Privacy policy

Last updated: 1 October 2026

Diction Masters ("we", "us") is a British English tutor for learners, teachers and schools, on the web and in our Android and iPhone apps. This policy explains what we collect, why, and the choices you have. Questions: hello@dictionmasters.app.

What we collect

• Account details — your name, email address, password (stored scrambled, never readable), your role, and your school if you joined one.
• Learning activity — lessons opened, answers, scores, streaks, word lists and results, so you and your teachers can see progress.
• Voice recordings — only when you press record in a speaking or reading activity. They are used to check your pronunciation and give feedback.
• Payment records — the plan, amount, date and reference of each payment. Card and bank details are handled by Paystack; we never see or store them.
• Device information — basic technical details (browser or app version, device type) needed to run the service securely, and a device record if you save videos for offline viewing.

Camera and microphone

The app uses the microphone for speaking practice and the camera to scan QR codes in our books or to photograph a printed page in Scan & Listen. You choose when to start either action, and you can turn camera or microphone access off in your device settings.

Scan & Listen sends a compressed page photo securely to Diction Masters for text recognition. The photo is processed with Tesseract on our server and is not saved. When you press Play, the text you chose to read is sent securely to Diction Masters and ElevenLabs to create audio using our configured voice. Diction Masters does not save the transcript or generated audio. Your transcript remains in the page until you close it, unless you choose to download a text copy.

Who we share it with

We don't sell your data or show advertising. We use trusted services to run Diction Masters, each only for its task:

• OpenAI — turns your speech into text and helps write feedback.
• ElevenLabs — creates the spoken audio for words, the reading tutor, and text you choose to read in Scan & Listen.
• Paystack — processes payments.
• Cloudflare — stores lesson media and uploads.
• Our hosting and email providers — run the website and send account emails.

If you joined through a school, your school admin and teachers can see your progress and results.

Children

Many of our learners are school children. Children join through their school, which is responsible for getting the consent it needs from parents or guardians. We collect only what is needed to teach and show progress.

How long we keep it

We keep your data while your account is open. When you delete your account, your details, progress and recordings are deleted. Payment records are kept, without your name attached, for as long as the law requires.

Your choices

• See and update your details from your dashboard.
• Delete your account at any time from the account menu after logging in, or by emailing us.
• Ask us for a copy of your data, or to correct it, by emailing hello@dictionmasters.app.

Security

All connections are encrypted (HTTPS). Media is stored privately and served through short-lived links. Videos saved for offline use are encrypted on your device.

Changes

If we change this policy we'll update the date at the top, and tell you in the app for important changes.