I'm Thomas "Toma." Reuben, Omar and I are back with something new.
When we first launched Echo here last October, our goal was simple: make it feel natural to capture ideas the moment they strike by talking to yourself, not typing into a blank page.
Since then, we've learned something crucial: Capturing your thoughts is just the beginning. The real challenge is developing them.
That’s why today we’re launching Echo Projects, a new way to turn your raw notes into structured outlines you can actually use.
Whether you're working on a blog post, a pitch, a product idea, or just trying to get clear on something… Echo helps you get started with what you already have: your own messy, unfinished thoughts.
Here’s how I use it:
Record thoughts while walking
Have Echo ask me questions to fill in the gaps in my thinking
Discover patterns across my rambling notes
Create an outline I can actually use
The magic is that it's entirely grounded in YOUR words and YOUR thinking — not generic AI content. It saves me about 30 minutes each time I'm working on an article, presentation, or investor memo.
If you've ever stared at a blank page thinking "I know I have the pieces somewhere in my head..." then Echo Projects is for you.
We're a small team building in public, and your feedback means everything to us. We'll be here all day answering questions!
@supa_l thank you for the support! Yes, that's exactly the idea. We want Echo to help bring the best out of your ideas, not filling them in for you.
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Really excited about this feature! I like that I'm able to chat with Echo to revise the outline that's generated and accept/reject individual revisions. I also like the focus on preserving my voice by simply suggesting what's missing instead of automatically filling something in on its own. Could you share a bit more about how Echo ensures behind the scenes that generated outlines are based only on my notes?
@simlee Yeah that was a key focus for us! Without going into too much detail, we use examples to help the LLM understand that everything in the outline should be sourced from the user's notes and not outside info. However, we're constantly tweaking how everything works to make it as accurate as possible so would love your feedback on how well it works for you!
I like the idea of just going from thought to note and being able to expand upon it to turn into outlines. Does you product allow you to create notes and store them into like a note collection or categorize them / like backend database to store notes to use across devices or do you have to export your ideas into an AI application right away. Would be super useful to keep iterating directly from within the app so user doesn't have to leave your app at all else they might just get stuck using Claude or ChatGPT thereafter. I can see the potential for sure. Good luck on your launch!
@larrystefanjr Hey! Our core product is designed to allow you to create notes and store them into a collection, automatically organizing your notes into topics so you can get value from minimal friction idea capture. You can query your notes with an LLM. We also provide follow up questions to each note as inspiration for you to think further about things. Our goal is to make the product more useful the more notes you put in (kinda the opposite of something like Apple Notes).
Love how Echo is evolving from just capturing thoughts to helping shape them into something useful. Echo Projects feels like the missing link between brainstorming and actual creation, especially for those of us who think better out loud. How does Echo decide which parts of my voice notes to turn into outline points? Can users guide or fine-tune that process?
@shahriarthm So you specify an "idea" for a project (e.g. think of it like a thesis/direction for a written piece), and then we search through your notes for relevant parts to that idea and then help you identify what might be missing. You can then guide or fine-tune the result using the prompting mechanism, or by adding more notes (which will get automatically added to the project when relevant).
I can’t tell you how many “ideas” I have in my Apple Notes. A sentence or two about something that has come to mind, only to never be revisited again. I’m super excited to try this out
@sebastian_lozano We started Echo in part because of our frustration with traditional note-taking tools like Apple Notes. We felt it was wrong for a notebook to lose value as it gained more notes (ideas get lost). As an idea development notebook, Echo grows in value with each note you take. Once you've built up a couple notes, I recommend checking out our /prompts page to see a list of some of the most popular questions others ask their Echo notes: https://www.echonotes.ai/prompts
Love using echo - it really helps take a lot of my thoughts and make them organized! I blab to it sometimes when my thoughts come. Takes a little getting used to (the concept of talking to yourself, not echo) but once you get over that hump it's very satisfying
@brent_shulman Same! I'm a lifelong pen & paper journaler and it wasn't immediately natural for me to speak my thoughts out loud. But I quickly came to find this my preferred method of capturing ideas. Creativity is unlocked in me when I let myself ramble in sprawling voice notes. Thank you for checking out Echo!
Excited to try out this feature! I always have so many ideas for side-projects / app improvements that go into my apple notes app and then promptly disappear forever from my memory. I'm hoping that using Echo Projects to turn these quick ideas into something more structured will help me determine which ideas are actually worth pursuing. Would love if it could function as my own personal product manager!
@mongy Helping you determine which ideas are worth pursuing is definitely something we want to help with. After simply helping you to capture thoughts, we see Echo as providing two primary functions: exploring those thoughts and shaping them into writing.
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Echo | Notes for Writers
Hey Product Hunt! 👋
I'm Thomas "Toma." Reuben, Omar and I are back with something new.
When we first launched Echo here last October, our goal was simple: make it feel natural to capture ideas the moment they strike by talking to yourself, not typing into a blank page.
Since then, we've learned something crucial: Capturing your thoughts is just the beginning. The real challenge is developing them.
That’s why today we’re launching Echo Projects, a new way to turn your raw notes into structured outlines you can actually use.
Whether you're working on a blog post, a pitch, a product idea, or just trying to get clear on something… Echo helps you get started with what you already have: your own messy, unfinished thoughts.
