Eqho is an always-on dictation app that lives in your system tray. Press a global hotkey (default Alt+Q), speak naturally, and the transcribed text is typed into whatever application is focused. Speech recognition runs entirely on your machine via OpenAI's Whisper models (faster-whisper and whisper.cpp) — no cloud, no account, no API keys. Uses NVIDIA graphics cards (CUDA) and AMD/Intel graphics cards (Vulkan); PCs without one run on the processor. Includes a live transcription overlay, searchable local history, custom vocabulary, voice commands, and text replacements.
Yes. Eqho is free and open-source software released under the AGPL-3.0 license.
What is the latest version of Eqho?
The latest version is 0.8.10.
Is it safe to download Eqho?
The download button links to the official installer published on github.com, the same file Windows Package Manager installs. You can verify the downloaded file by comparing its SHA-256 checksum with bd29393da70af5028a101c5af8f7f1c03916e82ed5b29242ff978925a0826594.
Which Windows versions does Eqho support?
Eqho requires Windows 10 or later and is available for 64-bit (x64) systems.
How do I install Eqho silently?
Run the offline installer with "Eqho-Setup-0.8.10-win-x64.exe" /VERYSILENT /SUPPRESSMSGBOXES /NORESTART /SP-, or install it with Windows Package Manager: winget install --id=damt.Eqho -e --silent.
How do I uninstall Eqho?
Open Settings › Apps › Installed apps, find Eqho and select Uninstall. From the command line, run winget uninstall --id=damt.Eqho -e.
Alternatives to Eqho
Other Audio programs for Windows from different developers.
