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Echo

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Overview

Effortless cross-language companion. Instantly translate selected text on any website, speak a reply in your own language.

# Echo – Effortless Cross-Language Replies (Chrome Store Detailed Description) > **Echo** lets you translate selected text on any webpage, speak your reply in your native language, and instantly get a polished English (or any target-language) response—all *entirely* on your local browser. No data leaves your machine; your speech and translations remain 100 % private. --- ### 🔑 Key Features - **Context-menu translation** Right-click any selected text → **Reply with Echo** → see the original text auto-translated into your native language. - **Keyboard shortcut** Or press **Ctrl + Shift + S** to translate the current selection and open Echo’s popup immediately. - **Voice-powered reply** Click the 🎤 button, speak your response in your native tongue, and watch Echo transcribe and translate in real time. - **Typing fallback** Prefer to type? Click the ⌨️ **Type reply** button and draft your answer manually—placeholder tells you which language to use. - **One-click copy** Each chat bubble has its own 📋 copy icon for ultra-fast clipboard copying of the final reply. - **Completely private** *All speech recognition and translation run **locally*** using Chrome’s on-device APIs. No audio or text is ever sent to external servers. --- ## 📖 Usage Instructions 1. **Install & configure** - Click the Echo toolbar icon or right-click selected text to launch the popup. - (Optional) Open **Preferences**, choose your native language. Echo remembers it. 2. **Translate original text** - In any webpage (e.g. Slack, Gmail, Twitter), select the English (or foreign) text you want to reply to. - Right-click → **Reply with Echo**, or press **Ctrl + Shift + S**. - Echo auto-detects and translates the selection into your native language. 3. **Speak your reply** - Click the 🎤 **Speak reply** button. - Speak naturally in your native language—pauses up to a few seconds won’t cut you off. - Echo captures your speech, shows the transcription, and translates it back into the original language in real time. 4. **Or type your reply** - Click the ⌨️ **Type reply** button. - The input placeholder will read _“Type your reply in <YourLanguage>…”_ so you know exactly which language to use. - Press **Enter** or click **Send** to see your translation. 5. **Copy & paste** - Hover over any bubble to reveal the 📋 icon. - Click it to copy that bubble’s text to your clipboard. - Paste it into Slack, email, or any chat window—ready to send. --- ### 🔒 Privacy & Security - **100 % on-device processing** Echo uses Chrome’s built-in SpeechRecognition and Translator APIs. All audio capture, transcription, and translation happen in your browser—**no data is sent to external servers**. - **No logs, no accounts** Echo does not store your speech or texts on any server or local database. Everything clears when you close the popup.

Details

  • Version
    1.0
  • Updated
    July 30, 2025
  • Offered by
    Fox 8
  • Size
    1.2MiB
  • Languages
    English
  • Developer
    Email
    takemetothesource@gmail.com
  • Non-trader
    This developer has not identified itself as a trader. For consumers in the European Union, please note that consumer rights do not apply to contracts between you and this developer.

Privacy

The developer has disclosed that it will not collect or use your data.

This developer declares that your data is

  • Not being sold to third parties, outside of the approved use cases
  • Not being used or transferred for purposes that are unrelated to the item's core functionality
  • Not being used or transferred to determine creditworthiness or for lending purposes

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