• Find and browse translation history more easily with full-text search across originals, translations and QR contents, plus improved keyboard navigation. • Fixed the 50-session limit when unlimited history is selected, and improved messages when history cannot be read, saved or deleted. • Added clearer feedback for failed or cancelled language-pack downloads, with a way to retry the affected language pair. • Fixed outdated results appearing after changing languages or text filters during Live translation. Colour and background changes now apply to translations already on screen.

• Read the original text and translation together in a separate window, or above or below your selected area. Choose your preferred display in Settings. • Fixed cases where Live translation kept showing an older translation after a new result was ready, including when text moved on screen. • Improved translation recovery when waking your Mac or returning to the app.

• A maintenance update. Translation, Live mode, settings and privacy work the same as in 2.5.3.

• Clearer menu bar guidance during setup, with more readable Settings and translation history screens. • Added a Russian interface. • Clearer language settings and language-pack download guidance. • Improved the app-language menu and translation preview layout. • Start your first translation more easily from Quick Start, including with the Return key. • Fixed settings clicks after opening the menu and refined review requests to avoid unnecessary follow-ups.

• Rock-steady Live: translations stay perfectly still while the screen doesn't change, and swap cleanly the moment it does. • Live is ready from the start: every viewfinder now shows the Live button. • Controls that never cover your text: Live, Retry and Close now sit just outside the viewfinder, with a clear red Live indicator. • Cleaner overlays: long translations keep their paragraph layout, and previous text is fully cleared on every update. • Tables, menus and label-and-value layouts are translated cell by cell. • Move freely between displays: Live stays perfectly aligned across screens with different resolutions. • Sharper Japanese and Korean recognition on macOS 27. • Malay text is now recognized and translated reliably. • Easier setup: step-by-step help for turning on Screen Recording, and the Quick Start guide opens right under the menu bar.

• Fewer brief translation pauses caused by temporary delays. • Progress indicators and overlays are now cleared when a translation fails. • The Quick Start guide stays on the correct display, including secondary and full-screen displays. • The shortcut test now tells you when secure input, such as a password field, is blocking shortcuts. • Fixed interface text in Settings, the menu bar and onboarding. • Improved recovery in rare cases where translation could stop after your Mac wakes from sleep.

• Find and add languages more easily with search in Settings. • Keep your preferred regional English translation language. • Improved Live translation cleanup when the original text changes. • Clearer translated text with improved outlines and less overlapping rendering. • Refined language setup guidance and reliability.

• Keep Close, Retry and Live controls available when a selected area contains no text. • Improved reliability when switching between Live translation, Retry and resizing. • Improved access to Settings, permission prompts and language-pack downloads while a translation window is open. • Improved setup progress restoration and language selection, including recovery after a cancelled download.

• Fixed an issue where removed text could remain visible during Live translation. • Organized target-language regional variants into submenus while keeping all supported choices. • Added a shortcut test and a way to reopen Quick Start without resetting settings. • Added a translation action to Quick Start and clearer Screen Recording permission guidance.

• Fixed Escape cancellation when selecting a screen region. • Improved recognition of small and vertical text in wide selections. • Fixed an issue where translated text could become unnecessarily small even when enough space was available. • Improved text contrast on translucent overlays, including smaller text. • Improved consistency when text changes during Live translation.

• Improved readability on dark screens and when the background changes during Live translation. • Fixed old translations remaining visible after text disappears from the screen. • Fixed automatically detected languages being translated repeatedly without keeping the result. • Improved paragraph wrapping and full-text access for longer translations. • Added optional original-text masking while preserving your transparency settings. • Reduced waiting when the translation service stops responding, with an automatic retry.

This update is about the viewfinder getting out of your way. Most of it comes straight from an App Store review — thank you. Viewfinder • Lock mode: lock the viewfinder from the menu bar and every click and drag passes through to the app underneath — scroll the page or use video controls while Live translation keeps running on top. Press Esc once to unlock, twice to close. • Resizing now only happens in a narrow band along the border. Previously up to a third of the viewfinder's area acted as a resize handle, which is why trying to move it so often resized it instead. • The viewfinder no longer sits over the menu bar, so your menu bar icons stay reachable. Languages • The language-pack download sheet no longer reappears for every language the text recognizer thinks it saw. It only asks about languages on your list, and it remembers when you decline. Setup • First-run setup no longer blocks until every language pack is installed — you can start with what you already have and download packs right inside the app. The welcome guidance also no longer disappears if the app restarts during setup. Live Mode • Fixed a case where a translation that had just finished was discarded instead of shown — one cause of missed subtitle updates on video. • Overlays now adapt to dark content: on dark video or dark-mode pages, the translation band renders dark with light text instead of a light band with black text.

