Lightning fast speech to text for Mac. Local AI. 100% private.
macOS 14+, Apple Silicon
Helping people write faster, privately
~220
words per minute by voice
100%
on-device by default
$19
one-time, no subscription
Any app
works wherever you type
Why Yappa
Everything you need to write at the speed of thought.
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
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
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
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
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.
4x faster than typing
Voice beats the keyboard.
Keyboard
45 wpm
Yappa
~220 wpm
Lifetime access
Buy once. Yap forever.
Simple one-time licenses for solo Macs, multi-device setups, and small teams.
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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.