Guide

How to use Espero

Small recipes, each under a minute — and none of them needs you (or anyone else) to speak another language.

Start a multilingual group

  1. Tap the pen icon on the home screen and create a group — or join one from Discover.
  2. Share the invite link with anyone, anywhere — no shared language needed.
  3. Everyone writes in their own language and reads everyone else in it. That's the whole trick.

Watch any video with subtitles

  1. Paste a YouTube link into any chat — Espero transcribes the video and translates it.
  2. Or share a clip from TikTok, Instagram or your gallery: phone's Share menu → Espero.
  3. Press play — the subtitles follow along in your own language.

Talk face to face

  1. Tap the ⇄ icon on the home screen.
  2. Put the phone between you — each person taps their mic and just speaks.
  3. The other side reads it — and hears it spoken — in their language, live.

A space just for you

  1. Open “Saved Messages” from the new-chat menu.
  2. Send yourself links, notes, photos and videos.
  3. Videos get subtitles in your language — watch anything alone, understood.

Learn as you chat

  1. Tap “Hear it” under a message to hear it spoken aloud.
  2. Tap “Pronounce” to see other scripts in readable letters (pinyin, romaji…).
  3. Real phrases from real conversations — the nicest way to pick up a language.

Cover your whole household

  1. Go Espero+ — then open Settings → Family plan.
  2. Share your family link with up to 5 people.
  3. They get unlimited translation too, at no extra cost.
Get the app and try it