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Every spelling of a name, found.

Type a name once. EchoSearch marks every way your PDFs spell it, and never uploads them.

Free. No account. For electoral rolls, scheme lists, college lists and any long PDF of names.

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  1. 412

    Name Mohammad Shaikh

    Father's name Yusuf Shaikh

    H.No 14/2 · Age 42 · M

  2. 413

    Name Sunita Kulkarni

    Husband's name Ramesh Kulkarni

    H.No 15 · Age 38 · F

  3. 414

    Name Mohd. Sheikh

    Father's name Abdul Sheikh

    H.No 15A · Age 29 · M

  4. 415

    Name Pooja More

    Father's name Vijay More

    H.No 16 · Age 23 · F

  5. 416

    Name Sayyed Arif

    Father's name Sayyed Karim

    H.No 17 · Age 51 · M

  6. 417

    Name Muhammed Shaikh

    Father's name Ismail Shaikh

    H.No 17/1 · Age 34 · M

  7. 418

    Name Laxmi Patil

    Husband's name Ganesh Patil

    H.No 18 · Age 45 · F

  8. 419

    Name Imran Shaikh

    Father's name Yakub Shaikh

    H.No 19 · Age 27 · M

  9. 420

    Name Mahamad Shekh

    Father's name Rafiq Shekh

    H.No 20 · Age 63 · M

  10. 421

    Name Puja More

    Husband's name Nitin More

    H.No 21 · Age 31 · F

  11. 422

    Name Lakshmi Patil

    Father's name Maruti Patil

    H.No 22 · Age 19 · F

  12. 423

    Name Syed Arif

    Father's name Syed Ahmed

    H.No 23 · Age 36 · M

  13. 424

    Name Mohd Shaikh

    Father's name Hanif Shaikh

    H.No 24 · Age 55 · M

  14. 425

    Name Anjali Chavan

    Father's name Suresh Chavan

    H.No 25 · Age 26 · F

  15. 426

    Name Mohammed Sheikh

    Father's name Salim Sheikh

    H.No 26 · Age 47 · M

  16. 427

    Name Vijay Deshmukh

    Father's name Prakash Deshmukh

    H.No 27 · Age 40 · M

  17. 428

    Name Sayed Arif

    Father's name Sayed Hamid

    H.No 28 · Age 58 · M

  18. 429

    Name Ramesh Jadhav

    Father's name Dattatray Jadhav

    H.No 29 · Age 44 · M

6 entries marked. An exact search finds 1.

A sample page. Every name on it is invented. The marks come from the same engine and rules as the app.

A phone's PDF search finds 1 Mohd Shaikh on that page. There are 6.

Names in Indian government lists are typed by many hands: Mohd, Mohammad, Muhammed, Mahamad. Shaikh and Sheikh. An ordinary search stops at the letters you typed. EchoSearch knows how names here are spelt, so the one you are looking for is not missed because a clerk wrote it differently.

You can see why each one matched.

Every search shows the spelling rules it used. Untick one to leave it out, or add your own, like v = w for a family name spelt both ways. Choose Exact, Sounds like, or Close when nothing else turns up.

Rules used for “Syed Arif”

  • syed = sayyad = sayyed = sayed = sy …
  • s = sh
  • i = e = y = ei = ai
  • d = dh
  • a = ay = ai

On the sample page this finds 3: Syed Arif, Sayyed Arif and Sayed Arif.

Built for the documents you actually have.

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    Scanned pages, read on your device

    When a page is only a picture, EchoSearch reads the letters itself, in your browser. Scans take longer than ordinary PDFs; you can keep working meanwhile.

  2. 2

    Hindi and Marathi lists too

    Search Devanagari documents, and type names in Hindi or Marathi with suggestions as you go.

  3. 3

    Many PDFs at once

    Add a whole ZIP and search every ward in one go, each document with its own tab of results.

  4. 4

    Straight to the page

    Open a match and the original PDF opens at that page, zoomed onto the name and marked in its colour. On a scanned page it opens at the page, with the matched line shown above it.

Nothing you search leaves this device.

Your PDFs are read, stored and searched inside your browser. There is no account, no upload and no server that ever sees them. Delete a document and it is gone.

Two things do use the internet, and never touch your files: if you type in Hindi or Marathi, the word you are typing goes to Google Input Tools for suggestions; and a count of how the app is used goes to our own analytics, without names, search terms or file names.

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Is it free?
Yes. There is nothing to buy and no account to make.
Does it work on my phone?
Yes, and on tablets and computers. On Android and on computers you can install it like an app; on iPhone, use Share, then Add to Home Screen. After the first visit it works offline.
Which documents work?
PDFs whose pages are lists of names: electoral rolls, voter lists, scheme beneficiary lists, college merit lists. Text PDFs are read in seconds; scanned ones are read letter by letter on your device, which takes longer.
Can I search Hindi or Marathi documents?
Yes. Type the name in Devanagari, or choose Hindi or Marathi typing and spell it in English letters to get Devanagari suggestions. The app's own menus are in English for now.
Why did it match a name I didn't type?
Because the spelling rules say the two are the same name, like Mohd and Mohammad. The search screen lists every rule it used; untick any you don't want, or switch to Exact.
How do I remove my documents?
Tap the bin next to a document. It and its text are deleted from this device at once. Clearing your browser's site data removes everything.