Baidu USA LLC

Welcome to the SwiftScribe web application (“Software”) and http://swiftscribe.ai, the website and online service of Baidu USA LLC (“Baidu,” “Company,” “we,” or “us”). This Terms of Use Agreement (“Agreement”) explains the terms by which you may use our online and/or web services, web site, and software provided on or in connection with the service (collectively the “Service”). You must agree to the terms of this Agreement in order to use the software with the Service. By accessing or using the Service, you signify that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by the terms of this Agreement and to the collection and use of your information as set forth in the applicable Privacy Policy. You may not use the Software or the Service in any way unless you have accepted these terms and conditions. We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time, so please check back with us periodically. This Agreement applies to all visitors, users, and others who access the Service (“Users”).

PLEASE READ THIS AGREEMENT CAREFULLY TO ENSURE THAT YOU UNDERSTAND EACH PROVISION. THIS AGREEMENT CONTAINS A CLASS ACTION/JURY TRIAL WAIVER PROVISION THAT REQUIRES THE FILING OF CLAIMS ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS TO RESOLVE DISPUTES, RATHER THAN JURY TRIALS OR CLASS ACTIONS.

1. Use of Our Service

The Website and the Services

Baidu offers and maintains the Website to provide one or more of the following services to you:

(a) Automatic transcription of audio files uploaded to our Websites;

(b) Intuitive shortcut keys designed to speed up editing

(together, the “Services”).

A. Eligibility

This is a contract between you and Baidu. You must read and agree to these terms before using the Service. If you do not agree, you may not use the Service. You may use the Service only if you can form a binding contract with Baidu, and only in compliance with this Agreement and all applicable local, state, national, and international laws, rules and regulations. Any use or access to the Service by anyone under 13 is strictly prohibited and in violation of this Agreement. The Service is not available to any Users previously removed from the Service by Baidu.

B. Baidu Service

Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, you are hereby granted a non-exclusive, limited, non-transferable, freely revocable license to use the Service for your personal, noncommercial use only and as permitted by the features of the Service only in the United States. You acknowledge and agree that the Software and Service will use your wireless network to send and receive data, and that your web operator may bill you the airtime, data and/or usage fees. Baidu may terminate this license at any time for any reason or no reason.

C. Service Rules

You agree not to engage in any of the following prohibited activities: (i) submit any automated or recorded queries to the Service; (ii) use the Service other than for your own personal use; (iii) access the Service with software or means other than the Software; (iv) copy, reproduce, distribute, or in any other manner duplicate the Software, in whole or in part; (v) sell, lease, license, sublicense, distribute, assign, transfer or otherwise grant any rights in the Software, in whole or in part; (vi) modify, port, translate, or create derivative works of the Software; (vii) decompile, disassemble, reverse engineer or otherwise attempt to derive, reconstruct, identify or discover any source code, underlying ideas, or algorithms, of the Software or Service by any means; (viii) remove any proprietary notices, labels or marks from the Software; (ix) use the Service for purposes of comparison with or benchmarking against products or services made available by third parties; (x) attempting to interfere with, compromise the system integrity or security or decipher any transmissions to or from the servers running the Service; or (xi) interfering with the proper working of the Service.

We may, without prior notice, change the Service; stop providing the Service or features of the Service, to you or to Users generally; or create usage limits for the Service. We may permanently or temporarily terminate or suspend your access to the Service without notice and liability for any reason, including if in our sole determination you violate any provision of this Agreement, or for no reason. Upon termination for any reason or no reason, you continue to be bound by this Agreement.

