Échos: Remember What You Read

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About this app

Close your book, talk for thirty seconds. Échos turns it into a short note in your own words, then asks you a question seven days later so the idea comes back.

No account. No ads. Two books free, forever.

HOW IT WORKS
• After a reading session, open the book and talk for thirty seconds (ninety at most) about what stayed with you. A prompt helps you say what you think, not just what happens.
• Échos condenses what you said into a note: the main idea, what struck you, something to try, and a recall question. Every field can be edited, and you can note in one tap how the reading made you feel.
• Seven days later, at the time you choose, Échos asks you the question. You answer out loud or by typing, from memory. Two weeks after your answer, it comes back once more, to see if it sticks. A month later: how is it going with what you wanted to try?

NOTHING IS MADE UP
The note keeps your meaning and your words, and adds nothing. A safeguard rejects any note containing a name you didn't say.

YOUR LIBRARY, YOUR WAY
Your books as spines on a shelf, with a plant, a lamp or a cat at the end of the row, in oak, walnut or ink.

FOR EVERY BOOK
Paper, e-reader or audiobook: Échos starts from what you say, not from a file. Search all your notes, share cards as a story or a square (your main idea or what struck you), see your month and your year of reading.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Is it free?
Yes for your first two books, with no limit on notes or questions, and no ads. From the third book, Échos Plus costs €29.99 a year (14-day free trial) or €3.99 a month, paid through Google Play and cancellable anytime.

Do I need an account?
No. No account, no sign-up: your books and notes stay on your phone.

What happens to my dictations?
Transcription happens on the device when possible. To write up the note, the transcribed text goes through a service that doesn't keep it. No audio recording is kept. Échos only sends anonymous usage counts, never your words.

Can I get my notes out?
Yes. In Settings, "Export my notes" puts them all in one text file, with your answers to the questions. Free, subscriber or not.

Will I get lots of notifications?
No. One question seven days after each note, a second one if you answered, a check-in a month later. If you have not dictated anything for two weeks, at most three quiet reminders, which you can turn off in Settings.

What if my phone has no speech recognition?
Échos lets you type instead, for the dictation and for the answer.

Échos is made in France by an independent developer. Feedback or an idea: [e-mail] or Settings > Send feedback.

What’s new

Feedback or an idea? It now goes to [e-mail] (Settings > Send feedback).
After your second answer to a question, Échos offers to let you rate it on Google Play: your review helps other readers find it.