What runs on my devices?

Question

- **Mac:** speech recognition (whisper.cpp), Nova's voice (Kokoro on the Apple Neural Engine), the local model for answers and summaries (Llama 3.2 3B via Ollama), meeting transcription and notes.
- **iPhone:** transcription (Apple SpeechAnalyzer), notes and keyboard smart replies (Apple Foundation Models).

## What leaves my devices?

- **Instructions you send to Claude Code** go to the Claude Code CLI, which uses Anthropic's service — that is how Claude Code works.
- **Meetings and Claude instructions** (text, not audio) sync through **your own iCloud account**.
- **Pairing** traffic between iPhone and Mac stays on your local network.
- **Licence checks and sign-in** contact NovaHUD's server.

## Why does NovaHUD ask for each permission?

- **Microphone:** to hear you.
- **Accessibility:** to type dictation into other apps, and to read meeting apps' window titles for meeting detection.
- **Automation (Spotify, Music):** to show and control what's playing in the notch.
- **Local network (iPhone):** to find and pair with your Mac.
- **Calendar (iPhone, Watch):** to name recordings after events and add notes.

## Does the clipboard history keep passwords?

Accepted Answer

No. Anything a password manager marks as concealed or transient is skipped, and clipboard history is off by default.

Is NovaHUD private? What runs locally?

What leaves my devices?

Why does NovaHUD ask for each permission?

Does the clipboard history keep passwords?