Hold a key over any word on your Mac and see its translation instantly. Works in subtitles, websites, PDFs, photos and chats, in 50+ languages. Pay $12 once, with no subscription.
Copy → open translator → paste → switch back. For every. single. word. 😩
Hey Product Hunt 👋 I'm Dasun, and I built Tipword to kill that loop.
Hold a key over any word, and the translation pops up right there. Works in subtitles, PDFs, websites, anywhere on your Mac.
✅ On-device and private with Apple Translation
✅ 50+ languages (add your own Google key for the extra ones)
✅ $12 once. No subscription. 14-day refund.
🎁 What's the one language you'd use it for? Tell me below 👇
@dasundev The one time payment insteaed of subscription is a nice touch for a utility like this , but still their is thought in my mind that how it handles context though, does it translate the word in isolation or account for the sentence around it ?
About Tipword on Product Hunt
“Hold a key to translate any word on your Mac”
Tipword launched on Product Hunt on September 29th, 2026 and earned 74 upvotes and 3 comments, placing #31 on the daily leaderboard. Hold a key over any word on your Mac and see its translation instantly. Works in subtitles, websites, PDFs, photos and chats, in 50+ languages. Pay $12 once, with no subscription.
Tipword was featured in Mac (103.7k followers), Productivity (661.9k followers) and Languages (14.5k followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 179.7k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
Who hunted Tipword?
Tipword was hunted by Dasun Tharanga. 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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