# Scriber > Scriber is a Windows desktop app for speech to text and text to speech. It transcribes spoken thoughts and reads selected or pasted text aloud with word highlighting. It is a LambdaRidge project. This is Scriber’s informational website. It does not offer a public download, pricing plan or account registration. ## Product information - [Scriber overview](https://www.scriber.lambdaridge.ai/): Human-readable product explanation and benefits. - [Scriber overview in Markdown](https://www.scriber.lambdaridge.ai/index.md): The same product facts in plain text. - [Privacy and your data](https://www.scriber.lambdaridge.ai/privacy/): Website and Windows application data handling. - [LambdaRidge](https://www.lambdaridge.ai/): The company behind Scriber. ## Essential facts - Live transcription processes microphone audio with ElevenLabs. - Read aloud uses ElevenLabs for text the user selects or explicitly pastes. Unsupported selection controls use the paste workflow. - Optional proofreading sends transcript text to Azure OpenAI and preserves the original transcript separately. - Transcription and reading histories are stored locally on the PC as unencrypted text and are not synced by Scriber. - Windows Scriber does not save microphone recordings to disk. Generated reading audio is held in memory. - Connected AI features require internet access and the user’s own provider API keys. Provider usage charges may apply. - This website has no added analytics, advertising, forms or tracking scripts. Canonical website: https://www.scriber.lambdaridge.ai/ This file is supplemental discovery guidance. The linked visible website content is authoritative; this is not a guarantee of search indexing or AI inclusion.