Echo

Project Neon

About this app

Echo is a simple audio recorder with instant playback. Now with optional echo voice effect. To make a recording just hold the record button, release it and hear it played back.

Once you've made a recording you can play it back as much as you'd like. Hit replay while a recording is already playing and it will be played again over the top. You can also record while playing, or play while recording. Sonic chaos is guaranteed.

Echo's not just for fun, it's designed to be the quickest and easiest way to hear yourself. It's a mirror for sound: use it to practice speaking a foreign language, voice training, playing music, or giving a speech. Or just have fun recording your friends.

Best of all, Echo is completely ad-free, so you can use it without distraction.

Please note:
* You can now save externally - this is available from the Recordings screen which you can access through the menu. (To save a recording to this screen, simply tap the blue star at the top of the screen after making the recording.)

* Recordings are saved as uncompressed audio - this means they have great sound quality, but the files can be large. (Technically, Echo records 16 bit, 44.1 KHz PCM mono audio - storing 1 minute of audio uses 5.29MB.)

* Sharing of externally saved files is possible (e.g. by attaching to email, messaging apps etc) - we'll be adding sharing directly from the app soon.

Ratings and reviews

I finally found the app that I was searching for! Now I can record someone speaking my practice language, I repeat what they said and then I play back both and compare. Perfect!! I'm still not sure how to use it without a practice partner who speaks my target language. I'll have to use another source of audio coming through a speaker for the pronunciation sample. Edit: please enable file access permission request. I want to save a file to the phone so I can share it. App must request permission

The app would be great, however I'm not able to save my recordings to the phone. It says I have to turn on the storage permission in settings which is not possible on my phone. Therefore all my recordings are forever stuck there and I cannot share them with anyone. Please fix this and I will change my review to five stars. The app never asked for the storage permission.

It's a simple app; hold the button, talk, release the button, hear yourself I use it to compare my pronunciation with that of a series, or pronunciation example from a textbook. So I compare the differences, reflect if and what I can do better, and improve my pronunciation step by step. I've often had Japanese language exchange contacts tell me my pronunciation is incredibly natural, and I think this app has a lot to do with that!

What's new

It's nearly the New Year, but there's time for a 2022 release:

* Updated to target latest Android SDK version
* Buttons revised to support alternative languages
* Minor UI fix (Record button state was not always clearing correctly)

Wishing everyone a happy 2023!

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