Speech to Emoji for Google Meet
Privacy Policy

Last updated: 7 November 2026

This privacy policy explains what user data the Chrome extension “Speech to Emoji for Google Meet” (“the extension”) accesses, how it is used, how it is handled and stored, and whether it is shared. The extension is published by an individual developer, contactable at pull8up@gmail.com.

Summary

• The extension uses your microphone audio in Google Meet to recognise the words you say, and uses your camera video in Meet to draw matching emoji on it.
• By default, speech recognition runs entirely on your computer. Audio never leaves your device.
• The extension does not collect, transmit, sell or share any user data. It has no servers, accounts, analytics or tracking.

1. Data the extension accesses

• Microphone audio (personal communications). Only on meet.google.com, and only while the extension is turned on, your camera is on in the call, and your microphone is not muted in Meet.
• Text recognised from your speech. Produced from the audio above, so emoji can be matched to the words.
• Your camera video in Google Meet. Only so emoji can be drawn onto it.
• Meet’s mute state. The extension reads whether Meet’s microphone button is muted, so it can stop listening while you are muted.
• Your settings and custom word list. The preferences you choose on the extension’s settings page.

The extension does not access Meet chat, participant names, other participants’ audio or video, your browsing history, or any website other than meet.google.com.

2. How the data is used

All of the data above is used for one purpose only: turning what you say into emoji drawn on your own camera video during a Google Meet call. It is not used for advertising, profiling, analytics, credit decisions or any other purpose.

3. How the data is handled and stored

• Audio is processed in memory by a speech-recognition model (Vosk) bundled inside the extension, running locally in your browser. Audio is never recorded, saved or uploaded by the extension.
• Recognised text is held in memory only for the current phrase, then discarded. It is never stored or transmitted.
• Camera frames are processed in memory in your browser and passed back to Meet with emoji drawn on them. They are never saved or transmitted by the extension. The modified video is sent to the other people in your call by Google Meet itself, exactly as your normal camera video would be.
• Settings and custom words are saved in your browser’s extension storage (chrome.storage.sync). If you have Chrome sync turned on, Chrome may sync these settings to your own Google account. The developer never receives them.
• Network. The extension makes no network requests of its own. The speech model and emoji artwork are packaged with it.

Optional browser speech recognition

In the extension’s settings you can choose the Automatic or Browser’s recognition engine instead of the default on-device engine. In Google Chrome these use Chrome’s built-in Web Speech API, which may send your audio to Google to be transcribed, under Google’s Privacy Policy (policies.google.com/privacy). This is off by default, and the extension itself still does not send audio anywhere.

4. Data sharing

The extension does not sell, share, transfer or disclose any user data to the developer or to any third party. There are no third-party SDKs, analytics or advertising libraries in the extension.

5. Your consent and control

• When the extension is installed, a welcome page explains that it uses your microphone and camera video in Google Meet and how that data is handled. The microphone is only used after you click “Agree and allow microphone” and grant Chrome’s microphone permission.
• You can turn the extension off at any time with Alt+Shift+E, the toolbar button, or the status pill shown in Meet. It also stops listening whenever you mute in Meet.
• You can withdraw microphone access at any time in chrome://settings/content/microphone, or by removing the extension.

6. Data retention and deletion

Audio, recognised text and video frames are not retained after they are processed. Settings and custom words stay in your browser until you change them or remove the extension, which deletes them.

7. Children

The extension is not directed at children and does not knowingly collect any data from anyone.

8. Not affiliated with Google

Speech to Emoji is an independent extension. It is not made, endorsed or sponsored by Google. Google Meet is a trademark of Google LLC.

9. Changes to this policy

If this policy changes, the updated version will be published at this same address with a new “Last updated” date.

10. Contact

For questions or requests about privacy, email pull8up@gmail.com.