2. Speech Data and Data

As part of the Service, Baidu collects and uses Speech Data, as defined below, to tune, enhance and improve the speech recognition and other components of the Service, and other Baidu services and products. In accepting the terms and conditions of this Agreement, you acknowledge, consent and agree that Baidu may collect the Speech Data as part of the Service and that such information shall only be used by Baidu or third parties acting under the direction of Baidu, pursuant to confidentiality agreements, to tune, enhance and improve the speech recognition and other components of the Service, and other Baidu services and products. Baidu will not use the information elements in any Speech Data for any purpose except as set forth above. “Speech Data” means the audio files, associated transcriptions and log files provided by you hereunder or generated in connection with the Service. Any and all Speech Data that you provide will remain confidential and may be disclosed by Baidu, if so required, to meet legal or regulatory requirements, such as under a court order or to a government institution if required or authorized by law, or in the event of a sale, merger or acquisition to another entity by Baidu.

You acknowledge, consent and agree that Baidu may collect Device Usage Data, as defined below, as part of the Service. Device Usage Data is used to help Baidu provide enhanced service to you. Data is considered non-personal information, as Data is in a form that does not permit direct association with any specific individual. “Data” means information, other than Speech Data, collected by Baidu pertaining to your use of the Device with the Service.

You understand that through your use of the Service you consent to the collection and use as set forth herein of Speech Data and Data, including the transfer of both to the United States and/or other countries for storage, processing and use by Baidu and third party partners.

3. Speech Data and Device Usage Data are subject to Baidu’s applicable privacy policy. For further information see the Baidu privacy policy at http://usa.baidu.com/privacy

Web Software:

To use the Web Software you must have the latest version of Chrome Web Browser on the computer. Baidu does not warrant that the Web Software will be compatible with your web browser. Baidu hereby grants you a non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to use a compiled code copy of the Web Software on one device owned or leased solely by you, for your personal use. You may not: (i) modify, disassemble, decompile or reverse engineer the Web Software, except to the extent that such restriction is expressly prohibited by law; (ii) rent, lease, loan, resell, sublicense, distribute or otherwise transfer the Web Software to any third party or use the Web Software to provide time sharing or similar services for any third party; (iii) make any copies of the Web Software; (iv) remove, circumvent, disable, damage or otherwise interfere with security-related features of the Web Software, features that prevent or restrict use or copying of any content accessible through the Web Software, or features that enforce limitations on use of the Web Software; or (v) delete the copyright and other proprietary rights notices on the Web Software. You acknowledge that Baidu may from time to time issue upgraded versions of the Web Software, and may automatically electronically upgrade the version of the Web Software that you are using on your device. You consent to such automatic upgrading on your device, and agree that the terms and conditions of this Agreement will apply to all such upgrades. Any third-party code that may be incorporated in the Web Software is covered by the applicable open source or third-party license EULA, if any, authorizing use of such code. The foregoing license grant is not a sale of the Web Software or any copy thereof, and Baidu or its third-party partners or suppliers retain all right, title, and interest in the Web Software (and any copy thereof). Any attempt by you to transfer any of the rights, duties or obligations hereunder, except as expressly provided for in this Agreement, is void. Baidu reserves all rights not expressly granted under this Agreement. If the Web Software is being acquired on behalf of the United States Government, then the following provision applies. The Web Software will be deemed to be “commercial computer software” and “commercial computer software documentation,” respectively, pursuant to DFAR Section 227.7202 and FAR Section 12.212, as applicable. Any use, reproduction, release, performance, display or disclosure of the Service and any accompanying documentation by the U.S. Government will be governed solely by these Terms of Service and is prohibited except to the extent expressly permitted by these Terms of Service. The Web Software originates in the United States, and is subject to United States export laws and regulations. The Web Software may not be exported or re-exported to certain countries or those persons or entities prohibited from receiving exports from the United States. In addition, the Web Software may be subject to the import and export laws of other countries. You agree to comply with all United States and foreign laws related to use of the Web Software and the Baidu Service.

4. Our Proprietary Rights

Except for your data, the Service and all materials therein or transferred thereby, including, without limitation, software, images, text, graphics, illustrations, logos, patents, trademarks, service marks, copyrights, photographs, audio, videos, music (the “Baidu Content”), and all Intellectual Property Rights related thereto, are the exclusive property of Baidu and its licensors. Except as explicitly provided herein, nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to create a license in or under any such Intellectual Property Rights, and you agree not to sell, license, rent, modify, distribute, copy, reproduce, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform, publish, adapt, edit or create derivative works from any Baidu Content. Use of the Baidu Content for any purpose not expressly permitted by this Agreement is strictly prohibited.

