ScreenTranslate
Translate any on-screen text with a simple drag
ScreenTranslate launched on March 4, 2026 with 90 votes, #526 of 23,380 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches.
What it does
Stop the copy-paste loop. ScreenTranslate is a lightweight macOS utility for instant on-screen translation. Inspired by ScreenHint’s seamless capture, I built this to solve a personal pain: translating uncopyable text in images, video frames, and locked PDFs. 1)Drag-to-Translate: Instant results by dragging over any area. 2)Stay in Flow: No more switching to Google Translate tabs. 3) Privacy-First: Native macOS experience with no data collection.
Free macOS screen translator with OCR. Capture any area or select text on your Mac and get instant translation. Fully on-device with Apple Translation. Works offline, no account needed.
Capture any area or select text directly — get instant translation. Powered by Apple Translation — entirely on-device. Translation appears in a popup near your selection in under a second. Highlight text in any app — a browser, PDF viewer, editor, or anything else. Hit Cmd + Option + Z to translate the selected text instantly. Translation appears instantly — no OCR needed. Supports even more languages with cloud engines. No context switching. No copy-paste into a browser. Just select and read. All processing happens on your Mac. Your text never leaves the device — no servers, no tracking, no data collection. One shortcut triggers area selection, OCR recognition, and translation — all in a…from screentranslate.filient.ai
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