Privacy, in plain language.

Private local AI

When you choose local AI, summaries, translations, chat, and Kokoro speech run on your device using WebGPU. Your source text is not sent to an AI server. Model files and voice data are downloaded from Hugging Face when you explicitly download a model; those requests reveal ordinary network metadata such as your IP address. Cached models can run offline. Chrome may clear cached files to recover storage.

Optional OpenRouter

When you select OpenRouter, your selected or pasted source text, instructions, requested language, and relevant chat history are sent to OpenRouter and the model provider you choose. Your API key is sent to OpenRouter to authenticate those requests and connection tests. Their privacy, retention, and billing terms apply. Readora Private AI does not switch local requests to the cloud automatically.

The model catalog is fetched from OpenRouter when you open model settings or refresh it. This catalog request does not include your source text or API key. Read OpenRouter's privacy policy and your chosen provider's policy for details.

Speech and languages

Kokoro speech is generated locally. Browser voices are provided by Chrome and your operating system; some may use an online speech service. Their behavior depends on your system. Translation uses your selected local or OpenRouter AI provider. Readora Private AI no longer sends text to Google Translate or LanguageTool.

What stays on this device

Settings and API keys are saved in Chrome's device-local extension storage, restricted to trusted extension pages. API keys are not synced through Chrome, embedded in web pages, or sent to content scripts. The extension cannot protect a key from someone who controls your computer or browser profile. Your key can be removed in AI settings.

Model files use the browser cache. Summary dialogs and their conversations are temporary. Opening Studio from a selection briefly uses extension session storage to transfer the selected text; the draft is removed after Studio reads it. If you turn on the library, up to 30 recent summaries and their original source texts are stored locally. Saving is off by default. Turning saving off prevents future saves; use Clear library to delete existing entries.

On upgrade, existing voice preferences are read once from the old Chrome sync settings and copied to local storage. New preferences and keys are never written to sync.

Selections and copying

The extension reads selections to offer the actions you enable. Copying selected text can show an optional toolbar; it does not automatically summarize the text or read your clipboard. You choose whether to send a selection to AI. Auto-listen is off by default and can be enabled in settings. Password fields and credit-card autofill fields are excluded from automatic selection actions.

No analytics

Readora Private AI has no analytics, advertising, tracking, or developer-operated backend. It does not collect a browsing-history database. Only the text you choose to process is used for speech and AI features.

Controls

Remove API keys and downloaded models in AI & models. Clear saved summaries in Your library. Disable the selection toolbar, copy prompts, and auto-listening in preferences. Removing the extension deletes its extension storage; browser or OS speech services and AI providers may have their own retention policies.