Echo Dictation
Stop typing. Start talking.
The Echo keyboard turns what you say into clean, ready-to-send text in any app, in Arabic, English or both.
On iPhone and Android with the Echo keyboard, and on Mac by holding a key.
Say it before you could type it
Your thumbs stop at every word. Your voice does not. Echo keeps up and writes it down properly.
With EchoHow it works
Talk the way you talk, in every app
Speak naturally
Tap the mic and say it the way you would to a colleague, in Arabic, English or a mix of both.
Clean text at the cursor
Tap again to stop. Echo writes your words out with punctuation and puts them where your cursor is, ready to send.
Use it anywhere
Messages, WhatsApp, Mail, Telegram, Notes, ChatGPT: the Echo keyboard works in any app with a text box, and your words land where you are typing.
Made for how you write
Your words, your way
Arabic, English, or both at once
Switch language mid-sentence the way people in the Gulf actually talk. Echo keeps it in one message.
Nothing you say gets lost
Everything you dictate is saved to your history in Echo, so you can copy it again later.
Your words, never your audio
Echo only listens after you tap the mic and stops when you tap again. It keeps the text and never keeps the audio.
Set up once, then just talk
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Add the Echo keyboard
Echo walks you through it. On iPhone, switch on Echo and Allow Full Access. On Android, turn on the keyboard and allow the microphone.
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Switch to it in any app
Tap and hold the globe key and choose Echo. On Android you can also use the keyboard button at the bottom of the screen.
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Tap the mic and talk
Tap again to stop, and your words appear where your cursor is.
On iPhone, Apple asks the keyboard to hand the microphone to Echo: when you start, swipe back to your app and Echo keeps listening for your keyboard until you stop it or close Echo.
Questions about dictation
Where does it work?
On iPhone and Android, add the Echo keyboard once in your phone's settings, then switch to it in any app. On Mac, hold a key in any app and speak, and Echo types it for you.
Is my audio kept?
No. Echo only listens after you tap the mic and stops when you tap again. The audio is never kept; the text is saved to your dictation history in Echo so you can copy it again.
Which languages can I dictate in?
Arabic, English, or both in the same sentence.
Does dictation cost anything?
Dictation uses your Echo minutes. On the free plan you get 30 dictations a month, up to 2 minutes each, and they come out of your 30 free minutes. Echo Pro is unlimited. You need an Echo account to dictate.
Why does my iPhone open Echo when I start?
Apple asks keyboards to hand the microphone to their app. When you start, Echo opens for a moment; swipe back to your app and Echo keeps listening for your keyboard until you stop it or close Echo.
Can I dictate while Echo is recording a meeting?
Not at the same time. Finish the recording first, then dictate.
One voice. Two ways to use it.
Dictate messages with the Echo keyboard and turn meetings into notes with the notetaker. Both are in one app, free to start.