You may choose to or we may invite you to submit comments or ideas about the Service, including without limitation about how to improve the Service or our products (“Ideas”). By submitting any Idea, you agree that your disclosure is gratuitous, unsolicited and without restriction and will not place Baidu under any fiduciary or other obligation, and that we are free to use the Idea without any additional compensation to you, and/or to disclose the Idea on a non-confidential basis or otherwise to anyone. You further acknowledge that, by acceptance of your submission, Baidu does not waive any rights to use similar or related ideas previously known to Baidu, or developed by its employees, or obtained from sources other than you.

5. Baidu Property

The Service contains data, information, and other content not owned by you, such as reputational or status indicators and/or fictional property representing virtual achievements (for instance, trophies or awards) (“Baidu Property”). You understand and agree that regardless of terminology used, Baidu Property represents a limited license right governed solely by the terms of this Agreement and available for distribution at Baidu’s sole discretion. Baidu Property is not redeemable for any sum of money or monetary value from Baidu at any time. You acknowledge that you do not own the Software you use to access the Service, nor do you possess any rights of access or rights to data stored by or on behalf of Baidu on Baidu servers, including without limitation any data representing or embodying any or all of your Baidu Property. You agree that Baidu has the absolute right to manage, regulate, control, modify and/or eliminate Baidu Property as it sees fit in its sole discretion, in any general or specific case, and that Baidu will have no liability to you based on its exercise of such right. All data on Baidu’s servers are subject to deletion, alteration or transfer. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY VALUE ATTRIBUTED TO SUCH DATA BY YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY, YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT ANY DATA RESIDING ON BAIDU’S SERVERS, MAY BE DELETED, ALTERED, MOVED OR TRANSFERRED AT ANY TIME FOR ANY REASON IN BAIDU’S SOLE DISCRETION, WITH OR WITHOUT NOTICE AND WITH NO LIABILITY OF ANY KIND. BAIDU DOES NOT PROVIDE OR GUARANTEE, AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS, ANY VALUE, CASH OR OTHERWISE, ATTRIBUTED TO ANY DATA RESIDING ON BAIDU’S SERVER

6. Privacy

We care about the privacy of our Users. You understand that by using the Services you consent to the collection, use and disclosure of your personally identifiable information and aggregate data as set forth above in compliance with our Privacy Policy, and to have your personally identifiable information collected, used, transferred to and processed in the United States.

7. Security

Baidu cares about the integrity and security of your personal information. However, we cannot guarantee that unauthorized third parties will never be able to defeat our security measures or use your personal information for improper purposes. You acknowledge that you provide your personal information at your own risk.

8. Third-Party Links and Information

The Service may contain links to third-party materials that are not owned or controlled by Baidu. Baidu does not endorse or assume any responsibility for any such third-party sites, information, materials, products, or services. If you access a third-party website or service from the Service or share your User Content on or through any third-party website or service, you do so at your own risk, and you understand that this Agreement and Baidu’s Privacy Policy do not apply to your use of such sites. You expressly relieve Baidu from any and all liability arising from your use of any third-party website, service, or content, including without limitation User Content submitted by other Users. Additionally, your dealings with or participation in promotions of advertisers found on the Service, including payment and delivery of goods, and any other terms (such as warranties) are solely between you and such advertisers. You agree that Baidu shall not be responsible for any loss or damage of any sort relating to your dealings with such advertisers.

9. Indemnity

You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Baidu and its subsidiaries, agents, licensors, managers, and other affiliated companies, and their employees, contractors, agents, officers and directors, from and against any and all claims, damages, obligations, losses, liabilities, costs or debt, and expenses (including but not limited to attorney’s fees) arising from: (i) your use of and access to the Service, including any data or content transmitted or received by you; (ii) your violation of any term of this Agreement, including without limitation your breach of any of the representations and warranties above; (iii) your violation of any third-party right, including without limitation any right of privacy or Intellectual Property Rights; (iv) your violation of any applicable law, rule or regulation; or (vi) your willful misconduct.

