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AI · January 23, 2026

Echo

Private, offline speech-to-text that respects your data

Echo launched on January 23, 2026 with 3 votes, #5,632 of 14,584 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches.

What it does

Echo is a private, offline, and fast speech-to-text application. Transcribe your voice locally without sending data to the cloud.

Echo is a free, open-source speech-to-text app powered by Whisper AI. Transcribe voice locally on macOS, Windows, and Linux — 100% private, no internet required.

Press a shortcut. Speak naturally. Text appears where your cursor is — transcribed by on‑device AI that never phones home. Echo works system-wide. Trigger it from any app, and your words appear right where your cursor is. Zero bytes sent to any server. Zero accounts required. Zero telemetry. Everything happens on your hardware, in your RAM, under your control. Configure shortcuts, pick your model, and review every transcription. Built with Rust and Tauri for a fast, minimal footprint. We agreed to push the launch to March fifteenth to give the design team two extra weeks for the accessibility audit. The backend migration finished ahead of schedule. We can start QA testing by Thursday. Check…from echo-app.site

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