Lingo Echo and ChatIncluded
Compare their translation delivery, platform coverage, pricing and streaming tools.
Official product pages checked 30 October 2026. Product terms can change.
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| Category | Lingo Echo | ChatIncluded |
|---|---|---|
| Product type | Multiplatform chat translation and stream-interaction bot | Free, open-source chat translation plugin for Casterlabs Caffeinated; beta |
| Platforms or delivery surface | Twitch, Kick and Discord | Twitch, Kick and YouTube |
| What is translated | Viewer chat messages, with a shared result in the channel | Runs in Casterlabs and posts automatic translations and translated replies back into chat |
| Language coverage | Every language available in Twitch’s stream-language selector | Depends on the connected DeepL API language support |
| Free access | 30-day free trial without a credit card | Plugin advertised as free; its setup guide lists a DeepL API Free allowance of 500,000 characters per month |
| Paid access | €6.95 for 30 days | No plugin fee advertised; a separate DeepL API Pro account can incur charges |
| Renewal | No automatic renewal | No plugin subscription advertised; external API billing depends on the selected DeepL plan |
| Additional tools | AI conversation, moderation, summaries, custom event-triggered chat messages, shoutouts, giveaways, mini-games, viewer avatars, Twitch panel extensions and OBS overlays; optional Poultry Battle cosmetic skins can generate broadcaster Bits revenue | Two-way mention replies, viewer language preferences, translation commands, emote handling and bot exclusions |
Included Lingo Echo feature catalogue
These capabilities are included in the Lingo Echo service rather than sold as separate moderation, game or overlay add-ons. Some require the relevant platform permission, a live channel, moderator status or an installed OBS overlay. The 30-day trial provides access without a credit card; continued service uses the published 30-day access price.
More than chat translation: Lingo Echo localizes giveaways, shoutouts, game instructions, winner messages, and many interactive stream experiences across its core localized languages. Localized shoutouts and supported minigames also work with connected Kick communities.
Translation and platforms
- Automatic live-chat language detection and translation
- Twitch, Kick and Discord translation from one streamer dashboard
- Bidirectional translation between two selected languages
- !translate with language names accepted in multiple languages and scripts
- Optional Twitch-Kick chat bridge for multistream communities
- Ignored-language and ignored-user controls
- Chat-aware handling intended to preserve commands, links and emotes
AI moderation and protection
- Optional multilingual AI moderation for eligible Twitch messages
- Five moderation strictness levels from Light to Maximum
- Detection of sexual content, hate, harassment, self-harm and severe violence
- Independent viewer-selling and fake-engagement spam protection
- Independent Discord-lure protection for suspicious private-contact pitches
- Independent gambling-offer protection with AI verification
- Detected messages are deleted without automatically banning or timing out the viewer
AI assistant and streamer tools
- Context-aware conversation when viewers address @lingo_echo
- Combined or platform-specific Twitch and Kick chat summaries
- Summary filters by recent minutes or an individual viewer
- Natural-language Streamer Assist actions for broadcasters and moderators
- Push-to-talk dashboard voice control for supported assistant actions
- Content-aware manual and automatic shoutouts
- AI-generated event alerts adapted to the stream language and category
- Channel image generation and reusable overlay image gallery
Channel automation
- Custom chat commands with chat or announcement output
- Timed messages as chat messages, announcements or speech
- Custom variable-filled messages for 25 additional Twitch stream and chat events, with optional delivery to connected Kick chat
- !speak text-to-speech that safely translates text into the stream language before speaking it when needed
- Automatic raid shoutouts with configurable thresholds
- Clip creation with !clipit and an optional title
- Giveaway creation, entry collection, reminders and winner drawing
- Customizable Wheel of Randomness with an OBS overlay
- Subathon timer controls
- Steam game information lookup
- Followage and channel-information commands
Games and shared participation
- Guess the Number
- Guess the Word with Easy, Hard and Reveal modes plus leaderboard
- Poultry Battle with persistent player profiles, XP and armies
- Cross-stream Poultry Battle challenges
- Poultry Battle Twitch panel extension with optional Bits-enabled cosmetic skins that can generate broadcaster revenue
- Ogre Defence
- Basketball
- Camel Race, Chicken Race and Turkey Race
- Duck River Escape
- Dragon Quest
- Chat-driven visual effects including fireworks, rain, snow, rockets and more
Viewer avatars and OBS
- Viewer avatars walking and interacting on the OBS overlay
- Free Viewer Avatars Twitch panel extension that exposes avatar selection and actions without requiring viewers to remember chat commands
- Large selectable avatar library with broadcaster-controlled availability
- Twitch and Kick viewer participation in supported overlay activity
- Avatar chat actions including appearance changes, movement and lightning
- Avatar jail integration for timeouts or moderator commands
- Optional avatar names, random events, Santa hats and virtual-wall controls
- Switchboard controls for enabling visual and audio overlay effects
- Overlay layout and size controls for games, alerts and event media
Multilingual AI moderation without a separate add-on
Lingo Echo can evaluate eligible Twitch chat messages for sexual content, hate, harassment, self-harm and severe violence, then delete messages crossing the selected threshold. Streamers choose one of five strictness levels. Separate protections cover viewer-selling spam, suspicious Discord contact pitches and gambling offers. Broadcaster, moderator and recognized commercial-bot messages are excluded, and Twitch moderator permission is required for deletion. Discord translation is supported, but the Twitch moderation card does not moderate Discord messages.
