Yappa - Private Speech to Text for Mac

Yappa

Private. Local. On-device.

Lightning fast speech to text for Mac. Local AI. 100% private.

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macOS 14+, Apple Silicon

Write faster in the apps you already use

Typing vs yapping

Scroll. Watch voice win.

Typing

~50 wpm

Yapping

~220 wpm

Refine as you speak

Rambling in. Clean writing out.

um so like can you uh check in with them and see if the notes from yesterday's meeting are ready, i think, anyway, and maybe also ask if we still uh need to send that follow up email thing to the client later, you know, whenever works for you, um so like can you uh check in with them and see if the notes from yesterday's meeting are ready, i think, anyway, and maybe also ask if we still uh need to send that follow up email thing to the client later, you know, whenever works for you,

Can you check in about whether yesterday's meeting notes are ready, and also ask if we still need to send the follow-up email to the client later? Can you check in about whether yesterday's meeting notes are ready, and also ask if we still need to send the follow-up email to the client later?

Why Yappa

Everything you need to write at the speed of thought.

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Clean text, automatically

Speak naturally. Get polished text.

Yappa handles punctuation, capitalization, and formatting for you, and quietly removes the ums and false starts. Rambled thoughts come out as clear, finished writing.

Automatic punctuation
Filler words removed
Ready to send, not edit

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Refine

Edit by voice with Option Space.

Highlight a rough draft, press Option Space, and tell Yappa how to improve it. Rewrite, shorten, change the tone, or fix a spoken draft when nothing is selected.

Rewrite selected text
Shorten or expand
Fix tone instantly

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Local AI

Truly private. Runs on your Mac.

Parakeet V2 transcribes locally with no internet required. There is no telemetry and no tracking, and cloud models only ever run when you add your own API key.

On-device by default
No analytics, ever
Cloud only with your key

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Your words, your way

A writing system that learns you.

Add names and product terms to your Word Bank, auto-swap shorthand with Replacements, and drop in reusable templates with @snippets. Yappa keeps your vocabulary consistent.

Word Bank for custom terms
Replacements for shorthand
@snippets for templates

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Works everywhere

Dictate into any app on Mac.

Hold your shortcut, speak, and release. Your words appear right where the cursor is, in your editor, your email, your messages, your terminal, or anywhere else you work.

One shortcut, every app
Drops text at your cursor
Compact, expanded, or hidden island

See your impact

Watch the words add up.

Yappa tracks every minute saved, word dictated, and keystroke skipped, so you can see exactly how much faster your voice really is.

Yappa dashboard showing time saved, words processed, and keystrokes saved

Coming soon

Yappa for Windows

Join the waitlist for early beta access and launch updates.

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FAQ

Questions, answered.

No. Yappa transcribes on-device with local models by default. There is no telemetry and no tracking. Cloud providers only run if you choose one and add your own API key.

Yes. The recommended local model (Parakeet V2) runs entirely on your Mac, so dictation keeps working without an internet connection.

Yappa runs on macOS 14 and later on Apple Silicon. Grant Microphone and Accessibility access on first launch so it can listen and paste text.

No. Yappa is a one-time purchase with lifetime access and lifetime updates. Licenses start at $19 for a single Mac and scale up for multiple devices and small teams.

Anywhere your cursor works: editors, email, chat apps, browsers, and the terminal. Yappa pastes finished text right into the active app.

Stop typing. Start yapping.

Turn your voice into clean text in any Mac app.