Terms of Service.

1. Who we are and your agreement

The Scribe is software and related online services operated by VictoryMultimedia (referred to as “The Scribe,” “we,” “us,” or “our”). These Terms of Service (“Terms”) form a binding agreement between us and the person or organization using The Scribe (“you”). Lemon Squeezy acts as merchant of record for purchases made through its checkout and handles payment collection, applicable taxes, receipts, and subscription management.

By downloading, installing, activating, purchasing, or using The Scribe, or by clicking a button that refers to these Terms, you agree to these Terms and our Privacy Policy. If you use The Scribe for an organization, you confirm that you can bind that organization. If you do not agree, do not use the software or submit material to the service.

2. Eligibility and accounts

You must be at least 18 years old, or the age of legal majority where you live, and legally able to enter a contract. You must provide accurate purchase, license, and account information and keep access credentials secure. You are responsible for activity performed with your license or account. Tell us promptly at getthescribe@gmail.com if you believe a license or account has been compromised.

A license is for the purchaser and the permitted organization, users, and devices shown in the applicable offer or receipt. It may not be sold, rented, sublicensed, published, or shared among unrelated customers. We may use privacy-preserving device, account, transaction, and network signals to enforce allowances and prevent repeated free claims or other abuse.

3. Software license

Subject to these Terms and payment of applicable fees, we grant you a limited, revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable right to install and use The Scribe for your own lawful creative and publishing work. The software is licensed, not sold. We and our licensors retain all rights in the application, website, service, visual system, code, models we distribute under their applicable licenses, documentation, and trademarks.

You may not reverse engineer, decrypt, extract service credentials, bypass activation or metering, copy protected parts of the service, remove proprietary notices, or use the software to create a competing hosted service, except to the limited extent such a restriction is prohibited by applicable law or an applicable open-source license.

4. Plans, credits, and included work

The offer displayed at checkout controls if it conflicts with this summary:

• Free — $0. One verified file or live recording, approximately 20 minutes of on-device transcription, and reading the transcript inside the app. Free does not include transcript export or book creation. Reinstalling, changing a device, or opening another account does not reset a used free allowance.
• Publisher — $29 per month. Unlimited local transcription, transcript export, one book in each monthly billing period, one included premium cover request for that book, and up to two full manuscript regenerations for that book. The book may be planned from 15 to 200 pages and is subject to the limits below.
• Publisher Series — $49 per month. Three books in each monthly billing period, one included premium cover request for each book, and the Publisher features.
• Extra book — $29 one-time. One additional book credit. It remains available until used, subject to account validity and these Terms, and is consumed after included monthly book allowances.
• Additional cover direction — $9 one-time. One additional generated direction for the saved project identified at purchase. Uploading your own lawful finished cover is free.

Monthly subscription allowances reset at the beginning of each billing period and do not roll over unless a written offer says otherwise. A book credit funds one protected book job and its expressly included regenerations; it is not a transferable cash balance. We may impose reasonable per-request size, rate, concurrency, and safety limits to keep the service reliable and control abusive or runaway usage.

5. Page targets and the 200-page ceiling

A requested page count is a planning target, not a promise of an exact length. The planning estimate uses approximately 240 words per page. Actual pages depend on trim size, typography, margins, spacing, headings, images, and front matter, and the final rendered PDF is authoritative. The editor will not invent filler merely to reach a requested number.

Each included book is limited to a maximum final print interior of 200 pages. The Scribe may organize or tighten source material to remain within that ceiling without changing the selected editorial distance. If the material cannot be handled responsibly within 200 pages, you must shorten it or divide it into separately credited volumes, such as Part 1 and Part 2. We do not guarantee marketplace acceptance, a particular word count, or an exact spine width.

6. Subscriptions, automatic renewal, and cancellation

Publisher and Publisher Series automatically renew every month until cancelled. The payment method on file is charged at the start of each renewal period. The price, billing interval, and included allowance are shown before purchase and on your receipt.

You may cancel from the subscription-management link in your Lemon Squeezy receipt or order portal. Cancellation stops future renewals; paid access ordinarily continues through the end of the current billing period. Deleting the app does not cancel a subscription. We may suspend paid features if payment fails or is reversed. If a subscription price changes, the new price applies only after advance notice and to a future billing period, subject to applicable law.

Taxes, currency conversion, and payment processing are handled by the merchant of record. You authorize the merchant of record to store or use your payment method as described at checkout. We do not receive or store your full card number.

