Terms of Use
Draft, pending legal review.
These terms cover the Tellable app for iPhone and iPad. Apple's Licensed Application End User License Agreement also applies, and where the two differ, these terms add to it.
Your licence to use Tellable
When you download Tellable from the App Store, you receive a personal, non-transferable licence to use the app on Apple devices that you own or control, as Apple's rules allow. You may not copy, sell, rent or reverse-engineer the app, except for the parts released as free software, described under Licensing below.
Free use and Tellable Pro
Tellable is free to download, and you can read up to five documents at no cost. Tellable Pro removes that limit. It comes in two forms.
Tellable Pro, lifetime
A one-time purchase, at the price shown in the App Store. There is nothing to renew.
Tellable Pro, yearly
An auto-renewing yearly subscription, at the price shown in the App Store, billed to your Apple ID when you confirm the purchase. The subscription renews automatically at the end of each year unless you cancel it at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can cancel in iPhone Settings, under your name, then Subscriptions. There is no free trial. Prices are shown in your local currency in the App Store and may vary by region.
Cancel anytime in iPhone Settings.
Apple sends the renewal notices required by law and handles billing, receipts and refunds. If you allow notifications, Tellable also shows a reminder on your device three days before a renewal. That reminder is a courtesy and is not the legal notice; the notice from Apple is.
Family Sharing
Where the App Store shows Family Sharing for a Tellable purchase, you can share that purchase with your Family Sharing group, as Apple's Family Sharing terms allow.
Restoring a purchase
If you reinstall the app or move to a new device, choose Restore purchases in Settings. Purchases are tied to your Apple Account, not to the device.
Refunds
All payments go through Apple, so refunds are requested from Apple, under Apple's refund policy. Tellable cannot issue refunds itself.
Your content
Documents you scan, import or paste are yours. Tellable does not receive them or claim any rights to them. They are stored on your device and, only if you turn on iCloud sync, in your own private iCloud storage. You are responsible for having the right to read and convert the material you bring into the app.
Licensing
Two of Tellable's voices, Kate and Tom, run in a speech engine that sits in a separate extension inside the app. That extension is free software under the GNU General Public License, version 3 (GPL-3.0). Its complete source code is published at github.com/getmakingthings/tellable-speech, and you may use, study, change and share it under that licence. The rest of the app is proprietary and remains the property of Making Things.
The credits and licences for each voice and for the other open-source components are in the app, under Settings, Voice credits. The reading fonts are used under the SIL Open Font License, with the licence text in the app.
No warranty
Tellable is provided "as is", without warranty of any kind, express or implied, including any warranty of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose or non-infringement. Speech is generated by a machine and may misread words, numbers or names; do not rely on it where an error could cause harm.
Limitation of liability
To the extent the law allows, Making Things is not liable for any indirect, incidental, special or consequential loss, or for any loss of data, arising from your use of Tellable. Our total liability for any claim is limited to the amount you paid for the app in the twelve months before the claim arose. Some jurisdictions do not allow these limits, so they may not apply to you.
Changes to these terms
If these terms change, the new version will appear on this page with a new effective date. Changes to a subscription's price or terms follow Apple's rules, which include notice and, where required, your consent before the change applies.
Governing law
These terms are governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States of America, without regard to conflict-of-law rules, and subject to any mandatory consumer-protection law of your country of residence.
Contact
Questions about these terms go to support+tellable@getmakingthings.com.