10. No Warranty

THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS. USE OF THE SERVICE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM BAIDU OR THROUGH THE SERVICE WILL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY STATED HEREIN. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, BAIDU, ITS SUBSIDIARIES, ITS AFFILIATES, AND ITS LICENSORS DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE CONTENT IS ACCURATE, RELIABLE OR CORRECT; THAT THE SERVICE WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS; THAT THE SERVICE WILL BE AVAILABLE AT ANY PARTICULAR TIME OR LOCATION, UNINTERRUPTED OR SECURE; THAT ANY DEFECTS OR ERRORS WILL BE CORRECTED; OR THAT THE SERVICE IS FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. ANY CONTENT DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF THE SERVICE IS DOWNLOADED AT YOUR OWN RISK AND YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM OR DEVICE OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM SUCH DOWNLOAD OR YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE.

BAIDU DOES NOT WARRANT, ENDORSE, GUARANTEE, OR ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY PRODUCT OR SERVICE ADVERTISED OR OFFERED BY A THIRD PARTY THROUGH THE BAIDU SERVICE OR ANY HYPERLINKED WEBSITE OR SERVICE, AND BAIDU WILL NOT BE A PARTY TO OR IN ANY WAY MONITOR ANY TRANSACTION BETWEEN YOU AND THIRD-PARTY PROVIDERS OF PRODUCTS OR SERVICES.

FEDERAL LAW, SOME STATES, PROVINCES AND OTHER JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION AND LIMITATIONS OF CERTAIN IMPLIED WARRANTIES, SO THE ABOVE EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. THIS AGREEMENT GIVES YOU SPECIFIC LEGAL RIGHTS, AND YOU MAY ALSO HAVE OTHER RIGHTS WHICH VARY FROM STATE TO STATE. THE DISCLAIMERS AND EXCLUSIONS UNDER THIS AGREEMENT WILL NOT APPLY TO THE EXTENT PROHIBITED BY APPLICABLE LAW.

11. Limitation of Liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL BAIDU, ITS AFFILIATES, AGENTS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, SUPPLIERS OR LICENSORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, GOODWILL, USE, DATA OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE USE OF, OR INABILITY TO USE, THIS SERVICE. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL BAIDU BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE, LOSS OR INJURY RESULTING FROM HACKING, TAMPERING OR OTHER UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS OR USE OF THE SERVICE.

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, BAIDU ASSUMES NO LIABILITY OR RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY (I) ERRORS, MISTAKES, OR INACCURACIES OF CONTENT; (II) PERSONAL INJURY OR PROPERTY DAMAGE, OF ANY NATURE WHATSOEVER, RESULTING FROM YOUR ACCESS TO OR USE OF OUR SERVICE; (III) ANY UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR USE OF OUR SECURE SERVERS AND/OR ANY AND ALL PERSONAL INFORMATION STORED THEREIN; (IV) ANY INTERRUPTION OR CESSATION OF TRANSMISSION TO OR FROM THE SERVICE; (V) ANY BUGS, VIRUSES, TROJAN HORSES, OR THE LIKE THAT MAY BE TRANSMITTED TO OR THROUGH OUR SERVICE BY ANY THIRD PARTY; (VI) ANY ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN ANY CONTENT OR FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE INCURRED AS A RESULT OF THE USE OF ANY CONTENT POSTED, EMAILED, TRANSMITTED, OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE SERVICE; AND/OR (VII) USER CONTENT OR THE DEFAMATORY, OFFENSIVE, OR ILLEGAL CONDUCT OF ANY THIRD PARTY. IN NO EVENT SHALL BAIDU, ITS AFFILIATES, AGENTS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, SUPPLIERS, OR LICENSORS BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY CLAIMS, PROCEEDINGS, LIABILITIES, OBLIGATIONS, DAMAGES, LOSSES OR COSTS IN AN AMOUNT EXCEEDING THE AMOUNT YOU PAID TO BAIDU HEREUNDER OR $100.00, WHICHEVER IS GREATER.