7. Refunds and mandatory consumer rights

Refund eligibility is determined by the refund terms presented at checkout or on your receipt, the Lemon Squeezy merchant-of-record process, and applicable law. Contact getthescribe@gmail.com with the order number if you need help. Digital book or cover credits that have already been consumed, and completed generation services, are generally not refundable unless the service was defective or the law requires otherwise.

Nothing in these Terms limits non-waivable cancellation, withdrawal, refund, warranty, or other consumer rights that apply where you live. If local law gives you a right to cancel a digital service, the checkout disclosures and your request for immediate performance may affect when that right ends.

8. Your sources, manuscripts, and output

You retain all rights you already hold in recordings, transcripts, documents, instructions, photographs, artwork, and other material you submit (“Your Content”). As between you and us, and to the extent permitted by law, we assign to you any rights we may have in output created specifically for you after applicable fees are paid. This does not give you rights in third-party material, our software, or material that cannot legally be owned.

You grant us and our service providers a limited, worldwide license to host, copy, transmit, transform, and process Your Content only as needed to provide the feature you request, protect the service, comply with law, and provide support. This license ends when the operational purpose and applicable retention period end, except for records we must keep for security, accounting, or legal compliance.

AI output may not be unique, may resemble independently created material, and may not qualify for copyright protection in every jurisdiction. We do not promise exclusivity or register copyright for you.

9. Your rights and publishing responsibilities

You represent that you own Your Content or have every permission needed to record, upload, process, edit, and publish it. This includes copyright, performer and recording consent, privacy, publicity, trademark, confidentiality, contractual, and data-protection rights. If a source includes another person, you are responsible for lawful notice and consent.

You are the author or publisher of record and make the final publication decision. Before distributing anything, you must review the manuscript and cover for factual accuracy, quotations, names, dates, references, plagiarism or similarity, defamation, privacy, trademark, copyright, accessibility, and distributor rules. Amazon KDP and other platforms make independent acceptance decisions. You must answer their authorship and AI-disclosure questions truthfully and upload files through your own account.

10. AI-assisted and local processing

Core transcription is designed to run on your device after the required model files are downloaded. When you deliberately request paid book creation, manuscript regeneration, chapter revision, or cover generation, the app sends the text, brief, metadata, or visual direction needed for that job to our secured service and the relevant generation provider. Raw audio is not sent to the book-writing provider merely to create a book. See our Privacy Policy for current providers and retention.

Generated material can be incomplete, incorrect, biased, repetitive, inappropriate, or unexpectedly similar to existing work. The Scribe provides creative and editorial assistance, not legal, medical, financial, theological, academic, or factual verification. Progress estimates are estimates. Network failures, provider limits, safety filters, or capacity constraints may delay or stop a job. Our protected workflow may checkpoint and resume eligible jobs; a failed job does not guarantee that no third-party compute cost was incurred.

11. Prohibited uses

You may not use The Scribe to:

• infringe, pirate, plagiarize, impersonate, deceive, defame, harass, exploit, or violate another person’s rights;
• process recordings, documents, likenesses, personal data, confidential information, or copyrighted works without required authority;
• create unlawful sexual content, exploit minors, facilitate violence or crime, distribute malware, or evade sanctions or export controls;
• bypass licensing, allowance, payment, security, rate, spend, or account controls; automate repeated claims; share one license among unrelated customers; or manipulate requests to cause excessive provider cost;
• probe, scrape, attack, overload, interfere with, or gain unauthorized access to the app, API, owner console, infrastructure, models, or other accounts;
• represent generated material as independently verified when it has not been reviewed.

We may reject content or requests, limit functionality, or cooperate with lawful investigations when reasonably necessary.

12. Service changes, availability, and updates

We may improve, replace, restrict, or discontinue features, models, integrations, or supported operating systems. We may issue security and compatibility updates and may require an update for continued access to online services. We will not materially reduce an already-paid subscription period without a remedy required by law. Beta, preview, or experimental features may be changed or removed and should not be relied on for critical work.

Keep your own backups of source material, local projects, exports, and license records. No online service or local storage is infallible, and we do not promise uninterrupted, error-free, or permanently available operation.

13. Suspension and termination

We may suspend or terminate access when we reasonably believe you violated these Terms, created security or payment risk, infringed rights, abused allowances, or exposed the service or others to harm. Where practical, we will give notice and an opportunity to correct the issue. Serious abuse, fraud, attacks, or legal demands may require immediate action.

