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RoxyRoxyRoxy

Maybe this is just me but I feel like the icons for Standard and Best mode should be swapped (or have it clarified which is which):

To me a rocket implies something very fast (like the Standard translation), and double checkmarks implies something correct and checked over (like the Best translation). Might be too late to switch if people have gotten used to it, but it genuinely took me a minute to figure out which was which, and I'm reading through this thread 🙂

Philippe_Choquette

RoxyRoxyRoxy I agree that it's too ambiguous; the rocket 🚀 icon especially because it can also be used to signify "fast". As for the check mark ☑️ icon of the regular mode, I think it's okay.

Some other icon ideas that could be considered:
Regular: lightning bolt ⚡ / stopwatch ⏱️
Best: star ⭐ / gem 💎 / trophee 🏆 / crown 👑 / medal 🏅
(or if you want to discourage users from always selecting it, some icon to signify that it's slower, like a low speed gauge / turtle 🐢 / slug 🐌)

Giorgio

Hey everyone, I'm back from our Japan trip 🗾. Meeting some of you at the Kagi meetup was fantastic, and I promise a mobile app is coming soon 😅. For those who couldn't make it, see you at the next one!

klockowaty Thanks for the video proof of concept; I'll investigate it now.
Philippe_Choquette Hey, this is expected. Alternatives and word insights (among other features) are only available to Kagi subscribers. Some of these paid-only features eventually become available to the anonymous/free plan, but I don't have a timeline to share about this. Providing alternatives/insights incurs extra costs for us, so it's a balancing act that we're trying to manage.
batuhan it's something we are working on, so in the near future.
RoxyRoxyRoxy Philippe_Choquette We took care of this, thanks to both!
Gaeilgeoir Bit creepy indeed, noted your suggestion - we'll see what to do here.
JR Yep, I'm adding them to the list now. You can also type in any language you want in the output language selector, which is useful for more exotic use cases.

Gaeilgeoir

This is not really a bug, but a side effect of the TTS being AI generated.

After some (very fun) messing around with the translate function, I had gotten a kind of hilarious TTS output for one of the alternatives.

I linked to the mp3 of it here, but essentially, it laughs before saying it, which is kinda creepy but also incredibly funny.

https://wormhole.app/qzmpl1#ffKIiIsgZ2VZQ9iWaUe42Q

I don't know if this is intended, but if the team plans to patch this, could they consider exposing fun TSS outputs as an additional "fun stuff" option?

JR

Are there any plans to support translating to different English varieties? As a user of Australian English, it is annoying to have to double-check any output for Oxford spelling, and usage of words that just aren't used in Australia, like trunk vs car boot.

Luis

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Kagi Translate

Fast/Best quality toggle: select quick processing or maximum accuracy
Add english language varieties to list of supported languages JR
. Automatically switch to/from language, when typing text from "to" language in the input field TomA
Swiss german/high german bobobo1618
Import translation history tauon
Separate setting to specify dictionary language Kurotsuchi
Voice selection for TTS frin
Support RTL languages in text fields kaguru
Clear dictionary definition after changing source language pim
Show voice gender in dropdown frin
Preload essential images Thibaultmol

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Giorgio

Small update:

olikami This is fixed 🙂
TomA Thanks for the feedback, added this!
Philippe_Choquette Tooltips should now display correctly on mobile when tapped. Thank you!
JR The English varieties are now available 🙂
bobobo1618 Swiss German and High German have been added as well. Please let us know if they don't function as expected. Your explanation was very helpful in implementing this.
tauon You can now import translation history.
Kurotsuchi There's a new setting to select a different dictionary language, which defaults to your interface language. (you have already noticed 🙂)
frin Multiple voices are now available in the dropdown for TTS.

Kurotsuchi Sure, will come soon. Also - we indeed switched some things around in the definition generation pipeline, glad to hear that it's improved.

Philippe_Choquette

Giorgio Hey, this is expected. Alternatives and word insights (among other features) are only available to Kagi subscribers.

Thanks for clarifying!

It's something I raised up before but you could consider making it more apparent to free users that it's a feature that exists, to see what they're missing out. I saw that you did implement that for some of the features by greying out their icons (thank you!), but I noticed that only the voice dictation icon has a tooltip text to indicate that it's restricted to the paid plan.

