Microphone & voice — Oga Tailor

Some workshops think faster than they type — hands full of linen, tape between teeth, “add two inches to sleeve shout” energy. Where voice input exists in Oga Tailor, the microphone is there to turn a spoken line into normal text you can edit, not to eavesdrop on the shop radio.

When audio is captured

We only listen while you’re actively using a voice-entry control (for example a mic button on a field). Ending the session or leaving the screen stops capture. We don’t keep the mic “warm” in the background for advertising or analytics.

On-device vs cloud processing

The operating system or bundled speech engine may process audio entirely on-device to produce text. If a future feature requires cloud transcription, we’ll label that clearly before you opt in, describe what leaves the phone, and name the provider. Today’s default posture: treat voice as sensitive workshop chatter until a product changelog says otherwise.

Retention

Raw audio isn’t a souvenir. Unless a bug splinters that rule, we don’t store long-lived sound files server-side from dictation — we store the text you confirm into your records, which then follow normal sync and retention rules described in Data practices.

What we don’t do

No always-on ambient recording.
No selling voiceprints or biometric voice models.
No training generalized AI models on your customers’ conversations without a separate, explicit agreement.

Your controls

Deny microphone permission in system settings and the app falls back to typing. You can review transcribed text before saving, same as any other field — muttering isn’t destiny.