You may stop using the app at any time and cancel a subscription as described above. Termination ends the software license and access to online features, but provisions that by their nature should survive—including payment obligations, ownership, disclaimers, liability limits, indemnity, disputes, and copyright procedures—remain effective. Local exports you lawfully created remain yours.

14. Our intellectual property and feedback

The Scribe name, software, website, interface, documentation, and service are protected by intellectual-property laws. No right is granted except the limited license in these Terms. If you send suggestions or feedback, you grant us a perpetual, worldwide, royalty-free right to use it without identifying or compensating you. Feedback does not include Your Content or confidential manuscripts.

15. Copyright notices, counter-notices, and repeat infringement

If you believe material accessible through a service we control infringes your copyright, email getthescribe@gmail.com with the subject “Copyright Takedown Notice” and include: your name and contact details; identification of the copyrighted work; the exact location of the material; a good-faith statement that the disputed use is not authorized; a statement under penalty of perjury that the notice is accurate and you are authorized to act; and your physical or electronic signature.

If your material was removed by mistake or misidentification, send a “Copyright Counter-Notice” identifying the removed material and its former location, your contact details, a statement under penalty of perjury that removal was mistaken, consent to the jurisdiction required by applicable law, acceptance of service from the claimant, and your signature. We may send notices to the affected user, preserve relevant records, restore material when legally permitted, and terminate repeat infringers.

Knowingly submitting a false notice or counter-notice may create liability. The email above is for copyright notices about material accessible through services we control; disputes about a user’s independently published book should be directed to the publisher or platform hosting that book. Where U.S. law requires a registered DMCA agent, the legally designated agent and directory record control over this summary.

16. Disclaimers

To the fullest extent permitted by law, The Scribe and all output are provided “as is” and “as available.” We disclaim implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, non-infringement, accuracy, uninterrupted operation, and results. We do not warrant that any manuscript will reach a specific length, win an award, generate sales, be accepted by a distributor, be free from error or third-party claims, or be suitable for publication without human review. Some jurisdictions do not allow certain disclaimers, so those limits may not apply to you.

17. Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, neither The Scribe nor its suppliers will be liable for indirect, incidental, special, exemplary, punitive, or consequential damages; lost profits, revenue, opportunities, goodwill, or data; publication claims; or the cost of substitute services, arising from or related to the service, even if advised of the possibility.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, our total aggregate liability arising from or related to the service will not exceed the amount you paid for The Scribe during the 12 months immediately before the event giving rise to the claim. This limit does not exclude liability that cannot lawfully be excluded or limited, including applicable liability for fraud, willful misconduct, death or personal injury caused by negligence, or non-waivable consumer rights.

18. Indemnity

If you use The Scribe for business or professional publishing, you will defend and indemnify us against third-party claims, losses, and reasonable costs arising from Your Content, your publication or distribution, your violation of another person’s rights, or your material breach of these Terms. This obligation does not apply to the extent a claim was caused by our breach or unlawful conduct and does not reduce rights that cannot be waived by consumers.

19. Applicable law and disputes

These Terms are governed by the law that may lawfully apply to the operator and the transaction, without overriding mandatory consumer protections in your place of residence. A dispute may be brought in a court that has lawful jurisdiction over the parties and subject matter. Before filing a claim, you and we agree to send a written description to the contact below and allow 30 days for a good-faith attempt to resolve it, unless urgent relief or a statutory deadline makes that impractical.

These Terms do not require arbitration and do not waive any class, collective, regulatory, or statutory procedure that applicable law makes available.

20. General terms

These Terms, the Privacy Policy, the checkout offer, and any product-specific written terms are the entire agreement about the service. If a checkout term conflicts with these Terms, the more specific checkout term controls for that purchase. If part of these Terms is unenforceable, it will be limited to the minimum necessary and the rest remains effective. Failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver. You may not assign this agreement without our consent; we may assign it as part of a reorganization, financing, sale, or transfer of the service, subject to applicable law. Headings are for convenience and “including” means “including without limitation.”

21. Changes to these Terms

We may update these Terms for new features, legal requirements, security, or clearer disclosures. The effective date and version appear at the top. If a change materially affects an active paid subscription, we will provide reasonable notice through the app, website, email, receipt channel, or another appropriate method before it applies. Continuing to use the service after the effective date means you accept the updated Terms, except where law requires additional consent.

22. Contact

Support, billing help, legal notices, and privacy requests: getthescribe@gmail.com.

Subscription cancellation: use the manage-subscription link in your Lemon Squeezy receipt or order portal. Copyright notices must use the process in Section 15.