What Data Does LoudReader Send?

Imported EPUB and PDF files are processed into the app's local library, and speech is generated on the device. The current app also uses local text recognition for scanned PDFs. Reading an existing book therefore does not require a speech-server request for each passage.

This is a narrower claim than saying that no copy of a book can ever exist elsewhere. Your source may be in iCloud Drive or an email attachment; device backup settings are another consideration. LoudReader has no automatic library or reading-position sync between devices. Removing a library item does not remove originals from those other places.

The app uses TelemetryDeck to count feature usage and reliability events. Examples include opening a book, importing a file with a format and source category, starting playback and ending a listening session. Session statistics can include a duration range, playback speed and the speech engine used. The analytics SDK also supplies app and device context such as app version, operating-system version and platform.

The reviewed event definitions are designed not to include book titles or reading text. That does not make them “no data”: they still describe how the app is used. Analytics is enabled by default. Release 1.12 contains an internal opt-out preference, but the user-facing switch is hidden. There is no Settings action we can currently tell a reader to use to turn it off. We do not treat the existence of unused toggle code as a shipping privacy control.

Sentry is a separate diagnostic channel. It helps identify crashes, app hangs, memory pressure and performance problems using information such as stack traces, app/device context and diagnostic measurements. It is active in the release build and has no separate in-app switch. Turning off a usage-analytics preference, where a future version offers one, would not by itself disable this channel.

The release configuration disables default personal-information collection, screenshot attachments and session replay. It also disables automatic file and network tracing. Error reports and diagnostic breadcrumbs pass through filters intended to remove file paths and filenames, reduce web addresses to the host and remove query details that might disclose a search or article.

These are safeguards, not an assurance that no unexpected value could ever reach a diagnostic report. Pattern filters cannot recognise every possible book title. Avoiding reading content in the event definitions and keeping those safeguards reviewed both matter. We have not independently audited all transmitted payloads for this article.

• Getting content: fetching a catalogue book or saving an article requests content from the relevant service or website. The destination necessarily receives the request for that resource.
• Getting resources: installation, updates or resources needed by a selected feature can require downloads. Test the desired book and voice offline before relying on them away from a connection.
• Purchases: buying or restoring Premium uses Apple's App Store services. A LoudReader account is not required, but Apple's purchase account still applies.
• Diagnostics: analytics and reliability reporting operate separately from whether a new document is being fetched.

This list explains the main categories; it is not a packet-by-packet inventory of every system request. A website's data handling when you fetch an article is also separate from LoudReader's local narration of the resulting text.

Start with the current privacy policy and app version. On iPhone and iPad, Apple's App Privacy Report can show contacted domains. It does not show the full contents of requests, so a connection alone does not establish that a book was uploaded—or that the request contained nothing sensitive.

Disconnecting connectivity can check offline availability, but cannot establish what happened earlier or what may be delivered later. For a general evaluation use the TTS privacy checklist. If your requirement is no external diagnostics, the current LoudReader configuration does not offer that guarantee. Knowing that limitation is part of choosing the right reading workflow.