Inklet-style global input polish companion

One shortcut to turn rough thoughts into natural English in any input box

Problem

Non-native English speakers at global companies think in their native language but must type English in Slack, email and docs, re-reading messages without knowing how to fix awkward phrasing. Generic AI tools like Raycast have cramped input boxes, awkward prompt editing, and force window-switching and copy-pasting that breaks the workflow.

Solution

A lightweight Mac menu-bar app invoked by a global hotkey in any input field: feed it Chinese or rough English, get natural English, press enter and it fills back into the original box. Runs local models offline on Apple Silicon or cloud models like DeepSeek/Claude/OpenAI, with built-in presets for polish, rewrite and tone.

Users

Non-native English employees at multinational or cross-border teams, engineers and PMs who write English daily

MVP

Global hotkey with floating input box; Chinese/rough English to natural English filled back; 3-5 prompt presets (polish, formal, concise); local model plus optional cloud API; open source and self-distributable

Revenue

Open-source core free; Pro one-time purchase or annual subscription for team glossaries, tone template sync and cloud model credits

Why now

Local small models on Apple Silicon now produce usable English offline, and cheap cloud APIs let a solo dev ship a vertical tool with far better UX than generic AI chat clients