Speak better English, just by talking.

Yap is dictation for your Mac that coaches you while you speak. Hold fn, talk in any app, and pick up the words you were missing.

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macOS 15 or later · Apple silicon

Dictating a launch update in TextEdit: Yap offers “intuitive” above the recording pill

You trail off mid-sentence. Yap hears the pause and offers the word.

How it works

One dictation, start to finish.

Hold fn in any app and talk. Yap stays quiet until it can help, then gets out of your way.

Words to practise above the recording pill, each with its Russian translation
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Hold fn, anywhere

In any app you can type in, or double-press for hands-free. The words you are practising show up first, translated.

The word “intuitive” offered above the recording pill
2

Stuck? Get the word

Pause on a word and Yap offers the one you were reaching for.

The Russian word “нормально” shown in English as “it is all right”
3

Say it your way

Only know it in your own language? Say it, and see it in English.

“show and hide” crossed out in favor of “toggle”
4

Say it sharper

Lean on a plain phrase and Yap offers the stronger word.

A red “Slow down, 261 wpm” warning above the recording pill
5

Keep a calm pace

Rushing? Yap asks you to slow down before anyone has to.

The word “unobtrusive” marked remembered, one of five reviews done
6

Practice that counts

Use a word you are learning and Yap marks it remembered.

You say

Let’s meet on Tuesday, no wait, Wednesday at 3 pm um, could you send the deck to Anna at gmail.com before then?

Yap types

Let’s meet on Wednesday at 3 pm. Could you send the deck to Anna@gmail.com before then?

A floating card with the dictated text and a Copy button
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Let go

Clean text lands at your cursor, minus the ums, repeats and second thoughts. No text field? It waits in a card, ready to copy.

Over time

A vocabulary that grows from your own words.

Yap learns how you talk and suggests what to learn next. Then every word comes back until it is yours.

Suggested words: too hard to work with → unwieldy, problem → snag, lagging → choppy

Suggested from what you said

Every thousand words, Yap finds the plain phrases you lean on and offers sharper ones. Tap + to start learning one.

Vocabulary list: each word with the phrases it replaces, when it is due and its reviews

Learned by using it

Say a word in any dictation and it counts. Five uses over about a month, and it is yours.

Progress

See yourself get better.

Your pace, your fillers, how much you have said and the time it saved, with a streak to keep you going.

Yap’s Insights: 87 words per minute, 76,403 words dictated, 2.2% fillers and a 13 day streak

Details

Made for every day.

The small things you notice on day two.

Dictionary of custom words like Parakeet, Claude, Supabase and monorepo, with how often each was said

Your words, spelled right

Add names and jargon once, and Yap gets them right every time.

  • Works in every app

    Mail, Slack, docs, anywhere you can type.

  • Every dictation kept

    Search your history, replay any recording.

  • Out of your way

    One small pill, top or bottom of the screen.

  • PronunciationSoon

    Feedback on how you sound.

  • NotetakerSoon

    Notes and next steps from your meetings.

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Download for macOS

macOS 15 or later · Apple silicon