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AI Polyglot helps you translate text privately using local LLMs on your device. Works for WhatsApp Web. Offline translation incl.
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The best privacy focused translation tool for chats on WhatsApp Web. No more copy-pasting between translator apps.
AI Polyglot supports Cloud & Local translation modes:
- Cloud AI (Recommended) uses Athropic's Claude AI for translation.
- Local AI: Your chats remain private, all translations are done by AI running inside your browser.
- Uses in-browser WebGPU technology (if supported by your hardware):
- WebMLC - https://github.com/mlc-ai/web-llm
- **Choose from many supported local models.**
- The initial load will download the AI model, be patient.
- Local performance is limited by your PC hardware.
Usage Instructions: (See the YouTube video for a live demo)
- Create an account: https://ai-polyglot.com
- Go to WhatsApp Web: https://web.whatsapp.com
- Open the "AI Polyglot" side-panel by clicking on the extension icon.
- Setup Screen:
- Preferred language, e.g. English
- Translation Mode (Cloud or Local)
- Authenticate extension on https://ai-polyglot.com/dashboard
Experiencing any issues?
- Refresh Whatsapp page
- Collapse and reopen side-panel
- Try switching to another chat and back within Whatsapp, or
- Sign-out of the side-panel and sign back in.
- Reach out to [email protected] for assistance.
This extension is independently developed and is not affiliated with WhatsApp or Meta
Change List:
- Stability improvements
- Fixed Side Panel message ordering
- Context menu to translate specific messages
- Fixed text input field - now supports multi-line input.
- Added support to choose from a range of local models for translation.
- If chat language and your language is available, AI will act as a writing assistant to rewrite your text in a particular style. E.g. Formal, Casual, Corporate, etc.
- Fixed bug where reply fails if "Reply Style" is not found for chat language.