Building Saynix — speak your language, sound local in any app
Hey IH —
I’m building Saynix, a small Windows app for people who talk to overseas customers / partners every day.
The annoying loop I kept seeing (and living): think in your own language → type → paste into Google Translate / DeepL → fix the weird tone → paste back into Shopee / Amazon / WhatsApp / email. Correct enough… but it still sounds like a robot wrote it. And it’s slow.
Saynix is my attempt to shorten that: you speak, it figures out what you meant, rewrites for the other person’s market/channel, and drops the text into the field you’re already in. You still glance before you send — it doesn’t auto-send.
It’s free to start on Windows. macOS is invite-only for now.
I’m early. Honest unknowns:
who’s the easiest first user — ecommerce CS, sales, freelancers…?
which geo actually cares enough to pay?
If you’ve ever lost a deal (or just lost patience) because a reply felt “translated,” I’d love a roast of the positioning — or a “this is useless because ___.”
Product: https://www.indiehackers.com/product/saynix
Site: https://saynixai.com
Thanks.
I'm curious what convinced you sounding local is the moment people are willing to pay rather than simply getting an accurate translation faster.
From the conversations you've had, did users describe the biggest pain as language accuracy, or as losing trust because their messages never quite sounded native to the person receiving them?
Great question. I think accurate translation is the baseline — users obviously don't want wrong translations. But we're seeing that the bigger pain for cross-border teams is often the gap between "correct" and "natural."
A message can be grammatically correct but still feel like it was written by a machine. For customer-facing conversations, especially in markets like Japan, that small difference can affect trust and how professional the business feels.
So we don't see localization as replacing translation accuracy, but as the next layer on top of it: helping teams communicate in a way that feels native while keeping the speed of AI.
Appreciate the context.
Would be interesting to continue the conversation as you learn how users respond to that distinction.
What's the best email to reach you on?
Thanks! I'd love to keep the conversation going.
We're still early in validating this, and that's exactly the question we're trying to answer: whether the gap between "understandable" and "native-sounding" is painful enough for teams to pay for.
I'd also love to hear your thoughts based on your experience and how you think about this problem.
Feel free to DM me — would be great to continue the conversation.
Thanks again!
Appreciate it, Stella.
Happy to continue the conversation. I don't think IH has a DM feature though.
What's the best email to reach you on?
Thanks again!
I’d love to continue the conversation. It looks like my account is still quite new, so the platform is currently restricting me from sharing links or contact information here.
If you’re comfortable, feel free to share your email address, and I’ll reach out directly.
Looking forward to exchanging thoughts!
No problem, Stella.
You can reach me at hello@beryxa.com.
Looking forward to continuing the conversation there.
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