Speech-to-Text Safety
How DinoFlex keeps voice features opt-in, parent-controlled, and designed around short child-safe prompts.
How safe speech capture works
A quick visual way to understand how the safety step works in practice.
Safety step
1. Parent turns it on
Speech-to-text stays off until a parent enables the feature for the family.
Safety step
2. Child taps the mic
Voice capture is short, visible, and push-to-talk only. The app does not listen in the background.
Safety step
3. Device first
The app prefers on-device recognition. Cloud fallback needs a separate parent setting and backend proxy.
Safety step
4. Store less
Raw audio is not stored. Text previews are optional, screened for personal details, and expire quickly.
What families should know
What parents control
Parents control whether speech-to-text is available, whether cloud fallback is allowed, and whether short transcript previews can be retained for review.
What kids are asked to say
Voice prompts should stay narrow and task-based, such as reading a word, answering a quiz item, or using a simple command. Prompts should not ask children for names, addresses, schools, phone numbers, emails, birthdates, or location details.
What is not saved
Raw child audio is not part of the database model. If transcript preview storage is off, the app records only safety metadata such as feature, engine, duration, and whether personal information was detected.
When cloud fallback can happen
Cloud speech recognition is blocked unless a parent has opted in, the deployment has a backend proxy enabled, and the selected provider is recorded in family settings.
Before enabling voice
Use this as a quick conversation guide with your child or another caregiver.
- Confirm your family is comfortable with short push-to-talk capture.
- Keep cloud fallback off unless on-device recognition is not enough.
- Leave transcript previews off unless you need parent review history.
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