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Working Offline

Echophrase is built to work offline. Transcription itself never needs the internet - audio is processed locally on your GPU, and your voice never leaves your device.

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What Works Offline

All Transcription

Every transcription feature - global hotkey, clipboard copy, paste-at-cursor, model switching - works fully offline.

Local Models

Once a model is downloaded, it runs entirely on your device. No round-trip to a server.

Settings & Hotkeys

All app settings, hotkeys, and audio device selection work without any connection.

No Voice Upload

Your audio never reaches our servers. Ever. Even when online, transcription is local.

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Periodic Re-Authentication

To verify your subscription tier, your device must reconnect to our authentication server at least once every 30 days. We call this the offline grace period.
Reconnecting takes a fraction of a second. You don’t need to do anything manually - the app does it in the background whenever it detects an internet connection.

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What Happens At The 30-Day Mark

TierOnlineOffline ≤ 30 daysOffline > 30 days
Anonymous2 min/day, 20 lifetime transcriptionsSame limits, applied locallySame limits, applied locally
Free5 min/daySame limits, applied locallySame limits, applied locally
Pro / EnterpriseUnlimitedUnlimitedTemporarily downgraded to Free tier limits (5 min/day)
Reconnecting and signing in restores your paid entitlements immediately - no waiting, no re-purchase, no support ticket.

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What You Won’t Lose

Going past the 30-day grace period never deletes your data, locks you out, or wipes your settings.
  • Your transcriptions and any local content remain intact
  • Your account stays active
  • Your subscription is not cancelled
  • Your settings, hotkeys, and downloaded models are untouched
The only thing that changes is which daily usage limits apply, and that change reverses the moment you sign in again.

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Why The 30-Day Window?

We don’t want to ping our servers constantly - that would defeat the privacy-first design. But we also need a way to verify you’re still a paying subscriber so we can fairly serve free users. Thirty days is long enough to handle most travel, network outages, and air-gapped scenarios without inconvenience, while short enough to keep entitlement state honest.

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Cloud-Only Features

A few features intentionally require a connection because they sync with our servers:
  • Cloud sync of transcription history (Pro / Enterprise, opt-in)
  • Account management and billing
  • Subscription tier upgrades / downgrades
These will simply be unavailable when offline. They do not affect transcription itself.

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See Also

Privacy Policy

Full details on what data we do and don’t collect.

Models

How model downloads work and where they’re stored locally.