Terms of Use

These terms of use govern the use of the Vale! app for iOS, iPadOS and macOS. The German version is legally binding; this English version is for information only.

Vale! is in development and not yet available. These terms apply from the app's release; until then, we may still revise them.

Version 1 · Last updated: November 7, 2026

Contents

1. Provider and scope

  1. Vale! is provided by Mateo Arenas Salas, Elisabethenstraße 60, 64283 Darmstadt, Germany, email: mateoas@icloud.com ("we"). See the legal notice for more details.
  2. Vale! is free. We charge nothing for the app.
  3. You accept these terms by turning on "I agree to the Terms of Use" in the app (a switch on iPhone and iPad, a checkbox on the Mac) and continuing. You can read and save them at any time in the app's settings and on our website.
  4. You get Vale! from Apple's App Store. Apple's standard Licensed Application End User License Agreement applies alongside these terms. These terms supplement it; where the two conflict, these terms prevail as far as Apple allows.
  5. Our privacy policy explains how we process your personal data.

2. The service

  1. Vale! shows, live and in large type, what your device's microphone hears in the room, at first in Spanish and German. You can set the text size and colours, and you can save transcripts on your device.
  2. The speech recognition runs on your device. There is no user account with us.
  3. We keep developing Vale! and may change, add or discontinue features where this is reasonable for you. You have no claim to any particular feature.

3. Limits of transcription

  1. Automatic speech recognition makes mistakes. Vale! may leave out words, mishear them or show them late, especially at a distance from the microphone, with background noise, when several people speak at once, and with dialects and technical terms. Words already shown may still change.
  2. Do not rely on Vale! alone where a misunderstanding could cause harm, such as in medical, legal, financial or safety-related conversations, in emergencies, or for alarms and announcements. When in doubt, ask.
  3. Vale! is not a medical device. It does not replace a hearing test, hearing aids or medical advice.

4. Conversations with other people

  1. Vale! processes what the people around you say. Tell the people you talk with that you are reading along with Vale!, and respect it if someone does not want that.
  2. Save transcripts of conversations only if the people involved agree, and do not pass them on or publish them without their consent.
  3. You are responsible for using Vale! in line with the law that applies to you, in particular the personality rights of the people involved.

5. Your transcripts and your data

  1. Your transcripts are stored on your device. We have no access to them and cannot restore them.
  2. Back up important transcripts yourself, for example by sharing or exporting them. When you share a transcript, it goes where you send it; section 4 applies to passing it on.

6. Feedback

  1. You can report bugs and suggest features to us in the app or on our website. Don't put personal data in a report that you don't want us to read, and don't paste in transcripts of other people's conversations.
  2. We may use your suggestions free of charge to improve Vale!. There is no claim to an implementation or a reply.
  3. Reports must not contain insulting, unlawful or advertising content. We may delete such reports without reply.

7. Availability

  1. We try to keep Vale! free of errors, but we do not guarantee any particular availability or accuracy. The speech recognition works on your device without an internet connection; if the app has to download a speech recognition model once, it needs a connection for that.
  2. How well Vale! recognizes speech also depends on your device, its microphone and the surroundings.

8. Liability

  1. We provide Vale! free of charge. We are liable without limitation for intent and gross negligence, for damage arising from injury to life, body or health, for defects we fraudulently concealed, and under the German Product Liability Act.
  2. Otherwise our liability is excluded as far as the law allows. This applies in particular to data loss, wrong or incomplete transcripts and the consequences of misunderstandings, and to claims of third parties arising from a use for which you are responsible under section 4.
  3. These rules also apply to the liability of the people who help us. Mandatory statutory liability, for example under the General Data Protection Regulation, is unaffected.

9. Termination

  1. You can stop using Vale! and delete the app at any time. This deletes the transcripts on that device.
  2. We may stop developing Vale! or remove the app from the App Store.

10. Changes to these terms

  1. We may change these terms for the future where there is a valid reason, such as new features, a change in the law or security, and the change does not unreasonably disadvantage you.
  2. Before changes that affect your rights or duties apply to you, we ask you in the app to agree to them. If you do not want to agree, you can stop using Vale!; your transcripts stay on your device.
  3. We point out changes that are solely to your advantage or required by law in the app or on our website.

11. Applicable law

  1. The law of the Federal Republic of Germany applies, excluding the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods. If you are a consumer, this does not take away the protection of the mandatory provisions of the country where you habitually live.
  2. We are neither willing nor obliged to take part in dispute resolution proceedings before a consumer arbitration board.
  3. If any provision of these terms is invalid, the rest remain valid.

12. Apple

  1. These terms are between you and us only, not Apple Inc. We, not Apple, are responsible for Vale! and its content.
  2. Apple has no obligation to provide any maintenance or support for Vale!.
  3. If Vale! fails to conform to an applicable warranty, you may notify Apple, and Apple will refund any purchase price, which for Vale! is nothing. Beyond that, to the extent permitted by law, Apple has no warranty obligation with respect to Vale!.
  4. We, not Apple, are responsible for addressing any claims relating to Vale!, such as product liability claims, claims that it fails to conform to a legal or regulatory requirement, claims under consumer protection or privacy law, and claims that it infringes the rights of others.
  5. Apple and its subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries of these terms and may enforce them against you.