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Aura for Chrome Privacy Policy
Last updated October 30, 2026
Aura for Chrome is a Chrome extension that turns your speech into text in the text box you are using. This page covers the extension only. The Aura app and website have their own Privacy Policy.
What it records, and when
Your microphone is recorded only while you hold Space. If you turn on “Also transcribe this tab’s audio” for a tab, that tab’s audio is recorded too, only while you hold Space, until you turn it off or close the tab.
Where the audio goes
- Deepgramtranscribes it. Audio is sent with Deepgram’s opt-out from model training.
- Chrome’s built-in speech recognition, run by Google, also listens during each hold as a backup. Its text is used only if Deepgram can’t answer.
The text is typed into the page you are on. It is not sent anywhere else.
What we keep
- We don’t store your audio or your text. The current recording stays in memory until it is transcribed, or until you dismiss one that failed.
- On install, the extension creates an anonymous account with no name, email or other details. Our server counts how many dictations each anonymous account starts per day, to prevent abuse.
- Your settings (hold delay, which sites send on release) are saved in your Chrome profile.
What we don’t do
We don’t read the pages you visit, sell data, show ads, or use your audio or text to train AI models.
Removing your data
Uninstall the extension. Its settings and anonymous account are removed from your browser.