Does it need the app? Is there a subscription? Does it work both ways? Honest answers, in one place, from the person who reads your emails.
Hi, I'm the founder of this little translator, and these are the questions you keep sending me. Some of them arrive three times a day. So here they are, answered the way I answer them one by one, with nothing polished off.
“Bought one for me and one for my hubby for our upcoming Stay in Mexico. This is the best translator I've ever had or seen...”Comment under our Facebook ad, September 14, 2026, name removed
First, what it is, in one breath: a round disc the size of a hockey puck, one microphone button, a lanyard. You press and talk, it says your sentence out loud in the other language. They press and answer, and it says their answer back to you in English.
You set it up once in the free ECDF app on your phone, by Bluetooth, choose your two languages, and after that it is one button. It works wherever your phone works. Here is what that looks like, with my friend Carlos, who only speaks Spanish.
Yes, once. The free ECDF app pairs the disc to your phone by Bluetooth and holds your two languages. After that, the phone stays in your pocket and you only use the button. I would rather tell you this here than have you surprised at the gate.
No. No monthly fee, no credits that expire, no plan to upgrade. You buy it once.
Yes. That is the whole point of a button on each side of the conversation. You press and talk; they press and answer. Out loud, both directions.
It uses your phone's connection through the free app, so it works wherever your phone works. Set it up at home, and it is ready when you land.
Normal speech at normal speed, including strong accents, works. Heavy slang or mumbling over a loud kitchen: ask them to say it again, exactly as you would in English. I will not pretend otherwise.
A current iPhone or Android phone that can run the free ECDF app. That is the only requirement.
Loud enough for a counter, a taxi or a restaurant table. In a loud market, hold it a little closer to the person, the way you would lean in.
Charge it, and it is good for days of normal use. Charge it the night before a trip and forget about it.
Yes, that is how it is meant to be used: one disc between two people. Couples who both want to wear it take two; the offer box below shows the two-pack.
It is a button. The two-minute setup happens once in the app, and you can do it for her before you hand it over. After that she presses, talks, and listens.
Honest answer: if you travel, or someone in your family speaks a language you don't, you will use it every day of the trip and every Sunday lunch. If neither is true, it will live in a drawer, and you should not buy it.
Write to us within 30 days of delivery, send it back, and you get a full refund. That is the entire policy, and it is linked at the bottom of this page.
Real creator videos, condensed to the lines that matter. Stills from their videos.
My dad has had a really hard time learning English, so going somewhere by himself is difficult. This little translator translates what he says and translates back whatever they answer. He can have his independence back.
Senior parent video · Sept 23, 2026
Thirteen years selling cars, and all the Spanish-speaking customers I’ve missed because I didn’t have this. Real-time translation, and all I need is Spanish. I’m going to be unstoppable.
Car salesman video · Sept 23, 2026
‘My name is Melissa.’ It said it back in Spanish. Then I spoke in Spanish and it came back in English, out loud, with the translator just hanging on my chest.
Melissa, demo video (from Spanish) · Sept 21, 2026Word-for-word answers to our post-purchase survey, initials and state only.
Because October and November are when most of you book the trips and the family visits you write to me about. I would rather you have it before the flight than after.
In the box: the translator, a lanyard, a charging cable and a quick-start card.
See today's offerUse it on your whole trip. Not amazed? Send it back within 30 days for a full refund.
Take it on the whole trip, or through a month of family dinners. If it did not get you understood, send it back within 30 days and I refund you in full. I would rather lose an order than have you keep something you don't use. — Julie
No. They press the button on the same disc and talk. Nothing to install, nothing to wear.
The translator, a lanyard, a charging cable and a quick-start card.
Yes, in the app, so the pharmacist's recommendation or the tailor's address is still there that evening.
When you try the other language yourself, the app shows your sentence corrected after you speak.
Yes, any time, in the app. 165 languages are printed on the box.
Only from ecdf-usa.com, through the offer box on this page.
Twelve questions, twelve honest answers. If yours is not here, write to me and I will answer it the same way. If it is, the offer is below, and so is the 30-day promise.
The narrators and situations in this article are composites drawn from conversations with our customers unless a person is named; photos are illustrative except the stills labelled as creator videos. Video-review quotes are the creators' own words, condensed. Facebook comments and survey answers are quoted word for word, names removed. Orders counted on ecdf-usa.com since July 17, 2026. The ECDF translator pairs with the free ECDF app on your phone and works wherever your phone works. Refund policy · ECDF · ecdf-usa.com