AI Transparency

Last updated: November 10, 2026 · for the Little Footsteps app (version 1.0) and this website

Here we explain openly where artificial intelligence (AI) within the meaning of the EU Artificial Intelligence Act (Regulation (EU) 2024/1689, “AI Act”) is used – and where it is not.

At a glance

• The app uses AI in exactly one place: optional dictation. Apple’s speech recognition turns your speech into text directly on your iPhone.
• There is no generative AI in the app, no chatbot, no scoring or profiling and no automated decisions about you or your child.
• The sample photos of children on this website and in the App Store images were created with AI and are labelled as such. They do not show real people.

Dictation

When you tap “Just tell it” or the microphone, the app uses Apple’s speech recognition (Speech framework). Recognition runs only on your iPhone; the recording is neither stored nor sent. The result is text that you see and can edit before saving. Apple provides the speech recognition model; we integrate it into the app.

• Classification: speech recognition for dictation is a minimal-risk AI system. It is not a prohibited practice (Art. 5) and not a high-risk system (Art. 6, Annex III). It does not hold conversations with you and does not generate images, audio or video.
• Optional: dictation is never required. You can type everything or turn off microphone access in your iPhone settings.

What is not AI

• Milestone ideas come from a fixed list of 164 ideas, sorted by your child’s age.
• Matching milestones while dictating are suggested by comparing words from your text with this list – a simple rule, not an AI model. Only what you choose yourself is assigned.
• Look Back, counts and cards are made by counting and sorting your entries.
• Feedback is read by a human.

Images and text

• Sample photos: the photos of children and family scenes on this website, in the App Store images and in the sample data of the screenshots were created with an AI image generator. We label them “AI image” or “created with AI” (Art. 50(4) AI Act).
• Screenshots: they show the real app with made-up sample data.
• Text: the texts on this website were drafted with the help of AI tools and reviewed and are editorially owned by us.

AI literacy

Anyone using AI tools for us knows their limits and checks the results (Art. 4 AI Act).

Questions

Write to us via the feedback form or at little-footsteps@rz-solutions.dev. How we handle your data is described in the privacy policy.

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