Select text in any app and press one hotkey. Inlay reads it, translates it, and pastes it right back — no copying, no switching windows.
Requires macOS 26 (Tahoe) or later · Apple silicon · FreeFeatures
Your selection is replaced with the translation, right where it sits. Works in any app that lets you select text.
Apple's private on-device Translation framework, or bring your own LLM — OpenAI, Claude, or a local Ollama model.
Drag a region to pull text out of images, PDFs, or video — then translate, explain, or copy it.
Detects the source language and picks the right direction automatically, so one shortcut covers both ways.
How it works
Highlight text in any app — browser, editor, chat, terminal.
Inlay grabs the selection and sends it to your chosen engine.
The translation is pasted back in place. Your clipboard is left untouched.
Lives quietly in your menu bar. One hotkey away, everywhere.
↓ Download for macOS First launch: right-click → Open · then grant Accessibility & Screen Recording