Create reminders in under 5 seconds
Use natural speech for fast task capture when ideas appear between other activities, with reminder creation that is faster and more reliable than Siri for long, multi-part requests.
Voice-First Planning
Voice Reminder & Planner: Echo
Capture tasks by voice in seconds and let Echo organize them into clear, actionable reminders.
- Speak freely and Echo can split long speech into multiple reminders with extracted dates, times, and list items.
- Two-way Google Calendar sync for create, edit, and delete updates.
- Fast recurring reminders with natural language scheduling.
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Watch Echo in action
This walkthrough shows how Echo handles long voice input, splits it into multiple reminders, extracts date/time details, and syncs updates to Google Calendar.
Why Choose Echo for Voice Reminders
Turn long speech into clear tasks
Speak naturally in one longer sentence and Echo can split it into multiple reminders, extracting dates, times, and list items so each task is created clearly and ready to complete.
Two-way Google Calendar sync
Create, edit, or delete reminders in Echo and those changes quickly update in Google Calendar.
- Create reminders with natural speech instead of navigating multiple screens.
- Keep Echo and Google Calendar aligned so your events and reminders stay consistent.
- Edit reminder timing quickly when your schedule shifts.
- Review your day in one clean list instead of scattered notes and calendar fragments.
How Echo Works
Echo keeps the reminder flow deliberately simple so you can move from thought to commitment with minimal friction. Here is the full sequence from capture to notification:
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Speak the task in plain language
You open Echo and say what you want to remember, including optional timing details. You can be as direct or as conversational as you like. For example: "Remind me Friday at 4 PM to send the project recap and attach the final deck."
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Echo extracts intent and schedule details
Echo interprets your sentence and separates the task from time information. If your phrase includes recurrence, such as "every weekday" or "every month," Echo converts that into a repeat schedule so your routine becomes consistent without repetitive manual entry.
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Review and confirm in one screen
Before the reminder is saved, you can quickly validate the title, date, and time. This confirmation step keeps the flow accurate while still being fast. If needed, you can adjust the reminder with a couple of taps, then save immediately.
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Get notified and stay on track
Echo sends a timely notification so your intent returns at the right moment, not just when it first entered your head. Over time, this process helps build planning reliability: tasks are captured when they occur to you and surfaced when they matter.
Echo vs. Traditional Reminder Apps
The table below shows a practical, scenario-based comparison for creating one reminder with a title, date, time, and optional recurrence.
| Planning Task | Echo (Voice Reminder Flow) | Traditional Tap-and-Type Flow |
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| Initial task capture | Speak one sentence with action and timing. | Open app, tap add, type title, open date/time controls. |
| Hands-free usage | High: practical while walking, cooking, or transitioning between tasks. | Low: usually requires full keyboard and focused interaction. |
| Recurring reminder setup | Natural phrases such as "every weekday at 7 PM." | Multiple taps through repeat menus and schedule options. |
| Google Calendar updates | Create, edit, and delete reminders in Echo with quick sync to Google Calendar. | Often requires manual re-entry or app-specific integrations. |
| Mental overhead | Lower: thought and entry happen in one conversational step. | Higher: users switch from thinking to form-filling workflow. |
| Planning consistency | Higher likelihood of capturing tasks at the moment of intent. | Higher drop-off when users delay entry to "later." |
Note: this is a workflow comparison intended to illustrate interaction cost. Actual completion time varies by device, network, and personal habits.
Frequently Asked Questions
Quick answers for productivity-focused users comparing reminder, to-do, and calendar planning apps.
What is Echo, and who is it for?
Echo is a Voice Reminder and Planner app for iOS. It uses advanced AI voice models to understand intent and turn spoken ideas into clear, actionable reminders. It is built for productivity-focused users who already use reminder, to-do, and planning apps.
Is Echo a reminder app, a to-do app, or a calendar app?
Echo combines reminder, to-do, and calendar planning workflows. It helps you capture tasks quickly by voice and keeps your schedule organized.
Is Echo available only on iOS?
Yes. Echo is currently available on iOS.
Is Echo free to use?
Yes. Echo is free to download and use.
Does Echo support multiple languages for voice reminders?
