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RubyEyes is a MacOS tool for intermediate Japanese learners, even for low intermediate learners, it can also help Japanese-speaking english learners by generating furigana (readings) and translation.

Download on the App Store

What is RubyEyes

RubyEyes is a MacOS tool for intermediate Japanese learners, even for low intermediate learners, it sits on the menubar accessible from any app, it providing OCR translation and furigana generation in Japanese, it helps Japanese learners to have more immersion with focused quick translation

Why RubyEyes

It can help you play those PC98 classic game you always wanted to play in Japanese on your computer, the iOS version can be useful to trans-learn games in gaming consoles and some books and texts, don't waste any opportunity to have more immersion.

What is RubyEyes

It helps you study and translate not only specific words but you can also run MacOS in Japanese and translate alerts configurations and menus and emails on demand to increase immersion.

How it works

Our app makes translation effortless?just launch, select your content, and customize the experience to fit your needs. Whether you're learning Japanese or navigating foreign text, each step is designed for speed, clarity, and control.

1. Open the app

Conveniently launch from the menu bar with left click

2. Dismiss

Left click again to dismiss

3. Release

Right click to release on the desktop

4. Translate

Position over the text to translate.

5. Settings

Right click over the menu icon to access settings and the configuration panel

6. Adjust

Adjust the size and color fonts and transparency.

7. Customize

Fine tune the size shape and zoom to have better control of the translation to not spoil your learning.

8. Works online and offline

Offline mode allows you to translate words and generate furigana without internet without contextual translation

9. Contextual Translation

For a more accurate contextual translation powered by Google a subscription is necessary but the app works offline

iOS version

Complement your learning with the upcoming iOS version. You can use the camera to perform live translations and take pictures of you text*, save the words you translate into custom groups to practice with a convenient random quiz that alternates the questions between Japanese-English English-Japanese for a more complete learning

Download on the App Store

Limitations
and supported languages

vertical Japanese text not yet supported due current tech limitation

it supports Chinese and Korean at a lesser accuracy and other languages with google translate

Contact Us

If you have any questions, suggestions, or feedback, please don't hesitate to reach out to us.

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