THIS LIMITATION OF LIABILITY SECTION APPLIES WHETHER THE ALLEGED LIABILITY IS BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY, OR ANY OTHER BASIS, EVEN IF BAIDU HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. THE FOREGOING LIMITATION OF LIABILITY SHALL APPLY TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW IN THE APPLICABLE JURISDICTION.

SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. THIS AGREEMENT GIVES YOU SPECIFIC LEGAL RIGHTS, AND YOU MAY ALSO HAVE OTHER RIGHTS WHICH VARY FROM STATE TO STATE. THE DISCLAIMERS, EXCLUSIONS, AND LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY UNDER THIS AGREEMENT WILL NOT APPLY TO THE EXTENT PROHIBITED BY APPLICABLE LAW.

The Service is controlled and operated from facilities in the United States. Baidu makes no representations that the Service is appropriate or available for use in other locations. Those who access or use the Service from other jurisdictions do so at their own volition and are entirely responsible for compliance with all applicable United States and local laws and regulations, including but not limited to export and import regulations. You may not use the Service if you are a resident of a country embargoed by the United States, or are a foreign person or entity blocked or denied by the United States government. Unless otherwise explicitly stated, all materials found on the Service are solely directed to individuals, companies, or other entities located in the United States.

12. Governing Law and Class Action/Jury Trial Waiver

1. Governing Law. You agree that: (i) the Service shall be deemed solely based in California; and (ii) the Service shall be deemed a passive one that does not give rise to personal jurisdiction over us, either specific or general, in jurisdictions other than California. This Agreement shall be governed by the internal substantive laws of the State of California, without respect to its conflict of laws principles. The application of the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods is expressly excluded. You agree to submit to the personal jurisdiction of the federal and state courts located in Santa Clara County, California for any actions for which we retain the right to seek injunctive or other equitable relief in a court of competent jurisdiction to prevent the actual or threatened infringement, misappropriation or violation of our copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, patents, or other intellectual property or proprietary rights, including any provisional relief required to prevent irreparable harm.

2. Class Action/Jury Trial Waiver. WITH RESPECT TO ALL PERSONS AND ENTITIES, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THEY HAVE OBTAINED OR USED THE SERVICE FOR PERSONAL, COMMERCIAL OR OTHER PURPOSES, ALL CLAIMS MUST BE BROUGHT IN THE PARTIES’ INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, AND NOT AS A PLAINTIFF OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY PURPORTED CLASS ACTION, COLLECTIVE ACTION, PRIVATE ATTORNEY GENERAL ACTION OR OTHER REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDING. YOU AGREE THAT, BY ENTERING INTO THIS AGREEMENT, YOU AND BAIDU ARE EACH WAIVING THE RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY OR TO PARTICIPATE IN A CLASS ACTION, COLLECTIVE ACTION, PRIVATE ATTORNEY GENERAL ACTION, OR OTHER REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDING OF ANY KIND.

13. General

1. This Agreement, and any rights and licenses granted hereunder, may not be transferred or assigned by you, but may be assigned by Baidu without restriction. Any attempted transfer or assignment in violation hereof shall be null and void

2. Entire Agreement/Severability. This Agreement, together with any amendments and any additional agreements you may enter into with Baidu in connection with the Service, shall constitute the entire agreement between you and Baidu concerning the Service. If any provision of this Agreement is deemed invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the invalidity of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of this Agreement, which shall remain in full force and effect.

3. No Waiver. No waiver of any term of this Agreement shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such term or any other term, and Baidu’s failure to assert any right or provision under this Agreement shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.

This Agreement was last modified on February 23, 2017.