> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.echophrase.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Working Offline

> How Echophrase behaves without an internet connection

# 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.

## What Works Offline

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="All Transcription" icon="microphone">
    Every transcription feature - global hotkey, clipboard copy, paste-at-cursor, model switching - works fully offline.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Local Models" icon="cube">
    Once a model is downloaded, it runs entirely on your device. No round-trip to a server.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Settings & Hotkeys" icon="gear">
    All app settings, hotkeys, and audio device selection work without any connection.
  </Card>

  <Card title="No Voice Upload" icon="shield-check">
    Your audio never reaches our servers. Ever. Even when online, transcription is local.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## 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**.

<Note>
  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.
</Note>

### What Happens At The 30-Day Mark

| Tier                 | Online                                | Offline ≤ 30 days            | Offline > 30 days                                      |
| -------------------- | ------------------------------------- | ---------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------ |
| **Anonymous**        | 2 min/day, 20 lifetime transcriptions | Same limits, applied locally | Same limits, applied locally                           |
| **Free**             | 5 min/day                             | Same limits, applied locally | Same limits, applied locally                           |
| **Pro / Enterprise** | Unlimited                             | Unlimited                    | Temporarily downgraded to Free tier limits (5 min/day) |

<Tip>
  Reconnecting and signing in restores your paid entitlements **immediately** - no waiting, no re-purchase, no support ticket.
</Tip>

## What You Won't Lose

<Warning>
  Going past the 30-day grace period **never** deletes your data, locks you out, or wipes your settings.
</Warning>

* 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.

## 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.

## 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.

## See Also

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  <Card title="Privacy Policy" icon="lock" href="/privacy">
    Full details on what data we do and don't collect.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Models" icon="cube" href="/config/models">
    How model downloads work and where they're stored locally.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>