This update focuses on speed and making language support easier to see. Languages • Language lists now show each language's name in your own language — "ไทย (Thai)" instead of just "ไทย" — so you can tell what you're choosing. • Fixed a caching issue that could make the app list fewer languages than your Mac actually supports. ViewLingo follows macOS, so it covers every language your Mac can translate — Russian, Turkish, Arabic and Ukrainian among them. • Language packs installed in System Settings are now detected as soon as you return to the app. • The source-language list now shows one row per language. It previously listed every regional variant separately — English alone filled nine rows — which looked nothing like the language list in System Settings. Choosing your target language is unchanged. • Japanese text is no longer mistaken for Traditional Chinese. Characters like 確 and 認 are everyday Japanese kanji, and treating them as Chinese meant some Japanese text was translated and then dropped from the overlay. Speed • Your first translation after launch is much faster. The translation model now warms up as the app starts, which on our measurements cut a first translation from several seconds to about one. • Results now appear as each part finishes instead of all at once at the end, so a text-heavy screen fills in progressively. • Live Mode is steadier on video content: less flicker, less heat, fewer redundant re-translations. Fixes • Added a fallback for missing language packs. macOS usually offers to download a missing language itself, but when it doesn't, a capture used to come back empty with no explanation — ViewLingo now says what's missing and offers to open the settings where you can download it. • Loading indicators no longer disappear while a large translation is still in progress. • Translation history no longer loses itself. A capture writes many entries at once, and concurrent writes could leave the history file unreadable, at which point it was reset. • The rating prompt no longer appears on top of the translation it's asking about — it waits until the next time you open the viewfinder.

[Quality Improvements] - Improved OCR line grouping so wrapped sentences are translated more naturally - Improved Live Mode overlay readability on varied backgrounds - Viewfinder windows stay visible above more app content during translation [Stability Improvements] - Added additional regression coverage for Live Mode readability and window behavior - Includes general stability improvements for this App Store release - Added Apple's Privacy Manifest (PrivacyInfo.xcprivacy) for full compliance with the latest privacy guidelines

### Version 2.1.0 [New Features] - Vertical text translation support — Automatically detects and translates vertical text used in Korean, Japanese, and Chinese - Additional shortcut key options — You can now choose shortcuts that work without the fn key in Settings [Speed and Quality Improvements] - Major improvement in translation display speed - Fixed an issue where text became excessively small when translations were longer than the original - Improved overlay ghosting artifacts - Fixed text clipping outside viewfinder corners [Live Mode Stability Improvements] - Fixed an issue where translated text was invisible on dark backgrounds - Fixed an issue where the overlay background was covered with opaque gray - Fixed an issue where empty text boxes were displayed

v2.0 Major Improvements: macOS Compatibility & Design Fixed crashes on the latest macOS • Resolved stability issues on macOS 26 for a seamless experience. Refined viewfinder design • Updated to match the latest macOS style with a cleaner, more transparent look. Stability Enhancements Improved Live Mode reliability • Fixed issues where Live Mode could freeze or restart during long sessions. Removed translation overlay ghosting • Eliminated lingering text artifacts for a clearer view. Performance Optimization Better memory efficiency • Runs faster and smoother with less system resource usage. Smarter translation efficiency • Reduced duplicate translation calls for quicker results. Update to ViewTrans 2.0 now and enjoy optimized stability and design on the latest macOS!

v1.2.0 Major Improvements: Enhanced App Stability • Fully resolved Live mode memory leaks • Optimized viewfinder initialization process • Overall app operation stabilization Performance Boost • Faster translation speed • Optimized overlay rendering • Improved system resource efficiency Experience faster and more reliable translation!

ViewLingo 1.1.0 - Stability Update Improvements based on user feedback: Performance - Faster translation response - Reduced memory usage - Better resource efficiency Japanese Recognition - Improved small text capture - Better video subtitle detection - Enhanced CJK character handling Stability Fixes - Fixed viewfinder freezing - Resolved memory leaks - Improved permission handling Usability - More reliable keyboard shortcuts - Better dark mode visibility - Cleaner multilingual interface Live Mode - Stabilized dynamic content translation - Better streaming site compatibility Thank you for your support!