arising from your use of the app, to the extent the law allows that limitation.
Nothing here removes rights you have under the consumer law of your own country. In the European Union and the United Kingdom in particular, your statutory rights against a seller of digital content stand regardless of what this page says.
Refunds
Purchases are made from Apple, so refunds are handled by Apple, under Apple's policy, at reportaproblem.apple.com. The developer cannot issue a refund for an App Store purchase.
Acceptable use
Do not use Voice to record people who have not agreed to be recorded, where the law where you are requires their agreement. Whether and when you may record a conversation is governed by your local law, and it is your responsibility, not the developer's.
Do not attempt to circumvent the purchase, redistribute the app, or use it to break the law.
Contact
Changes
If these terms change, the date at the top changes with them, and the current version is always the one published at this address.