Speak in your language, paste in theirs

How it works

1. Choose an output language from the menu bar icon (Output Language), or in Settings › Set Up AI › Tidying.
2. Hold Option + Command and speak in Chinese, English, Japanese, Korean, or Cantonese. You don't need to pick the spoken language; it's detected automatically.
3. Let go. Fillers and slips are removed, the text is translated, and the result is pasted at your cursor. The indicator shows a tag like "To English" while it works.

Output languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, French, German, and Spanish.

Example

Exact wording depends on the AI model you use, but the meaning stays the same: Tidytalk translates what you said and doesn't add to it.

Write formal email

Set the mode to Email (formal) to get complete, polite sentences in the target language, or Chat (casual) for quick messages. Your vocabulary still applies, so names and product terms come out spelled correctly.

Switch languages quickly

• The Output Language submenu in the menu bar changes the language for your next dictation without opening Settings.
• Already pasted English but need it in Japanese too? Open "Recent" in the menu bar, choose the result, and pick "Re-tidy" with another language. It's pasted into the current text field without speaking again.
• To rewrite text you've already typed, select it, hold Right Option, and say "translate this into German".

Good to know

• Translation and tidying happen in a single AI request, so it's about as fast as tidying alone.
• Questions and instructions are translated, not answered. "Can you check the logs?" comes out as a question in the target language.
• Translation needs "Tidy up text" turned on and an AI service. If the request fails, Tidytalk pastes the original text and tells you.
• For full privacy, use a local model. Larger local models translate noticeably better than small ones. See Private and offline dictation.