Terms of Service
Last updated: October 16, 2026
These Terms of Service ("Terms") are an agreement between you and Vurb ("Vurb", "we", "us") covering the Vurb desktop app (the "App"), the website at vurb.me (the "Site"), and any paid plan (together, the "Service"). By downloading, installing, or using the Service, you agree to these Terms. If you are using the Service for an organization, you agree on its behalf and confirm you have authority to do so.
1. The Service
Vurb turns your speech into text on your computer and types it where your cursor is. Transcription runs on your device. Some features rely on your operating system's permissions (such as microphone and accessibility access) and on optional third-party services you choose to enable.
2. Your license to use the App
Subject to these Terms, we grant you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to install and use the App on computers you own or control, within the limits of your plan. You may not copy, modify, distribute, sell, or rent the App; reverse engineer it except where the law expressly allows; remove or bypass license checks or usage limits; or use the Service to build a competing product.
3. Plans and limits
- Free: up to 2,000 dictated words per rolling 7-day period, on your computers.
- Pro: unlimited words for one person, on up to 3 computers.
- Growth: Pro for each paid seat in a team, with a 3-seat minimum. Each seat is for one named person and may be reassigned when someone leaves.
- Enterprise: governed by a separate written agreement, which controls if it conflicts with these Terms.
Features marked "coming soon" or "on roadmap" are not part of your plan until they are released. We may change plan features over time, but we will not materially reduce the features of a plan you have already paid for during the current billing period.
4. Payment, renewal, and cancellation
Paid plans are sold by our reseller and merchant of record, Lemon Squeezy, and are also subject to its terms at checkout. Subscriptions are billed in advance, monthly or yearly, and renew automatically at the then-current price until you cancel. You can cancel anytime from the link in your receipt email or customer portal; your plan stays active until the end of the paid period and does not renew. Prices may change; we will tell you at least 30 days before a price increase applies to your renewal. Taxes are added where required.
5. Refunds
If you are not happy with Pro or Growth, email us within 30 days of your first payment for a full refund. After that, payments are non-refundable except where the law requires otherwise. Refunds for renewals are at our discretion. We may refuse refunds where there is evidence of abuse.
6. Your content
What you dictate is yours. Your audio and transcripts stay on your computer, and we claim no ownership of or license to them. You are responsible for what you dictate and paste, and for having any rights or consents needed, including if you dictate information about other people. If you enable AI cleanup with your own Anthropic API key, your use of that service is governed by Anthropic's terms, and you are responsible for any charges on your Anthropic account.
7. Acceptable use
You agree not to use the Service to break the law; to record people without any consent the law requires; to infringe others' rights; to distribute malware; or to interfere with the Service, our providers, or other users. We may suspend or terminate licenses used in violation of these Terms.
8. Third-party services
The Service uses or connects to third parties, including Lemon Squeezy (payments and licenses), Hugging Face (speech model downloads), GitHub (website and downloads), and, if you enable it, Anthropic (AI cleanup). We are not responsible for third-party services, which are governed by their own terms.
9. Updates and beta features
We may release updates that add, change, or remove features. Some releases or features may be labeled beta; they may contain bugs and may change or be withdrawn.
10. Our intellectual property
The App, Site, name, logo, and all related intellectual property belong to us or our licensors. The App includes open-source components (including whisper.cpp and the Whisper speech models), which are provided under their own licenses; nothing in these Terms limits your rights under those licenses. If you send us feedback, we may use it without obligation to you.
11. Disclaimers
THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE." TO THE FULLEST EXTENT ALLOWED BY LAW, WE DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. Speech recognition is not perfect: transcripts may contain errors, and text may be pasted into whichever app is focused. Review important text before you send or rely on it. Do not use the Service where errors could cause serious harm, such as for emergency, medical, or legal records without human review.
12. Limitation of liability
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT ALLOWED BY LAW, WE WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR FOR LOST PROFITS, DATA, OR GOODWILL, ARISING FROM OR RELATED TO THE SERVICE. OUR TOTAL LIABILITY FOR ANY CLAIM WILL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF (A) THE AMOUNT YOU PAID US FOR THE SERVICE IN THE 12 MONTHS BEFORE THE CLAIM, OR (B) US $50. Some jurisdictions do not allow these limits, so they may not fully apply to you.
13. Indemnity
You agree to defend and indemnify us against claims arising from your misuse of the Service or your violation of these Terms or of others' rights.
14. Termination
You may stop using the Service at any time. We may suspend or end your access if you materially breach these Terms. Sections that by their nature should survive (including 6 and 10 through 16) survive termination.
15. Governing law and disputes
These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Maryland, USA, without regard to its conflict-of-law rules. Any dispute will be brought exclusively in the state or federal courts located in Maryland, and both parties consent to their jurisdiction, except that either party may bring an individual claim in small claims court. If you are a consumer in a country whose laws give you the right to bring claims in your local courts or under local law, nothing here takes away those rights.
16. General
These Terms (with our Privacy Policy and, for Enterprise customers, any signed agreement) are the entire agreement about the Service. If any part is unenforceable, the rest stays in effect. Our failure to enforce a term is not a waiver. You may not assign these Terms without our consent; we may assign them in connection with a merger or sale of the business. We may update these Terms; for material changes we will give notice on the Site or by email before they take effect, and continuing to use the Service after that means you accept them.