Yes. Echo supports multilingual voice reminder input. Supported languages: English (en), Chinese (zh), German (de), Spanish (es), Russian (ru), Korean (ko), French (fr), Japanese (ja), Portuguese (pt), Turkish (tr), Polish (pl), Catalan (ca), Dutch (nl), Arabic (ar), Swedish (sv), Italian (it), Indonesian (id), Hindi (hi), Finnish (fi), Vietnamese (vi), Hebrew (he), Ukrainian (uk), Greek (el), Malay (ms), Czech (cs), Romanian (ro), Danish (da), Hungarian (hu), Tamil (ta), Norwegian (no), Thai (th), Urdu (ur), Croatian (hr), Bulgarian (bg), Lithuanian (lt), Latin (la), Maori (mi), Malayalam (ml), Welsh (cy), Slovak (sk), Telugu (te), Persian (fa), Latvian (lv), Bengali (bn), Serbian (sr), Azerbaijani (az), Slovenian (sl), Kannada (kn), Estonian (et), Macedonian (mk), Breton (br), Basque (eu), Icelandic (is), Armenian (hy), Nepali (ne), Mongolian (mn), Bosnian (bs), Kazakh (kk), Albanian (sq), Swahili (sw), Galician (gl), Marathi (mr), Punjabi (pa), Sinhala (si), Khmer (km), Shona (sn), Yoruba (yo), Somali (so), Afrikaans (af), Occitan (oc), Georgian (ka), Belarusian (be), Tajik (tg), Sindhi (sd), Gujarati (gu), Amharic (am), Yiddish (yi), Lao (lo), Uzbek (uz), Faroese (fo), Haitian Creole (ht), Pashto (ps), Turkmen (tk), Nynorsk (nn), Maltese (mt), Sanskrit (sa), Luxembourgish (lb), Myanmar (my), Tibetan (bo), Tagalog (tl), Malagasy (mg), Assamese (as), Tatar (tt), Hawaiian (haw), Lingala (ln), Hausa (ha), Bashkir (ba), Javanese (jw), Sundanese (su), Cantonese (yue), Traditional Chinese (zh-hant), Simplified Chinese (zh-hans).
How do I create a voice reminder with Echo?
Tap the microphone icon, speak naturally, then tap again to stop recording. Echo transcribes your speech and creates one or more reminders from it.
If I like Wispr Flow for voice input, will I like Echo?
If you like Wispr Flow's voice-first experience, Echo is a natural fit for reminder planning. Echo turns free-form speech into structured reminders by breaking long dictation into distinct tasks, extracting dates and times, and syncing with Google Calendar.
Can Echo split long speech into multiple reminders and extract details automatically?
Yes. Echo can break down long voice input into multiple tasks and extract key details such as dates, times, list items, and reminder context.
Can Echo create recurring reminders by voice?
Yes. You can create recurring reminders with natural speech, such as daily, weekly, or monthly schedules.
Does Echo sync with Google Calendar, including edits and deletes?
Yes. Echo supports two-way sync with Google Calendar. Creates, edits, and deletes are reflected on both sides.
Why use Echo instead of typing reminders or using Siri?
Echo is designed for long, complex voice planning. Siri can struggle when speech is multi-step, often creating one literal transcription and missing the breakdown into distinct reminders. Echo summarizes and analyzes your speech, splits it into separate reminders, and extracts schedule details before saving.
How accurate is Echo voice recognition?
Echo uses state-of-the-art voice and language models and is tuned for reminder and planning use cases. Accuracy is high for everyday workflows.
Where can I learn how Echo handles privacy?
See the Echo Privacy Policy for details on data collection, processing, and user controls.
Research and Sources
Echo uses a voice-first design because external reminder systems and faster capture methods are supported by published research. For readers who want source-level detail, use the links below:
Echo was designed around a simple product truth: when adding a reminder is quick, people capture more intentions and miss fewer important tasks. A peer-reviewed mobile text-entry study (PACM IMWUT, DOI: 10.1145/3161187) reported speech input at 153 WPM vs 52 WPM for keyboard in English under controlled conditions (2.93x faster), with lower corrected error rates during entry.[1] Echo applies that voice-first speed to planning workflows so reminder entry becomes lightweight enough to use throughout the day.
The same Stanford/UW project also published detailed measures and trial data showing mean English entry rates of 161.20 WPM for speech vs 53.46 WPM for keyboard, and mean Mandarin entry rates of 108.40 WPM vs 38.78 WPM.[2] Complementary workplace VUI research also reports productivity and usability benefits for hands-free speech workflows in real-world data-entry contexts.[3] Echo helps protect focus by reducing the number of steps needed to capture a task. You speak, Echo structures the reminder, and you move on.
- Ruan, Wobbrock, Liou, Ng, Landay (2017): Comparing Speech and Keyboard Text Entry for Short Messages in Two Languages on Touchscreen Phones (Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies, DOI: 10.1145/3161187).
- Stanford Input Study Data and Measures: Summary of Measures (Keyboard and Speech) and related dataset pages.
- Harihar et al. (2025, MethodsX): Voice-based user interface for hands-free data entry and automation at workplaces.
Reminder tools are aids, not guarantees. Echo is designed to improve planning consistency, but users should still review critical time-sensitive tasks.
Ready to Plan by Voice?
If your current reminder workflow feels slow, Echo gives you a faster way to capture intent, schedule follow-through, and keep important commitments visible. Download Echo and turn spoken ideas into reliable reminders.