Terms of Use

1. Provider and scope

These terms form an agreement between you and Bent Eisheuer, trading as Saywave, for downloading, trialling, and using the Saywave macOS application and its updates. Contact details are in the Imprint. You must have legal capacity to accept these terms; minors need the consent of a parent or guardian where required.

2. Free trial

The app includes a 7-day trial without a payment card. It uses a stable, one-way-derived device identifier and periodic online checks to prevent repeated trial resets. The trial requires a successful check when it starts and at least once every 48 hours while active. Details are in the Privacy Policy. After expiry, a valid licence is required for continued use of paid functionality.

3. Purchase and licence

Sales are currently closed. If sales open, Lemon Squeezy is intended to act as Merchant of Record, and its identity, final total, currency, tax treatment, withdrawal information, and Buyer Terms will be shown before an order. The planned licence is personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, and permits activation on up to 3 Macs you own or control. It does not expire for the major version purchased, subject to these terms.

Statutory updates, including security or conformity updates, are provided for the period required by applicable consumer law. Feature updates within the licensed major version may be provided, but no promise of every future feature, future major version, or perpetual service availability is made unless the checkout expressly says otherwise.

4. Acceptable use

You must not:

• share, resell, rent, sublicense, or publish a licence key;
• circumvent or manipulate trial, activation, or security controls;
• use the software to violate law, privacy, confidentiality, or third-party rights; or
• reverse engineer the software except to the extent mandatory law expressly permits.

5. Optional cloud AI

OpenAI and Anthropic integrations are optional and require your own provider API key. When you select a cloud feature, the relevant text or meeting transcript is sent to the provider you chose. You are responsible for that provider account, charges, terms, settings, and for having the rights and lawful basis needed to send the content. Do not submit secrets, special-category data, confidential information, or third-party personal data unless the provider setup and your legal basis are appropriate. Provider output may be inaccurate; review it before relying on or sharing it.

6. Meeting capture

Meeting Capture can record microphone and system audio and can be configured to start automatically for supported meeting apps. You are solely responsible for making capture visible, informing every participant in advance, obtaining all required consent, and complying with recording, employment, confidentiality, telecommunications, and privacy laws in every relevant jurisdiction. Do not use Saywave for covert recording. If consent or another lawful basis is absent or withdrawn, do not start—or immediately stop—the capture.

7. Your content and local data

You retain rights in your content. You grant only the limited permission necessary for the app to process content at your instruction. Keep independent backups of important material. Local history, meetings, settings, and Keychain records are your responsibility to protect and delete before transferring or disposing of a Mac.

8. Intellectual property and third-party software

Saywave and its original materials remain protected by intellectual-property law. The app also contains third-party software and models governed by their own terms. Required notices and source links appear on the Third-party notices page. Third-party names identify compatibility or provenance only and do not imply endorsement.

9. Availability and compatibility

The current release requires macOS 14 or later · Apple silicon. Performance and text insertion depend on hardware, model, memory, macOS permissions, the active app, and field restrictions. Secure or custom fields may reject insertion. Online trial, licence, model-download, and optional cloud features also depend on the relevant network and provider.

10. Statutory rights, warranty, and liability

Nothing in these terms limits mandatory consumer rights, statutory conformity remedies, product-liability rules, liability for intent or gross negligence, injury to life, body, or health, fraudulently concealed defects, or an expressly assumed guarantee. For slightly negligent breach of an essential contractual duty, liability is limited to the foreseeable damage typical for this agreement. Liability for other slight negligence is excluded to the extent permitted by law. Mandatory rights remain unaffected.

11. Suspension and termination

We may suspend a trial or licence for material misuse, compromised keys, or a serious breach after notice and a reasonable cure opportunity where appropriate. Immediate action remains possible where necessary to prevent fraud, security harm, or unlawful use. Termination does not remove rights or obligations that by nature continue, and does not restrict statutory remedies.

12. Changes, law, and disputes

Material term changes are notified before they affect ongoing use where required. German law applies without depriving consumers of mandatory protection in their country of habitual residence. Statutory venue rules apply.