Terms of Service

Effective: February 20, 2026 · Last updated: 2026-10-13

These Terms of Service (“Terms”) govern your use of WalkAITalkie (“the app”, “we”, “our”), a macOS application developed by Bernhard Götzendorfer, based in Vienna, Austria. By downloading, installing, or using WalkAITalkie, you agree to be bound by these Terms.

1. License

WalkAITalkie grants you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to use the application on macOS devices you own or control, subject to these Terms and the applicable Apple macOS Software License Agreement.

• You may not reverse-engineer, decompile, or disassemble the application.
• You may not redistribute, sublicense, or resell the application or any part thereof.
• You may not remove or alter any copyright, trademark, or proprietary notices.
• You may not use the app in any manner that violates applicable law.

2. On-Device Processing

By default, WalkAITalkie performs all speech recognition and language processing on your device using Apple Silicon. Specifically:

• Audio captured via push-to-talk is processed locally by Parakeet or WhisperKit (your selected speech engine) and immediately discarded after transcription.
• Text post-processing is performed on-device by MLX Swift. No audio or text is transmitted to any server.
• Your transcription history is stored locally on your device and can be deleted at any time through the app.
• We do not use your data to train, improve, or develop any AI models.

2b. Cloud Accelerator (Optional — Pro, Direct Download Only)

In the direct download, Pro users may optionally let WalkAITalkie hand session-note transcripts, and the description of a custom format they are creating, to a command-line tool from a third-party provider that they have installed and signed in to on their Mac: the Codex CLI (OpenAI) or the Claude Code CLI (Anthropic). Speech recognition and dictation always run on your device. The app does not accept API keys for cloud providers.

• Opt-in: The feature is off until you choose a provider and confirm it once. A second provider is only used as a fallback if you are signed in to it and have confirmed it as well.
• Your own account: The request runs under the provider account you are signed in to in that CLI and counts against your plan with that provider. We do not operate a relay, proxy, or hosted inference service, and we never see the content of those requests. Your contractual relationship for that usage is with the provider, not with us.
• Not in the Mac App Store build: The Mac App Store version does not contain this feature and has no cloud processing.
• When the cloud accelerator is active, text is transmitted to the selected provider's servers — never audio. See our Privacy Policy for details on data handling.
• Its use is subject to the respective provider's terms of service and usage policies, which you are responsible for complying with.

3. Products and Pricing

WalkAITalkie is offered in two editions in both distribution channels — the Mac App Store and direct distribution from walkaitalkie.com: a free edition and a paid edition (“WalkAITalkie Pro”), which is a one-time purchase. There is no recurring plan, no time-limited evaluation period, no prepaid usage balance, and no user account of any kind.

3a. Free

• The free edition runs entirely on your device. No account, no sign-in and no payment are required.
• It includes push-to-talk dictation with the Raw and Clean output formats and the local transcription history, which is not limited by edition.
• Pro-only features — all remaining output formats, translation, session notes, the custom dictionary, and (in the direct download only) the cloud accelerator — are not available in the free edition.

3b. Pro (One-Time Purchase)

• Price: USD 7.99 (or the equivalent local price shown at checkout, including applicable taxes), payable once.
• No recurring charge: Pro is a one-time purchase. Nothing renews, nothing is charged again, and there is nothing to cancel.
• Mac App Store purchase: Bought as an in-app purchase and billed by Apple through your Apple ID. Pro is unlocked on Macs signed in with the same Apple ID.
• Direct purchase: Bought on walkaitalkie.com and billed by Stripe. After payment we send a licence key to the email address you provide at checkout, which you enter once in the app. We do not collect or store payment card data in either channel.
• Updates: Updates are provided for the current major version. We do not guarantee specific future features, and no entitlement to future major versions arises from the purchase.
• Pricing: Prices may vary by region due to App Store pricing tiers, currency, and local taxes. A price change never affects a purchase already made.

3c. Licence Validation

• Pro access is activated online. The app revalidates your entitlement with our servers at most once every 7 days.
• If your Mac is offline, Pro access continues on the last successful validation for a grace period of 30 days. After that, the app falls back to the free edition until the next successful validation.
• A licence may be active on up to 3 devices at a time. Activating a fourth device deactivates the least recently used one.
• We may deactivate a licence in the event of a breach of these Terms, a chargeback, a refund, or demonstrable abuse of the activation limit.

3d. Prior Licences

Perpetual (“lifetime”) licences previously purchased for $39 remain valid and continue to unlock Pro under the terms in force at the time of purchase; they are no longer offered for sale.

3e. General Purchase Terms

• Refunds: For Mac App Store purchases, refunds are handled by Apple according to their refund policy. For purchases made on walkaitalkie.com, contact us at office@gotzendorfer.at. Your statutory right of withdrawal (Section 4) is unaffected.
• Restore: You can restore a Mac App Store purchase on any Mac signed in with the same Apple ID. A licence key bought directly can be re-entered on your devices within the activation limit in Section 3c.
• Third-party costs: If you use the cloud accelerator, the usage counts against your own plan with the provider you are signed in to, and any costs are billed by that provider directly. Those costs are not part of the purchase price and are not refundable by us.

4. Right of Withdrawal (EU/EEA)

Withdrawal instructions — applies to consumers in the EU/EEA for the one-time purchase of WalkAITalkie Pro on walkaitalkie.com (payment processed by Stripe), under Directive 2011/83/EU as implemented in Austria by the FAGG (Fern- und Auswärtsgeschäfte-Gesetz).

