MULTILINGUAL MESSAGING APP · 100+ LANGUAGES · FREE

Speak your language.
Be understood.

Write or speak in your language. Your friend reads or listens to your message right away in theirs.

Same message. Two languages.

Alma writes in Spanish. Diego reads the same message in his own language.

Alma · in Spanish

¿Llegaste bien a casa, mi amor?

The message is translated automatically
Diego · in his language

¿Llegaste bien a casa, mi amor?

Did you make it home okay, my love?

Translated from Spanish

Get started

From opening Espero to your first message.

  1. Download or open in your browser

  2. Choose your language

    Sign in with your email, choose a username and select the language you want to read.

  3. Send your first message

    Open Chats, tap + and search for your friend’s username. Write in your language; your friend reads in theirs.

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Who it's for

Who is Espero for?

For people who want to speak naturally, even when they do not share a language.

LIVE TRANSLATION FOR YOU

Follow the talk.
Understand in your language.

At a lecture, a gathering or on your travels: open Espero, choose your language and follow the speech as text on your own phone.

  • One language to choose
  • Captions in the spoken language too
  • On your phone or computer
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Translated listening and full transcript download are coming.

The speaker says

Welcome. We are glad you could join us today.

You read · Finnish

Tervetuloa. On ilo, että olet mukana tänään.

Illustrative example
Features

Voice, photos and a live interpreter

Text is only the start. The rest of the conversation is translated too.

Voice notes

The words arrive in yours, as text and as audio.

Photos and video

Captions and subtitles appear in the reader’s language.

Face-to-face interpreter

One phone on the table. Each person reads their own side.

Live and event captions

Speech appears as text in your language. Follow along on your own or join an event’s shared captions.

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Privacy & security

Privacy is part of the product.

Messages are encrypted in transit and at rest. Your messages are not sold or used for advertising.

Your email stays private

You sign in by email. People find you by username. Your email is never shown to other users.

Encrypted in transit & at rest

Messages are protected while travelling and while stored on our servers.

Not used for ads

Your messages are not sold and not used to target advertising.

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Do not let language come between you.

Speak your language. Espero makes sure the other person understands.

Espero is a multilingual cloud messaging app with built-in, real-time translation, encrypted transport and provider-managed storage encryption. If you have been looking for a chat app that translates, a messenger to text someone who speaks another language, or a group chat where everyone reads in their own language, that is exactly what Espero does — you write naturally, and each person reads every message in theirs. Ordinary cloud chats are not end-to-end encrypted. Live now on iOS, Android and the web.