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Work · November 28, 2024

Type Switch

Hi Ycombinator community, I’d like to share a project I recently launched: Type Switch, a macOS app designed to make language switching seamless and intuitive for multilingual users. As someone who works in multiple languages daily, I’ve often found macOS’s default tools for language switching lacking in speed and ease of use. That’s what inspired me to create Type Switch — a lightweight and powerful tool for efficient multilingual typing. Key Features of Type Switch: - Quick toggling between installed languages. - A customizable button that displays the current language with adjustable…

Type Switch launched on November 28, 2024 with 132 votes, #337 of 4,990 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 1 year on.

What it does

Type Switch simplifies multilingual typing on macOS with quick toggling between languages, a customizable button to display the current language, hotkey support, and voice feedback. Boosts productivity and streamlines workflows for multilingual tasks.

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Utilities Developer Max Babenko Language EN English Size 217.5 KB Mac Switch keyboard languages faster with a floating button, sound feedback, voice alerts, and a new hide mode with smooth language popups. Type Switch is a simple and convenient keyboard language switcher for Mac, designed for bilingual and multilingual users who switch input languages often. The app adds a compact floating button that shows your current keyboard language and lets you switch languages instantly. You can keep the button visible above all windows or hide it and show a smooth temporary language popup only when the language changes. Key Features: • Fast Keyboard Language Switching Switch between installed macOS…from apps.apple.com

In the maker’s words, at launch

Hi Ycombinator community, I’d like to share a project I recently launched: Type Switch, a macOS app designed to make language switching seamless and intuitive for multilingual users. As someone who works in multiple languages daily, I’ve often found macOS’s default tools for language switching lacking in speed and…

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