Gaeilgeoir

Giorgio `

Giorgio Gaeilgeoir Bit creepy indeed, noted your suggestion - we'll see what to do here.

Thanks`

Giorgio

Philippe_Choquette For logged out/unsubscribed users - things should appear like this:

Do they not on your side?

Philippe_Choquette

Giorgio Just tried with a random text on Opera and Chrome on Android, and it doesn't appear.

Screenshots below are from Opera, but it's the same on Chrome. It doesn't appear when forcing the page to display in desktop mode either. Tested in new incognito/private sessions to make sure it has no preexisting cache/cookies. (I can't test on a PC currently)

Is it because the alternate translations only work when it believes there could be significantly different versions of the translation? Or between specific languages?

Giorgio

Philippe_Choquette Maybe I am misunderstanding 😅 - alternatives don't appear because you are logged out.
The icon for it is disabled in your screenshot as expected - and should have the tooltip. Are you talking about something else?

Philippe_Choquette

Giorgio Apologies, I didn't realize that this button was the one for alternate translations. However, what I said previously still applies: the only working tooltip (on mobile) is the one for dictation in the input box. Nothing happens (no tooltip) if I tap or hold any of the other greyed out buttons like the one for alternate translations.

TomA

My absolute favourite feature which keeps bringing me back to deepl.com is the automatic detection and switching between input and output langauges.

Say for example, I paste German in deepl.com, I will automatically get English out.

If I type English in, then it will recognise I likely want German out, so it will automatically switch.

Having this switching feature is CRITICAL to shift me away from Deepl.

olikami

Proofreading for me currently fails in German:

sen.

Giorgio

olikami can reproduce, will fix it quickly 🙂

Kurotsuchi

@Giorgio Thanks for implementing my suggestion! Just noticed it!

Incidentally, have you made any changes to the definitions? It might just be my impression, but it seems to me that their quality in non-English languages has improved. Perhaps this is because the definitions are being translated from the source language? (Just a guess.)

Aside from that, I have one more suggestion that I believe would be useful, though not essential:

Within the definitions themselves, indicate the part of speech to which each specific meaning belongs, since the same word can sometimes function as both a noun and an adverb, for example.

Giorgio

IvanCherepanov Hey, we fixed it quickly but apologies for any disruption.
Kurotsuchi Hey, there are indeed plans to have a separate way to check definitions 🙂 . It's worth noting that if you only care about definitions, then you can use standard mode, as the process behind generating the definition is currently the same for best/standard. Also - your earlier suggestion here Kurotsuchi is done and has been done for a few days - but forgot to update you here 😅 . Simply hover on a specific meaning to see which part of speech it could apply to.

nichu42

The pace at which you improve this already fantastic tool is astounding. Thank you so much, @Giorgio. I can't wait to have this as a smartphone (and hopefully also desktop) app. Maybe even a Thunderbird plugin? (Don't wake me up while I'm dreaming.)

Giorgio

nichu42 Thanks for the kind words, if we were able to get to this point - it is also thanks to the constant stream of feedback & suggestions we receive. So thank you all!
If a Thunderbird plugin is something people request, we'll consider building it. Feel free to open a separate thread so people can upvote that specific request.

kaguru The answer is now, just added support for them. Thanks 🙂

kaguru

When will text fields support RTL languages?

kaguru

Giorgio Thanks a lot, that was very quick 😊

kaguru

Giorgio Hello, was the support for RTL text field support was revered? It is displayed correctly in the input field, but not in the output field (Translation output)

Input

output

lindkold

The 'Clear' button is misplaced.

It's better positioned in the input field that you want to clear and where your cursor is likely to be. Not above the field. This is one thing that google translate gets right.

Giorgio

lindkold Will move it soon 👍️ , thanks!
Didek Agreed, we'll try expanding support 🙂
pim Thanks, this is going to be fixed also soon.
nichu42 We could do it, but we really really don't want to save your translation history on our side. Will see if we can build something that is strictly opt-in - in the meantime as a workaround you can export -> import.

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