End User License Agreement

Last updated: 26 May 2026

In short: this agreement grants you a personal, lifetime license to install NeoDicta on up to three Macs you own, for a one-time €19 payment, with a 14-day money-back guarantee. Your dictated audio and text never leave your device.

This End User License Agreement ("Agreement") is a legal contract between you ("Licensee", "you") and Sponge Theory, an EURL (société à responsabilité limitée à associé unique) with a share capital of €750,100, whose registered office is at 27 Rue Maximilien Robespierre, 78711 Mantes-la-Ville, France, registered with the Versailles Trade and Companies Register (RCS) under SIREN 531 261 741, intra-EU VAT FR60531261741 ("Licensor", "we", "us"), for the NeoDicta software application and all accompanying materials (the "Software").

By downloading, installing, activating, or using the Software, you agree to be bound by this Agreement. If you do not agree, do not install or use the Software, and request a refund within the period stated in Section 9.

1. License grant

Subject to your payment of the applicable fee and your compliance with this Agreement, the Licensor grants you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, revocable license to install and use one (1) copy of the Software for your own use on up to three (3) devices that you own or control.

A business/team license covers use by a single named user across their work devices; one seat is required per user. Contact us for volume licensing.

2. Trial version

We may offer a time-limited evaluation version (the "Trial") for 7 days. The Trial is provided "as is" for evaluation only. When the Trial expires, you must purchase a license or stop using the Software.

3. License key and activation

The Software is unlocked by a license key tied to your purchase. You agree not to share, publish, resell, or use a license key on more devices than your license permits (three). We may deactivate keys that are used in violation of this Agreement. Activation validation is performed locally on your device; the Software does not transmit your dictation content for this purpose (see Section 7).

4. Restrictions

You may not, and may not permit any third party to:

5. Ownership

The Software is licensed, not sold. The Licensor and its licensors retain all right, title, and interest in and to the Software, including all intellectual property rights. No rights are granted except as expressly set out here. The Software bundles third-party open-source components (including speech-to-text models and runtimes) under their respective licenses; those licenses continue to govern those components, and the corresponding notices are included with the Software (see the in-app "Acknowledgements" screen).

6. Updates

We may provide updates, bug fixes, or new versions at our discretion. Updates are governed by this Agreement unless accompanied by a separate license. We are not obligated to provide support, updates, or maintenance.

7. Privacy

NeoDicta is designed to run entirely on your device. Audio capture, speech-to-text inference, and text processing occur locally; your dictated audio and text are not transmitted to us or to any third party. See our Privacy Policy for details. Any optional update checks or first-run model downloads transmit only the minimal data described there; license validation is performed offline.

8. Term and termination

This Agreement is effective until terminated. It terminates automatically if you breach any of its terms. On termination, you must stop using and delete all copies of the Software. Sections 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, and 12 survive termination.

9. Refunds

If you are not satisfied, you may request a refund within 14 days of purchase by contacting us at the address in Section 13. This 14-day money-back guarantee is offered in addition to, and does not limit, your statutory consumer rights (including, where applicable, the EU right of withdrawal).

10. Disclaimer of warranties

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, ACCURACY OF TRANSCRIPTION, AND NONINFRINGEMENT. YOU ASSUME THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE SOFTWARE. Nothing in this Agreement limits warranties or liabilities that cannot be limited under applicable mandatory law (including the French statutory warranties of conformity and against hidden defects).

11. Limitation of liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE LICENSOR SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, DATA, OR GOODWILL, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE SOFTWARE. THE LICENSOR'S TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY SHALL NOT EXCEED THE AMOUNT YOU PAID FOR THE LICENSE IN THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS PRECEDING THE CLAIM.

12. Governing law

This Agreement is governed by the laws of France, without regard to its conflict-of-laws rules. The courts having jurisdiction over the registered office of the Licensor (Versailles) shall have exclusive jurisdiction, subject to any mandatory consumer-protection venue rules that apply to you (an EU/French consumer may bring proceedings before the courts of their place of domicile).

13. Contact

Sponge Theory — contact@sponge-theory.ai — 27 Rue Maximilien Robespierre, 78711 Mantes-la-Ville, France.