Here’s how I use it:
Record thoughts while walking
Have Echo ask me questions to fill in the gaps in my thinking
Discover patterns across my rambling notes
Create an outline I can actually use
The magic is that it's entirely grounded in YOUR words and YOUR thinking — not generic AI content. It saves me about 30 minutes each time I'm working on an article, presentation, or investor memo.
If you've ever stared at a blank page thinking "I know I have the pieces somewhere in my head..." then Echo Projects is for you.
We're a small team building in public, and your feedback means everything to us. We'll be here all day answering questions!
Thanks for checking us out 🙏
Echo | Notes for Writers
Hey everyone! I'm Reuben Thanks for supporting Echo Projects.
FAQs
How is Echo different from ChatGPT and other AI chatbots?
You don't talk to AI, you talk to yourself
Echo project outputs have missing sections - grounded in your thinking, not AI slop
What makes Echo different from other note-taking apps?
It's not for capturing everything, it's specifically designed for developing ideas
Is Echo just for voice notes?
No
What platforms is Echo available on?
iOS, web, Apple Watch, and Chrome
Is my data private?
Absolutely. Private and secure.
What does Echo cost?
Free for casual use. Upgrade to get serious.
How can I give feedback or get involved?
Comment here, join our discord, or email us directly
Laudspeaker
@rabraham Really excited about the web extension!
Echo Projects feels like having a smart assistant gently organizing my scattered ideas without taking over.
Echo | Notes for Writers
@supa_l thank you for the support! Yes, that's exactly the idea. We want Echo to help bring the best out of your ideas, not filling them in for you.
Really excited about this feature! I like that I'm able to chat with Echo to revise the outline that's generated and accept/reject individual revisions. I also like the focus on preserving my voice by simply suggesting what's missing instead of automatically filling something in on its own. Could you share a bit more about how Echo ensures behind the scenes that generated outlines are based only on my notes?
Echo | Notes for Writers
@simlee Yeah that was a key focus for us! Without going into too much detail, we use examples to help the LLM understand that everything in the outline should be sourced from the user's notes and not outside info. However, we're constantly tweaking how everything works to make it as accurate as possible so would love your feedback on how well it works for you!
CreatorCube AI
I like the idea of just going from thought to note and being able to expand upon it to turn into outlines. Does you product allow you to create notes and store them into like a note collection or categorize them / like backend database to store notes to use across devices or do you have to export your ideas into an AI application right away. Would be super useful to keep iterating directly from within the app so user doesn't have to leave your app at all else they might just get stuck using Claude or ChatGPT thereafter. I can see the potential for sure. Good luck on your launch!
Echo | Notes for Writers
@larrystefanjr Hey! Our core product is designed to allow you to create notes and store them into a collection, automatically organizing your notes into topics so you can get value from minimal friction idea capture. You can query your notes with an LLM. We also provide follow up questions to each note as inspiration for you to think further about things. Our goal is to make the product more useful the more notes you put in (kinda the opposite of something like Apple Notes).
Next3 Offload
Love how Echo is evolving from just capturing thoughts to helping shape them into something useful. Echo Projects feels like the missing link between brainstorming and actual creation, especially for those of us who think better out loud. How does Echo decide which parts of my voice notes to turn into outline points? Can users guide or fine-tune that process?
Echo | Notes for Writers
@shahriarthm So you specify an "idea" for a project (e.g. think of it like a thesis/direction for a written piece), and then we search through your notes for relevant parts to that idea and then help you identify what might be missing. You can then guide or fine-tune the result using the prompting mechanism, or by adding more notes (which will get automatically added to the project when relevant).
Echo | Notes for Writers
@whiletruelearn Thank you!
Echo | Notes for Writers
@whiletruelearn thank you very much!
I can’t tell you how many “ideas” I have in my Apple Notes. A sentence or two about something that has come to mind, only to never be revisited again. I’m super excited to try this out
Echo | Notes for Writers
@sebastian_lozano We started Echo in part because of our frustration with traditional note-taking tools like Apple Notes. We felt it was wrong for a notebook to lose value as it gained more notes (ideas get lost). As an idea development notebook, Echo grows in value with each note you take. Once you've built up a couple notes, I recommend checking out our /prompts page to see a list of some of the most popular questions others ask their Echo notes: https://www.echonotes.ai/prompts
Echo | Notes for Writers
@sebastian_lozano Thank you for the support!
Love using echo - it really helps take a lot of my thoughts and make them organized! I blab to it sometimes when my thoughts come. Takes a little getting used to (the concept of talking to yourself, not echo) but once you get over that hump it's very satisfying
Echo | Notes for Writers
@brent_shulman Same! I'm a lifelong pen & paper journaler and it wasn't immediately natural for me to speak my thoughts out loud. But I quickly came to find this my preferred method of capturing ideas. Creativity is unlocked in me when I let myself ramble in sprawling voice notes. Thank you for checking out Echo!
Echo | Notes for Writers
@brent_shulman Thank you for the support!
Excited to try out this feature! I always have so many ideas for side-projects / app improvements that go into my apple notes app and then promptly disappear forever from my memory. I'm hoping that using Echo Projects to turn these quick ideas into something more structured will help me determine which ideas are actually worth pursuing. Would love if it could function as my own personal product manager!
Echo | Notes for Writers
@mongy Helping you determine which ideas are worth pursuing is definitely something we want to help with. After simply helping you to capture thoughts, we see Echo as providing two primary functions: exploring those thoughts and shaping them into writing.