Privacy Policy

Last updated: November 15, 2026

Peak Orator is made by Peak Summit Labs LLC ("we"). This policy covers the Peak Orator app for macOS, sold directly and on the Mac App Store.

The short version

Peak Orator reads text aloud on your Mac. The voices run on your Mac, and the text you read is not sent to us or anyone else. We have no analytics, crash reporting, advertising or tracking, and the app has no accounts.

The Mac App Store edition

Peak Orator never sends your text anywhere. The Mac App Store edition makes no automatic or background internet requests: no update checks, no licensing, no analytics. It uses the internet only when you choose to download a voice, and then it only fetches the voice files (from Hugging Face or GitHub); nothing about you is sent. Cloud voices and the speech server for other apps are not part of this edition.

What stays on your Mac

• Text you read aloud is turned into speech on your Mac and is not uploaded.
• Reading history and Dashboard statistics (words read, which apps you read from, voices used, your longest read) are stored on your Mac only while "Remember my reading" is on. You can turn it off and clear them in Settings > General.
• Audiobooks, scripts, timelines and sound files you create are stored on your Mac.
• Voice recordings made with Clone a Voice are sent only to a voice server running on your own Mac and stay there.
• Screen reading. When you use Read from Screen or read text in a screenshot, the app captures the window or area you chose, recognizes its text on your Mac, and does not save the image.

When the app connects to the internet

• Downloading voices. When you choose to download a voice or a pronunciation pack, the app fetches it from Hugging Face or GitHub. Those services receive an ordinary download request (such as your IP address) under their own privacy policies.
• Updates (direct edition). The app checks GitHub for new versions. GitHub receives your IP address and the app version. The Mac App Store edition is updated by Apple instead.
• License (direct edition). When you activate or verify a license, the app contacts our licensing provider, Polar, with your license key and a device identifier.
• Cloud voices (optional, off by default). If you choose a cloud voice, the text being read is sent to that provider (for example, Cloudflare) to make the audio, and is handled under the provider's terms. The app warns you before this happens. On-device voices never do this.

Other apps on your Mac

If you turn on "Let other apps on this Mac speak with Peak Orator's voices," apps running under your account on the same Mac can send text to Peak Orator. It cannot be reached from other computers, and cloud voices are never used through it.

Permissions

Peak Orator asks macOS for Accessibility (to read selected text), Screen Recording (for Read from Screen and screenshot text), and Microphone (only for Clone a Voice). You can revoke these in System Settings at any time.

Purchases

Purchases on the Mac App Store are handled by Apple. Direct purchases are handled by Polar, our merchant of record, which processes payment details; we do not receive your card number.

Children

Peak Orator is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone.

International users

Because your content stays on your Mac, we do not transfer it. Download, update, license and payment providers may process limited technical data in other countries under their own policies.

Changes

If a future version collects anything new, we will update this policy before that version ships and note the change here.

Contact

Peak Summit Labs LLC (a Kentucky limited liability company), support@peaksummitlabs.com.