Tipword
A screen translator for every app
Safari, Mail, Messages, Slack. If you can point at it, Tipword can read it. Nothing to copy, nothing to paste.
Screen translator for MacTranslate any word on your Mac.
Just point at it.
Hold ⌥ Option over a word in any app, film, PDF or photo. Its meaning appears right beside it.
For anyone who reads in a second language.
Translate subtitles
Check a word and keep watching, in most video players or Netflix in your browser.
Translate subtitles on MacTranslate PDFs and photos
Leases, letters, menus and screenshots, even where you can’t select the text.
Translate a PDF on MacThe meaning in context
Tipword reads the whole sentence and picks the right sense of the word.
Learn a language on MacBuild vocabulary as you read
Press S to save a word with the sentence you met it in. Review a few a day, or export to Anki or CSV.
Vocabulary builder for Mac54 languages, 20 of them offline
20 work offline, 34 more with your own Google key, and only the word you point at leaves your Mac. ⌥⌘L switches language.
Offline translator for MacPay once. Keep it.
$12
3 Macson one license
1 yearof free updates
14 daysfor a full refund
Tipword keeps working after the first year.
Questions
Anything else? Email us
Can I try it before I pay?
Download it and look around for free. To start translating, add a license. If it’s not for you within 14 days, you get a full refund.
How is it different from Google Translate or the Translate menu on Mac?
Both make you select or copy the text first, then show the answer somewhere else. Tipword translates the word under your pointer, right where it is, even where text can’t be selected. See how it compares with Google Translate on Mac, the built-in Translate menu and DeepL.
Does it work offline? Is my text private?
Yes. The 20 Apple languages work as an offline translator: they translate right on your Mac, with no internet, on macOS 15 or later. With your own Google key, only the word you point at goes to Google. We never see it.
Why does it need Accessibility access?
To read the word under your pointer. Screen Recording is optional and only reads words in images and PDFs.
Is my reading history private?
History is off until you say yes, and everything stays on your Mac. Passwords and Messages are left out by default, and you can leave out any app. For websites, only the page title is kept, never the address.
What happens after a year?
Tipword keeps working. Updates released after your first year aren’t included.