Echo

Echo

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What's New?

Major product release

Echo includes Dictation, File Transcription, and Meeting Transcription. This release also refreshes the main window and adds Grok support and custom transcription instructions.

Release overview

Echo brings Dictation, File Transcription, and Meeting Transcription into one app.

  • ●The core interface was rebuilt: the old menu bar popover is replaced by a full main window with sidebar navigation and dedicated work areas.
  • ●Dictation is now clearer and more mature visually while keeping the same fast hotkey-based speech-to-text flow.
  • ●File Transcription is a separate workflow for turning existing audio and video files into saved text output.
  • ●Meeting Transcription is built for recording and transcribing full meetings, calls, and longer conversations.
  • ●Meeting Copilot is the next step: live knowledge-base assistance during calls, coming soon.

Dictation

Press the hotkey, speak, and get clean text on your clipboard. The workflow has clearer status and history in the main window.

  • ●Dictation now lives inside the new main window with status, history, and quick actions.
  • ●There is a new menu bar status indication: a yellow icon means Echo is recording and waiting for your voice input, while a green icon means transcription is already in progress.
  • ●Grok is now supported as an alternative to OpenAI.

File Transcription

Echo can now handle existing audio and video files, not only live speech. This is a separate workflow that does not replace the regular clipboard-style dictation flow.

  • ●Transcription support for saved media files.
  • ●Drag and drop for audio and video.
  • ●A file queue with sequential processing for multiple jobs.
  • ●Saving output as `.txt` with a dedicated output folder choice.
  • ●A clearer UI for queue state, task status, cancelation, and cleanup.

Meeting Transcription

Echo can now capture both microphone input and system audio to preserve a conversation end to end and turn it into text. This mode is designed for long sessions such as calls, interviews, and internal meetings.

  • ●Meeting recording with microphone and system-audio capture.
  • ●A dedicated workflow separate from short dictation.
  • ●Saving meeting audio to disk and keeping the transcript next to the recording.
  • ●Meeting history and basic in-app stats.
  • ●Separate process states for recording, saving audio, and transcription.
  • ●More explicit permission flows for microphone and system audio.

Meeting Copilot

Product direction

Echo shows a place for Meeting Copilot in the interface, but live knowledge-base hints are not yet available. This is a future product direction.

  • ●A dedicated section already exists in the product structure.
  • ●It is a workspace for meetings and calls, not just another dictation mode.
  • ●It is especially useful for sales teams, technical teams, and conversations that require fast access to company data.
  • ●The next step after Meeting Transcription is to surface knowledge-base guidance, build working context, and help people handle calls with more confidence.