A macOS screen translator that overlays translations directly on original text using an AR-style viewfinder. Works with any app — browsers, PDFs, YouTube, Discord. Powered by Apple's on-device translation engine. No internet needed, no data leaves your Mac. $4.99, one-time purchase.
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I'm Samuel, a solo developer from South Korea.
I built ViewLingo because I got tired of the copy-paste-switch workflow when reading Japanese and English content on my Mac.
I wanted translations to just appear on top of the original text — like subtitles for your entire screen.
How it works: press a shortcut, drag a viewfinder over any text, and translations overlay right there. Works with browsers, PDFs, YouTube subtitles, Discord — anything on your screen.
A few things worth mentioning:
- Built entirely with vibe coding as a side project
- 100% on-device using Apple's translation engine (nothing leaves your Mac)
- Supports vertical Japanese/Chinese text
- $4.99 one-time — no subscriptions, no free trial either (being honest here)
This is not a VC-backed product or a full-time venture.
I'm genuinely curious whether something I built this way can provide real value to people.
If you work with foreign-language content on your Mac, I'd love to hear what you think — what works, what doesn't, and what would make it more useful for you.