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Echonora Start Guide
Echonora translates your LINE group chats automatically, so everyone can write in their own language. This guide gets your first group translating in about five minutes, then shows the everyday commands, how plans work, and where to get help.
Get started
Three steps, about five minutes. You need the LINE app on your phone.
Step 1: Add Echonora on LINE
Open the link below on your phone and tap Add.
Step 2: Create a group and invite Echonora
In LINE, create a new group and invite Echonora and the people you want to talk with. Already have a group? Just invite Echonora to it.
Step 3: Tell Echonora which languages to translate
In the group, type @Echonora, then the two languages joined by "and". For example: @Echonora English and Thai
Use the languages your group actually speaks, such as @Echonora English and Vietnamese or @Echonora Japanese and Indonesian.
You're done
Echonora replies to confirm the languages. From then on, every message in one language gets a translation in the other, automatically. Nobody needs to type anything special again.
Not working? Check that you typed the command in the group, not in your private chat with Echonora. A private chat with the bot does not translate.
Everyday commands
Every command starts with @Echonora and is typed in the group.
| To do this | Type this in the group |
|---|---|
| Change the languages | @Echonora English and Japanese (a new pair replaces the old one) |
| Pause translation | @Echonora stop translation |
| Resume translation | @Echonora start translation |
| Add more languages to one group | @Echonora english and vietnamese and indonesian |
| Remove Echonora completely | Remove Echonora from the group in LINE |
You can type commands in English, Chinese, Japanese, Thai, Indonesian or Vietnamese, whichever is easiest for you.
More than two languages in one group
A group can use between 2 and 5 languages at once. List them in one command and Echonora translates every message into all of the others.
When someone writes in one of the group's languages, Echonora translates the message into all the others. A team speaking English, Chinese and Japanese can share one group instead of three.
Voice messages
Send a voice message in the group as usual. Echonora turns it into text and posts the translation as text, so people who can't listen right now, or don't speak your language, can still follow.
Translate just for yourself
Want translation without anyone else in the chat? Create a group with only yourself and Echonora, set your languages, then type or send voice messages there. We call this a group of one. It's how travellers and language learners use Echonora.
Supported languages
Echonora supports 180+ languages. Type language names in the command, not codes.
Plans and your account
Start free and stay free as long as it covers your group.
The free plan covers 20 translated messages a day. No card required, and it never expires. When the day's allowance is used up, translation stops until the next day; nothing is charged.
Only one person needs to pay. When one member of a group subscribes, the whole group gets unlimited translation, and everyone else uses it free.
Free PLAN
Free
- includes full access to all features.
- Real-Time Translations
- Group Chat Translation
- Voice Recognition
- Daily translation limit: 20 messages
- No card required
Monthly PLAN
$10/m
- includes full access to all features, auto-renews monthly
- Real-Time Translations
- Group Chat Translation
- Voice Recognition
Annual PLAN
$100/y
- includes full access; pay for 10 months and use 12, auto-renews annually
- Real-Time Translations
- Group Chat Translation
- Voice Recognition
How to subscribe
1. Open your private chat with Echonora in LINE, not a group. 2. Send a message such as: I want to subscribe. 3. Echonora replies with two payment links made for your account, Monthly and Annual. Tap the one you want and pay by card. 4. Echonora then sends a confirmation showing the email your subscription is linked to. Keep it, because you'll need that email to manage your plan.
Always use the payment links Echonora sends you. They connect the payment to your LINE account, so a payment made any other way can't be matched to you.
Manage, switch or cancel an existing plan
If you already have a paid plan, go to https://echonora.com/subscription and enter the email from your confirmation message. You'll get a sign-in link by email, and from there you can download receipts, update your card, switch between Monthly and Annual, or cancel. If you cancel, your plan keeps working until the end of the period you've paid for.
Ways people use Echonora
Pick the situation closest to yours and copy the command.
| Situation | Who's in the group | Type this | Tip |
|---|---|---|---|
| Family across languages | You, a Thai-speaking partner and English-speaking relatives | @Echonora English and Thai | One member's subscription covers the whole family group. |
| Managing a team | A supervisor and Indonesian-speaking staff | @Echonora English and Indonesian | Voice messages work too, which helps staff on the move. |
| Working with a supplier | Your team and a supplier in Japan or Taiwan | @Echonora English and Japanese | Need a third language? Add it to the same command. |
| Travelling abroad | Friends travelling together, plus a local guide | @Echonora English and Vietnamese | Send voice messages instead of typing on the go. |
| Learning a language | Just you and Echonora, a group of one | @Echonora English and Korean | Write in either language to see how it's said in the other. |
Getting help
Start in your private chat with Echonora: it answers most questions straight away. For anything it can't solve, use the contact form.
Your private chat with Echonora
The private chat with Echonora is a support assistant. Ask it in your own words and your own language about setting up a group, changing languages, supported languages, what the plans include, or how to subscribe. It sends your personal payment links when you ask.
This chat does not translate your messages. Translation only happens in groups. To translate just for yourself, use a group of one.
The contact form
For billing, account problems, or anything the assistant can't sort out, send us a message through the contact form and someone from our team will reply. To get a faster answer, include your LINE display name, the group name if it's about a group, what you typed and what happened (a screenshot helps most), and for billing questions the email you used when you paid.
Quick answers
Does everyone in the group need to pay?
No. One subscriber in the group unlocks unlimited translation for everyone in it.
The group suddenly stopped translating. Why?
Usually one of three things: the free daily allowance was used up and resets the next day; the group's only subscriber left, so the group is back on the free plan; or translation was paused. Try @Echonora start translation, then send the language command again.
Can Echonora translate text in photos?
Not yet. Echonora translates typed messages and voice messages, not text inside images or screenshots. If it matters, send it as text.
My long message wasn't translated.
Very long messages can fail. Split it into shorter messages, roughly a paragraph each.
How do I stop Echonora for good?
Remove Echonora from the group in LINE. To pause instead, type @Echonora stop translation.
How many languages can one group use?
Between 2 and 5. List them all in one command, for example @Echonora english and vietnamese and indonesian, rather than starting a second group.
What does the free plan cover?
The free plan covers 20 translated messages a day, with no card required and no expiry. A group set to several languages still counts one message as one. When a group needs more, one member subscribes and the whole group gets unlimited translation, and it falls back to the free plan if that member leaves.
What happens to my messages?
Our privacy policy explains what Echonora stores and for how long. Read our privacy policy
Ready to start?
Add Echonora, invite it to a group, and send one language command. Then send a real message both ways to see how it reads.