Translate & rewrite,
anywhere on your Mac
Saypick lives in your menu bar. Select foreign text to translate it, or type in your own language and rewrite it in place — in any app, with one shortcut.
macOS 13+ · Apple Silicon & Intel · free & open source
Type in your language → ⌥R → rewritten in place, ready to send
Two modes, one shortcut each
Read it. Or write it.
Read · translate
Select foreign text in any app and a clean popup shows the translation right next to it. Trigger by shortcut, a floating icon, or auto-translate on select.
⌥ DWrite · rewrite in place
Think in your language, send in another. Type, hit the shortcut, and your text is replaced in place with the translation — undo-safe and ready to send.
⌥ R
Select text → the translation streams into a popup, with one-click Copy or Replace.
Optional floating icon appears right next to your selection.
Built to disappear into your workflow
Everything you'd want, nothing you don't
Works in every app
Accessibility API with a clipboard fallback for Electron & web apps — your clipboard is always restored.
Private by default
Run fully on-device with Ollama. Nothing leaves your Mac unless you choose a cloud model.
Undo-safe replace
Rewrites are pasted in place, preserving each app's native undo stack. Press ⌘Z any time.
Styles
Faithful, Formal, Casual or Polished — set independently for translating and rewriting.
Local or cloud
Pluggable backends: Ollama, or any OpenAI-compatible endpoint with streaming.
Menu-bar native
No Dock clutter. Global shortcuts, launch at login, and a per-app skip list.
How it works
Select or type → done
Trigger
Shortcut, floating icon, or auto on select.
Capture
Reads the selection via Accessibility, with clipboard fallback.
Translate
Streams from your chosen local or cloud model.
Show or replace
Popup to read, or paste in place to write.
Your model, your call
Local or cloud
🖥️ Local · Ollama
Offline and private. Install a model and go — Saypick auto-picks an installed one.
ollama pull qwen2.5:3b
☁️ OpenAI-compatible
Point it at any /chat/completions endpoint — official API, a proxy, or your own server. Base URL + key + model.
Ready to translate in place?
Free, open source, and private. Set up in under two minutes.