How sen-say works

Four pillars: a keyboard that translates as you type, a coach that decodes cultural subtext, a thread auditor, and a scam screener.

Compose — the AI keyboard

JP↔EN dating: type in English, send natural Japanese

You match with someone on a dating app whose first language is Japanese. You can read kana but freezing every reply for ten minutes is killing the vibe.

  1. Switch to the sen-say keyboard. Tap the globe key in any text field. The sen-say keyboard appears like any other system keyboard.
  2. Type in English, set the target language. Pick Japanese as the target. Adjust the register slider — casual / friendly / formal. Pick the relationship hint (new match, friend, partner).
  3. Tap to translate, tap to send. sen-say drafts a natural Japanese reply that matches the register and your relationship hint. You can edit before sending; the keyboard remembers your edits to learn your voice.

Coach — the reply assistant

ESL professional in a US Slack: decode the terse "k."

A senior coworker on US Slack replies "k." to your three-paragraph status update. You speak fluent English but the cultural read isn't obvious — are they pissed, busy, or fine?

  1. Open sen-say and paste the thread. Drop in the last few messages. sen-say doesn't need names — strip them if you'd like.
  2. Read the cultural decode. The Coach explains the most likely read in the cultural context: in US tech-Slack, "k." from a senior is usually neutral acknowledgement, not anger. You see the spectrum, not just one verdict.
  3. Choose between three graded reply options. Each option is labeled by intent (clarify / push back / move on) and tone (warm / neutral / firm). Pick one, edit if you want, copy back to Slack.

Analyze — the thread audit

Expat texting in-laws in Spanish: the politeness drift

You've been texting your partner's mother in Spanish for two months. You think it's going well. You'd like a second opinion before her birthday.

  1. Drop the thread into Analyze. Export or paste the conversation. sen-say processes it without storing the content (Plus and Premium tiers).
  2. Get the cultural read. sen-say flags moments where formality drifted, where a politeness marker was missed, where momentum shifted. Green flags as well as red ones.
  3. See the suggested next move. A specific recommended message in Spanish, in the right register, calibrated to the trajectory of the thread.

Scam Shield — the scam screener

Romance scam, fake recruiter, phishing link: flagged before you reply.

Drop a suspicious thread or paste a link. Scam Shield names the pattern — pig-butchering, advance-fee, impostor, fake job — points at the specific tells, and tells you what not to send. Cross-cultural: a too-fast Telegram opener reads differently from a US LinkedIn cold pitch, and the scam profiles account for that.

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