Privacy Policy

What This Policy Covers

This policy explains how ReelToText handles information when you use our public Instagram transcription tool. ReelToText is designed to process public content without requiring an account for the free daily allowance.

Instagram Links and Media Processing

When you submit a public Instagram URL, Apify resolves it to a direct audio URL. ReelToText downloads the audio into temporary server memory and submits it to OpenRouter for transcription.

ReelToText does not download the full video, write media to application storage or build a library of submitted content. The in-memory audio buffer is discarded when the request completes or fails.

The generated transcript is returned to your browser. The MVP does not save transcript text to a ReelToText user account or database.

Information We Process

We may process the following limited information:

• The public Instagram URL you submit.
• Your IP address for enforcing the limit of three free transcripts per day.
• Standard request information such as browser type, timestamps and error logs when server logging is enabled.
• Account or billing information only if you separately use an account-based or paid feature in the future.

We hash IP addresses before placing them in the in-memory daily limit store. Daily quota records contain the hash, UTC date and request count.

Service Providers

ReelToText uses service providers to operate the transcript workflow:

• Apify receives the submitted public Instagram URL and returns a direct audio URL.
• OpenRouter receives the extracted audio file to create the transcript and timestamps.
• Hosting, analytics or error-monitoring providers may process standard technical request data if those services are enabled.

Each provider handles data under its own terms and privacy policy.

Cookies and Analytics

The transcript form does not require advertising cookies. The site may use necessary cookies for theme preferences, security and optional account features. Analytics runs only when it is configured by the site operator.

Data Retention

Audio is held only in server memory while it is transcribed and is not written to application storage. The daily IP quota resets by UTC date. Hosting and security logs may be retained for a limited operational period by the relevant infrastructure provider.

Public Content Only

ReelToText only supports publicly accessible content. Do not submit private content, links obtained by bypassing access controls or material you are not permitted to process.

Your Choices

You can avoid media processing by not submitting a link. If you have a privacy question or deletion request concerning information controlled by ReelToText, contact legal@reeltotext.com.

Changes

We may update this policy when the product, providers or legal requirements change. The current revision date appears at the top of this page.