ELL students and parents around the nation speak more than 150 different home languages.
So do we!
On-demand language assistance across cultures and classrooms.
Interpreters | Translators | Bilingual Receptionists | Parent Resources
OUR PARTNERS
Lakewood Public School District, NJ•
Flagler Public Schools, FL•
Compass Rose Network (Public Charter), TX•
Rowan-Salisbury School System, NC•
Christian Fellowship Schools, MO•
Hoover City Schools, AL•
Emerson Academy, FL•
Lakewood Public School District, NJ• Flagler Public Schools, FL• Compass Rose Network (Public Charter), TX• Rowan-Salisbury School System, NC• Christian Fellowship Schools, MO• Hoover City Schools, AL• Emerson Academy, FL•
We Speak Family Engagement™
With EchoED, teachers can engage limited English proficient (LEP) parents and caregivers in the home language, around the clock, sharing the same information orally or in writing, that others receive about their children’s education in an accurate and timely manner.
300+ Languages
Expert, vetted education interpreters, skilled in school culture and education acronyms and jargon.
<15 Seconds
The average time to connect with a live interpreter via phone or video on any device, phone, PC, or mobile.
80+ Schools
The growing number of public and private school/district partners around the nation, without language barriers.
Educators 💚 EchoED
Feature-Rich & Easy to Use
Audio & video interpreting on any device
300+ global & rare/indigenous languages
100+ languages on-demand 24/7
Conference calling (up to 4 participants)
Zoom Integration for audio interpreting
Real-time call reporting & data export
Email, phone, and video support
Alison B.- Gwin Elementary School Registrar
“I used EchoED two times yesterday to call 2 new families for enrollment purposes- both times it worked beautifully. It was very user-friendly and the translator was helpful and kind. Thank you for this service-it is so great to have.”
EchoED in 300+ Languages
Global & Rare/Indigenous Languages Available OnDemand
American Sign Language (ASL) · Acoli · Albanian · Amharic · Arabic · Ashanti · Azerbaijani · Badini · Basa Sunda · Bengali · Bosnian · Bulgarian · Burmese · Cambodian · Cantonese (Chinese) · Cape Verde Creole · Cebuano · Chinese Shanghainese · Chiu-Chow · Croatian · Czech · Dari (Afghan Persian, Afghan Farsi) · Falam ChinFarsi, Iranian · Filipino (Tagalog) · French · French Canadian · French Creole · Fuqing · Ga · German · Greek · Haitian Creole · Hindi · Hmong · Hunan · Hungarian · Indonesian · Iranian/Farsi · Italian · Japanese · Jola-Fonyi · Kabiye · Karen · Karenni (Kayah) · Khmer (Cambodian) · Kibajuni · Kinyamulenge · Kinyarwanda · Kirundi · Kiswahili · Korean · Kurdish · Kurmanji · Laotian · Lingala · Lithuanian · Luganda · Luo · Maay Maay · Macedonian · Malaysian · Mandarin · Mien · Moldovian · Mongolian · Neapolitan · Nepali · Nigerian · Oromo · Pashto · Persian, Iranian · Polish · Portuguese (Brazilian) · Portuguese (Continental) · Punjabi · Rohingya · Romanian · Russian · Samoan · Serbian · Slovak · Somali · Sorani · Spanish · Sri Lankan (Tamil) · Sudanese Arabic Creole · Swahili · Sylheti · Tajik · Tamil · Telugu · Teochew · Thai · Tibetan · Tigrinya · Tongan · Turkish · Turkman · Ukrainian · Urdu · Vietnamese · Welsh · Wolof · Yoruba · MANY MORE
Mission-Driven Work
EchoED Founder, Dr. Dayana “Dee” Philippi Tells Her Story
I was born into a large, blended family. My parents, both immigrants from the Caribbean island of Haiti, met in the fields of Central Florida where they harvested seasonal crops, mainly watermelon and sugarcane. Neither of my parents can read nor write in any language, thus my first job (or better yet unpaid internship) was to serve as a language broker for…
Because true family engagement is NOT a single event.
EchoED offers solutions in multiple languages to help build ESL parents’ capacity to partner with teachers year-over-year.
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Skilled Linguists
Education interpreters and translators help build partnerships to support learning over time, convene well-attended parent meetings, and streamline communication 24-7-365.
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Bilingual Receptionists
Our network of interpreters are ready to answer incoming parent phone calls 24/7/365. No-cost voice message and subscription-based live receptionist services, help schools make good first and future impressions.
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Ready-Made Lessons
60 complete parent and family engagement micro lessons help build caregivers’ capacity for participating in schools and supporting their children.
Social Impact
As our social impact initiative, EchoED provides subscribing partner schools with no-cost, multilingual voicemail receptionist services. Our bilingual receptionists field incoming phone calls from parents and caregivers who speak the top 12 minority languages (excluding Spanish) spoken in ELL classrooms around the country.
Services give multilingual parents a voice in their children’s schooling and help close the school-home communication gap.
Get in touch.
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