# Echoly

Source: https://sonpiaz.com/projects/echoly

Translates YouTube audio into your language while the video plays.

Status: Paused
Started: 2026-05
Updated: 2026-09-12
Tier: side

## The problem

Subtitles make you read instead of watch, and auto-translated ones are often worse than nothing. A talk in a language you do not speak stays closed to you even when the whole internet is one click away.

## The approach

A Chrome extension that taps the page audio, translates it, and speaks it back in near real time. Two tiers: a realtime one measured in hundreds of milliseconds, and a cheaper standard one for anything not live. You bring your own API key, so the cost is yours and the margin is not hidden.

## Where it is now

Paused since June 2026. The extension still works and the source is open, but nothing has shipped in three months and the original domain has lapsed.

## What happens if this works

Language stops deciding which talks you get to watch. The idea still holds; the timing did not.

## Evidence

- [47 stars, 25 forks on GitHub as of 2026-09-12](https://github.com/sonpiaz/echoly)
- 13 languages supported at the last release, 2026-06-18
- n/a, one paid transaction during the May 2026 launch and none since

## Links

- [repo](https://github.com/sonpiaz/echoly)