Hinglish voice typing on Mac.

What it does

A lot of us don't talk in one language at a time. A message to a friend or a teammate often mixes both. Most dictation tools expect one language, so the Hindi words come out wrong, or the tool tries to turn them into English words.

With Hinglish mode, you hold fn and talk the way you normally do. Lipik types the whole sentence in Roman letters, the way people write Hinglish in chats. It works in any app where you can type: a chat app, your email, a document or a code editor.

You say

"Hi, aaj ka din kaisa raha?"

Lipik types

Hi, aaj ka din kaisa raha?

How it works

Lipik's own speech model is built for English. For Hinglish, Lipik also uses Apple's dictation, which runs on your Mac in macOS 26 and later. With the English (India) language, Apple's dictation writes Hindi words in Roman letters.

When you speak, both run at the same time on your Mac. If what you said reads as English, Lipik keeps its own text, so English dictation is as fast as before. If it hears Hindi words, it uses Apple's text instead.

Words you add to your Dictionary, such as names, are passed to Apple's dictation too, so they are more likely to come out right.

How to turn it on

Hinglish mode is on by default on macOS 26 and later. To check it, or to turn it back on:

1. Open Lipik's Settings and go to Dictation.
2. Under Speech to text, set Speech engine to Auto (Hinglish mode).
3. Check that Apple dictation language is English (India). If Lipik says Apple's speech files aren't on this Mac yet, click Download. This needs the internet once.
4. Keep an English-only speech model, such as the default Parakeet model. With a model for many languages, Lipik uses that model on its own.

What beta means

Hinglish mode works, but it makes more mistakes than English dictation. A few limits for now:

• It needs macOS 26 or later. On older versions, Lipik uses its English model only.
• Meeting notes use Lipik's own model, so Hinglish mode doesn't apply to them yet.
• It writes Roman letters only.

If something comes out wrong, you can report it on GitHub.