Licenses and credits
EchoLocal is built on excellent open work. Thank you to everyone behind it.
In the app
| Component | License | Used for |
|---|---|---|
| OpenAI Whisper models | MIT | Speech recognition |
| whisper.cpp | MIT | Runs the models on your phone |
| Silero VAD | MIT | Detects speech and skips silence |
| FFmpeg | LGPL v2.1 or later | Converts audio formats |
| SQLite3MultipleCiphers | MIT | Encrypted database |
| SQLite | Public domain | Database |
The app lists the licenses of its other packages under Settings, Open-source licenses. FFmpeg’s source code is available from ffmpeg.org.
On this website
- Next.js: MIT
- React: MIT
- GSAP: GSAP standard no-charge license
- Phosphor Icons: MIT
Fonts
All fonts are used under the SIL Open Font License 1.1.
- Outfit: license text
- Inter: license text
- JetBrains Mono: license text
Photographs
The app screenshots are our own, made with sample data. Photographs in our articles come from these sources.
| Photo | By | License |
|---|---|---|
| A silver studio microphone in a shock mount, in front of a blurred, colorful painting. | Michal Czyz, Unsplash | Unsplash License |
| A silver Sony microcassette recorder on a dark table, with a microcassette beside it. | Mk2010, Wikimedia Commons | CC BY 4.0 Resized. |
| A broadcast microphone on a boom arm in a radio studio, lit in warm red tones. | Jacob Hodgson, Unsplash | Unsplash License |
| A camera on a tripod with a furry shotgun microphone on top, filming a speaker shown on its rear screen. | Albert Stoynov, Unsplash | Unsplash License |
| Students at wooden desks in a lecture hall, looking at their phones and talking. | Vitaly Gariev, Unsplash | Unsplash License |
| The view through an airplane window at dusk, with the wing above a layer of cloud. | Suhyeon Choi, StockSnap | CC0 1.0 |