You have the right to withdraw from this contract within 14 days without giving any reason. The withdrawal period expires 14 days after the day on which the contract was concluded. To exercise the right of withdrawal, you must inform us (Bernhard Götzendorfer, Rittingergasse 15/11, 1210 Wien, Austria, office@gotzendorfer.at) of your decision to withdraw by an unequivocal statement (for example a letter sent by post or an email). You may use the model withdrawal form in Section 4a, but it is not obligatory. To meet the withdrawal deadline, it is sufficient to send your communication before the withdrawal period has expired.

Online withdrawal: you can also declare your withdrawal with the “Withdraw from contract” function. You find the link in the footer of every page of walkaitalkie.com; the function is located at walkaitalkie.com/withdraw. There you enter your name, your licence key or receipt number and your email address and finish with “Confirm withdrawal”. We confirm receipt without undue delay by email, stating the content, date and time of your declaration.

Effects of withdrawal: If you withdraw from this contract, we will reimburse all payments received from you without undue delay and no later than 14 days from the day on which we are informed of your decision. We will use the same means of payment as you used for the initial transaction; you will not incur any fees as a result of the reimbursement.

Early lapse of the right of withdrawal for digital content: WalkAITalkie Pro is digital content that is not supplied on a tangible medium. Under § 18 para 1 no 11 FAGG, your right of withdrawal lapses before the end of the 14-day period only if all of the following apply: you expressly consented at checkout to us beginning performance before the withdrawal period expires, you acknowledged that you thereby lose your right of withdrawal, and we supplied the licence key and you activated it.

That express consent and acknowledgement is collected at checkout: our Stripe checkout asks you to confirm, in a mandatory field before payment, that supply of the licence key is to begin immediately and that you thereby lose your right of withdrawal. The purchase cannot be completed without that confirmation. Once we have supplied the licence key and you have activated it, the right of withdrawal has lapsed.

As long as the licence key has not been activated, the full 14-day right of withdrawal remains in place and we will refund the purchase price in full. Because the purchase is a single payment rather than access billed over time, no proportionate compensation under § 16 FAGG is owed in that case.

Mac App Store purchases: In-app purchases made through the Mac App Store are concluded with Apple as the seller and are subject to Apple's terms and refund process. Please request refunds directly through Apple.

4a. Model Withdrawal Form

(Complete and return this form only if you wish to withdraw from the contract. Annex I Part B of Directive 2011/83/EU.)

5. AI Model Downloads

WalkAITalkie downloads AI models (Parakeet and WhisperKit speech recognition models, and MLX language models) from Hugging Face when you first configure them in Settings. These are one-time downloads cached locally on your device.

• Model downloads require an internet connection and may use significant bandwidth (up to several GB).
• Downloaded models are stored locally and do not require an internet connection for subsequent use.
• Model downloads are subject to Hugging Face's Terms of Service.

6. User Content

You retain full ownership of all content generated through WalkAITalkie, including transcriptions, processed text, and custom dictionary entries. WalkAITalkie does not claim any rights to your content. All content remains on your device under your control.

7. Intellectual Property

WalkAITalkie, including its design, code, branding, icons, and documentation, is the intellectual property of Bernhard Götzendorfer and is protected by applicable copyright and intellectual property laws. The WalkAITalkie name and logo may not be used without prior written consent.

8. Warranty

WalkAITalkie is provided “as is” and “as available” without warranties of any kind beyond those required by applicable law.

Speech recognition and language processing results depend on audio quality, language, accent, and model selection. We do not guarantee the accuracy of any transcription or text processing output.

EU/Austrian consumer rights: If you are a consumer in the EU/EEA, you benefit from statutory warranty rights under the Verbrauchergewährleistungsgesetz (VGG). These rights cannot be excluded or limited by these Terms. Digital content must conform to the contract, and defects appearing within 12 months of delivery are presumed to have existed at the time of delivery.

9. Limitation of Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Bernhard Götzendorfer shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages arising out of or related to your use of WalkAITalkie.

Our total cumulative liability for all claims related to WalkAITalkie shall not exceed the greater of the amount you paid for the licence or EUR 50.

Mandatory Austrian consumer protection: Under the Konsumentenschutzgesetz (KSchG), liability for personal injury and for damage caused by intent or gross negligence cannot be excluded. These Terms do not limit any rights you have under mandatory consumer protection law.

10. Termination

• You may stop using WalkAITalkie at any time by deleting the application.
• We may terminate or suspend your license if you violate these Terms.
• Upon termination, your right to use the app ceases. Local data remains on your device unless you manually remove it.

11. Governing Law & Dispute Resolution

These Terms are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Republic of Austria, without regard to its conflict of law provisions.

If you are a consumer in the European Union, you also benefit from mandatory provisions of consumer protection law in your country of residence. Nothing in these Terms affects your rights as a consumer under applicable EU law. In accordance with the KSchG, consumer disputes shall be handled at the consumer's local court.

The EU Online Dispute Resolution platform was discontinued by the European Commission on 20 July 2025. We are not obliged and not willing to participate in dispute resolution proceedings before a consumer arbitration board.

12. Changes to These Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time. Changes will be posted on this page with an updated effective date. Continued use of WalkAITalkie after changes are posted constitutes your acceptance of the updated Terms.

13. Severability

If any provision of these Terms is found to be unenforceable or invalid, the remaining provisions shall continue in full force and effect. The unenforceable provision shall be replaced with a valid provision that comes closest to the original intent.

14. Contact

If you have questions about these Terms of Service, please contact:

Bernhard Götzendorfer
Rittingergasse 15/11
1210 Wien, Österreich (Austria)
Email: office@gotzendorfer.at