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.
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.
Data
On-device use
Off-device handling
Raw video
Processed transiently in browser memory after camera choice and permission
Not stored or sent
Face landmarks
Created transiently on-device only to check current-screen face presence
Not stored or sent
Blendshapes
Output disabled
Not created, stored, or sent
Camera choice
Off or on-device use
Only the choice is stored as a session setting
Report evidence
Drawing, writing, and drawing process
No 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.