Translate, shorten, fix or rewrite any text right where your cursor is — in any app on Mac. Dictate there too. No tabs, no copy-paste. Select text, hit a hotkey, and it's replaced in place. Or press ⌥` and speak in one language, get clean text in another. 13 languages. Privacy: Jarq uses cloud AI models to process your text and voice. Jarq itself doesn't keep your text on its servers, and your history stays on your Mac. Free: 5 actions a day. Pro: $4.99/mo or $39/yr. 14-day Pro trial, no card.
I'm Birzhan, a designer and solo indie developer from Kazakhstan.
Jarq comes from the Kazakh word «жарқ» — a flash of light. That's the feeling I wanted: you select text, press a hotkey, and it's done. No switching to a chat tab, no copy-paste loop.
What it does, right at your cursor in any Mac app: ⚡ Translate a selection between any two of 13 languages ✂️ Shorten, fix or rewrite text in place 🎙️ Dictate (⌥`) — speak in one language, get clean, punctuated text in another
Why another dictation app? Wispr Flow and Superwhisper are great at dictation. Jarq is built around the text actions — and translation is the core, not an add-on. If you write in a language that isn't your first one, this is for you.
Privacy: Jarq uses cloud AI models (like GPT and Whisper) to process your text and voice. Jarq itself doesn't keep your text on its servers, and your history stays on your Mac.
Pricing: free for 5 actions a day, forever. Pro is $4.99/mo, $39/yr or $200 one-time payment (lifetime), and everyone gets a 14-day Pro trial — no card, no account. Requires macOS 13+ on Apple Silicon.
I'd love your feedback: which text action would you want on a hotkey next? I'll be here all day answering every comment 🙌
select-and-hotkey beats the chat-tab-and-copy-paste loop every time, that's the actual friction most "AI writing" tools never remove. curious about the dictation side though - when you speak in one language and it outputs clean text in another, does it wait for a pause to commit the translation or is it streaming/correcting as you talk? asking because that's usually where these tools either feel magic or feel laggy
About Jarq on Product Hunt
“Translate, shorten, fix or rewrite any text near your cursor”
Jarq launched on Product Hunt on October 5th, 2026 and earned 96 upvotes and 3 comments, placing #12 on the daily leaderboard. Translate, shorten, fix or rewrite any text right where your cursor is — in any app on Mac. Dictate there too. No tabs, no copy-paste. Select text, hit a hotkey, and it's replaced in place. Or press ⌥` and speak in one language, get clean text in another. 13 languages. Privacy: Jarq uses cloud AI models to process your text and voice. Jarq itself doesn't keep your text on its servers, and your history stays on your Mac. Free: 5 actions a day. Pro: $4.99/mo or $39/yr. 14-day Pro trial, no card.
Jarq was featured in Mac (103.8k followers), Productivity (663.2k followers) and Writing (59.4k followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 192.5k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
Who hunted Jarq?
Jarq was hunted by Birzhan Abishev. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
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Birzhan Abishev
Hey Product Hunt 👋
I'm Birzhan, a designer and solo indie developer from Kazakhstan.
Jarq comes from the Kazakh word «жарқ» — a flash of light. That's the feeling I wanted: you select text, press a hotkey, and it's done. No switching to a chat tab, no copy-paste loop.
What it does, right at your cursor in any Mac app:
⚡ Translate a selection between any two of 13 languages
✂️ Shorten, fix or rewrite text in place
🎙️ Dictate (⌥`) — speak in one language, get clean, punctuated text in another
Why another dictation app? Wispr Flow and Superwhisper are great at dictation. Jarq is built around the text actions — and translation is the core, not an add-on. If you write in a language that isn't your first one, this is for you.
Privacy: Jarq uses cloud AI models (like GPT and Whisper) to process your text and voice. Jarq itself doesn't keep your text on its servers, and your history stays on your Mac.
Pricing: free for 5 actions a day, forever. Pro is $4.99/mo, $39/yr or $200 one-time payment (lifetime), and everyone gets a 14-day Pro trial — no card, no account. Requires macOS 13+ on Apple Silicon.
I'd love your feedback: which text action would you want on a hotkey next? I'll be here all day answering every comment 🙌