What Lingo Echo includes
Lingo Echo is hosted and combines chat translation with moderation, summaries, games and avatars without a separate desktop plugin or translation API key.
When ChatIncluded may fit
Casterlabs users wanting multilingual chat across Twitch, Kick and YouTube.
Our assessment
Prepared by: the Lingo Echo product team, which builds and operates a live translation bot. Research status: documentation-based comparison using public first-party sources. This is not presented as a hands-on test of ChatIncluded.
Criteria used: translation surface, platform coverage, public pricing, renewal model, language claims, moderation, streamer automation and audience interaction.
Lingo Echo fit
Lingo Echo is designed for streamers who want chat translation alongside moderation, automation and audience interaction across Twitch, Kick and Discord.
When ChatIncluded may fit
It is free and open source, supports Twitch, Kick and YouTube, and offers two-way replies through a streamer-controlled DeepL account.
Main tradeoff
It requires Casterlabs Caffeinated, a desktop installation and a separate DeepL API key. Lingo Echo is managed as a hosted service.
Choosing between them
Choose ChatIncluded when Casterlabs, YouTube and local API control fit the workflow. Choose Lingo Echo for a hosted setup with moderation, summaries, games and avatars.
How setup differs
Lingo Echo is configured by the streamer. After Twitch authorization, the channel owner chooses translation languages and can connect Kick and Discord from the same dashboard. ChatIncluded is described above according to its own delivery model, which may require a different installation or viewing workflow.
Who sees the translation
Lingo Echo posts eligible translations into the shared chat. The streamer, moderators and viewers can therefore follow the same translated conversation without every viewer installing a browser extension. Viewer-side caption and extension products may instead keep the result on one viewer’s screen.
Automatic and requested translation
Automatic detection handles eligible chat messages that differ from the selected channel language. Bidirectional mode can translate between two chosen languages, and the !translate language text command can request a specific translation. Commands, links, emotes and selected users or languages can be excluded.
Twitch, Kick and Discord workflow
A streamer can use Lingo Echo on Twitch, connect a Kick channel, and configure Discord translation. Twitch and Kick conversations can also be bridged during a multistream. Platform behavior remains separately controllable rather than forcing every community into one identical configuration.
Moderation and channel controls
Optional moderation can act on unwanted chat while translations continue independently. Streamers control ignored languages and users, feature switches, custom commands and timed messages. Moderator status is recommended on Twitch when restrictive chat modes would otherwise stop the bot from replying.
Custom messages for more Twitch events
Beyond its five AI-generated alert types, Lingo Echo can send a streamer-written chat message for 25 additional Twitch stream and chat events. Messages support common and event-specific variables, can be enabled separately for Twitch and a connected live Kick chat, and do not require an OBS overlay. Kick delivery mirrors the Twitch-triggered event, giving multistream communities the same timely update without requiring the streamer to duplicate the automation in another tool.
Frequently asked questions
Is Lingo Echo the same type of product?
Not always. ChatIncluded is categorized here as free, open-source chat translation plugin for casterlabs caffeinated; beta; the table explains whether it translates chat, speech captions or only one viewer's browser.
Does Lingo Echo renew automatically?
No. Continued access is purchased for 30 days at a time.
How current is this comparison?
The official sources were last successfully verified on 30 October 2026. Automated checks run daily and preserve the last verified values when a source cannot be validated.
Method, fairness and sources
- Compare products serving the same need, while identifying when the product types differ.
- Use official first-party pages for competitor facts and Lingo Echo documentation for Lingo Echo facts.
- State meaningful competitor advantages rather than omitting them.
- Separate observed facts from Lingo Echo’s product-positioning judgment.
- Retain the last verified value when an automatic extraction is ambiguous.
- Correct material errors when reliable contrary evidence is provided through Lingo Echo’s support channels.
The daily monitor updates only fields matched by strict validation rules; it does not generate new factual accusations or infer unavailable features from silence.
Sources: Lingo Echo official site, the Lingo Echo command library, and ChatIncluded official source.
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