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Report evidence and camera limits

What the camera can see, and what it cannot say.

The camera is optional and checks only whether a face is in frame on your device. Turning it on or off does not change the report scope or accuracy. Current camera handling in the Privacy Notice

The short answers

What evidence does the report use?

Your drawings, short writing, and changes made while drawing.

The service uses what you leave across five steps to create self-reflection questions and reference statements. Camera video and face-related values are not report evidence.

Service scope in the Terms

What cannot be determined from a drawing?

It cannot determine your personality, attachment style, actual emotions, another person’s thoughts, or future behavior.

The result does not replace a medical or clinical diagnosis, psychological assessment, treatment, or professional counseling.

Result limits in the Terms

Does the service use a camera now?

Only if you choose it. When enabled, it checks on your device whether a face is in frame.

Video and face values are not stored or sent off-device, and camera-off users complete the same five-step reflection and free result.

Camera handling in the Privacy Notice

What the technology actually does

MediaPipe Face Landmarker can return face landmarks and, when enabled, blendshape classifications for rendering a 3D face model. These are technical coordinates and animation coefficients, not judgments about emotion, personality, or health. MediaPipe documentation · FaceLandmarkerOptions definition

The boundary remains when the camera is on

The camera starts only after you deliberately choose it and grant permission. Blendshape output stays disabled; only face presence appears on the current screen. Video, landmarks, and face-presence values are not stored in the session or sent to the server or an external AI. Camera data boundary in the Privacy Notice

Camera data boundary

The current and future handling described here follows the same boundary published in the Privacy Notice.

DataOn-device useOff-device handling
Raw videoProcessed transiently in browser memory after camera choice and permissionNot stored or sent
Face landmarksCreated transiently on-device only to check current-screen face presenceNot stored or sent
BlendshapesOutput disabledNot created, stored, or sent
Camera choiceOff or on-device useOnly the choice is stored as a session setting
Report evidenceDrawing, writing, and drawing processNo camera values

How we reference SKT Meta Forest

Meta Forest maps facial movement to avatars to support interaction between therapists and clients. We reference the interaction pattern only. It is not evidence that automated psychological judgments are accurate or that our reports are more effective. Original SKT Newsroom article

Why facial movement is not treated as emotion

A comprehensive review by Barrett and colleagues found that facial movements do not provide a sufficiently reliable one-to-one map of emotion across context, culture, and individuals. The service therefore creates no anxiety, tension, or calm tags and uses no facial movement as report evidence. Original paper by Barrett and colleagues

Sources you can inspect directly

The shared NotebookLM material was used only as a starting point for questions. This page links directly to official documentation and original sources.