Frequently asked questions
Short answers about what echodraft does and how it works.
What is echodraft?
echodraft is a report-writing app for loss adjusters and engineering consultants. You dictate or type your findings, and it produces a formatted assessment report in your own Word template, ready to export as a .docx or PDF file.
Who is echodraft for?
echodraft is built for loss adjusters, insurance assessors and engineering consultants, and the teams they work with. It includes features such as foreign-currency quotations converted to pula.
How does voice dictation work?
Press the microphone and talk. Your words come back punctuated and written up, placed in the document at your cursor, and the microphone switches itself off when you stop. You can choose from five writing styles: Insurance language, Formal report, Technical, Descriptive or Bullet list.
Can I use my own Word template?
Yes. Upload your .docx and the fonts, margins and styling carry over into the editor. You mark the details that repeat on every claim, such as claim number, insured name, date of loss and site address, once, and reuse them on every report. No special tags are needed in your document.
Can I export my report to Word or PDF?
Yes. You can download a finished .docx or a clean PDF, with your photos embedded and your formatting kept.
Does echodraft work on a phone?
Yes. On a phone, echodraft opens as a field companion: record voice notes, take and label site photos, and add quick notes while you are on site, then compile the report at your desk. Your work is saved as you go and follows you from your phone to your laptop.
How do site photos work?
Take photos one after another on site, choose where on the site each one was taken, and add your own labels. You can put them in order, keep them for later and insert them into the report. In the report you set the photo size in centimetres or pixels, and the photos travel inside your Word and PDF files.
Can echodraft read PDFs, screenshots and scanned quotations?
Yes. Upload a PDF or screenshot and echodraft fills your form fields from it, and tells you plainly which fields it could not find. The AI document scan reads a scanned quotation, screenshot or PDF and returns structured data instead of you typing it in.
Can my team review a report?
Yes. You can invite reviewers by link, email or WhatsApp. They can edit with track changes or point at text and leave a comment, and you accept or reject what comes back. You can set a due date and see which reviews are waiting.
What can echodraft do for claims and quotations?
You can see every claim's status and progress, get stuck-claim and high-value alerts, and send a weekly update in one click. You can compare contractor quotations line by line, and quotations in another currency are converted to pula at the rate you choose.
Is there a free trial, and how much does echodraft cost?
You can try echodraft free, and no credit card is needed. Paid plans are billed monthly or annually in Botswana pula and are paid by bank transfer (EFT). Current plans and prices are shown in the app under Pricing.
Is my data safe?
Your reports, templates and photos are tied to your account, and only you and the team you invite can open them. You can read more on the Security page.
Are there free tools I can use without signing up?
Yes. The File Bundler merges images and PDFs into one PDF, and the File Compressor shrinks large PDFs and photos so they email and upload easily. Both run in your browser, so your files stay on your device.
How do I get started?
Create a free account, or ask for a demo and we will walk you through echodraft on your own reports.
More detail is on the Features page. Questions we have not answered? Contact us.