Echo

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.