Every voicehas value.
ECHO exists to build a fair, consented supply of human speech for artificial intelligence, and to make sure the people behind it are treated as partners, not raw material.
Why ECHO
Speech is becoming the most natural way to use technology. The systems that make it possible learn from recordings of real people, and the quality of those systems depends on whose voices they have heard.
Too often, that data has been gathered without clear consent, without a licence anyone could read, and without anyone being paid. It has also been narrow, leaving many languages and accents poorly understood.
ECHO is building the alternative: a network where contributors record by choice and are paid for their work, and where AI teams can buy speech data with a provenance they can stand behind.
Principles
Ask first
No recording enters the network without the informed consent of the person who made it.
Say what it's for
Purposes and licences are stated up front, in plain language, and honoured afterwards.
Pay the source
The people whose voices make speech AI possible should share in the value it creates.
Widen the circle
Seek out the languages, accents and speakers that today's systems serve least well.
Keep the record
Every clip carries its provenance, so the chain from voice to model can be inspected.
Where we are.
ECHO is an early-stage company. We are building the contributor app and the enterprise marketplace now, and opening the network to contributors region by region.