Quext

Look up, check and translate text in any app

Select a word or a paragraph and press ⌘⇧E. Quext explains it in your language, fixes your grammar or translates it, then puts the result back where it was.

Download for Mac

Version 1.0macOS 15.6 or later

Quext explains the idiom “take for granted” in Russian, with two example sentences and their translations.

Quext corrects the email: “I agree that we need to move the launch to next week”, with the fixes highlighted.

Quext offers English options for the Russian word “уснуть”: fall asleep, drop off, nod off and pass out, each with a usage note.

Quext translates a Russian chat message into English and Spanish.

Four modes in one small window

Quext lives in the menu bar and opens over whatever you are working in. One key switches the mode, another flips the language.

Works in any app

Mail, Slack, Notes, a browser tab. Select text and press ⌘⇧E, or copy it first. You can change the shortcut in Settings.

Look up

A foreign word or idiom gets its meanings in your language, each with an example sentence and its translation.

Check

Fixes grammar and wording in the language you wrote in. Choose Natural, Casual or Pro, then press Return to replace your text.

Dictionary

Stuck on a word mid-sentence? Type it in your own language and pick from the ways to say it, with notes on tone and usage.

Translate

Your text in one or two foreign languages at once. Return pastes the translation over the original, ⌘C copies it.

Your languages

Pick your own language and up to two foreign ones from 26. Quext sees which one you selected and opens the right mode.

Your text is sent to OpenAI for the answer and is never stored by Quext.

Got an invite code?

Download Quext, enter your code and pick your languages. That’s the whole setup.

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