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Yap ships open-source on-device macOS dictation
Yap is a free, open-source macOS dictation app by Frigade that converts speech to text across any application using native on-device speech APIs. Users can trigger a global hotkey to dictate and instantly paste text without downloading heavy AI models or sending audio to cloud servers.
// ANALYSIS
Yap proves that you don't need heavy Electron wrappers or massive local Whisper models to deliver instant, private system-wide dictation on macOS.
- –Leverages native macOS speech APIs for zero network transmission and total privacy.
- –Exceptionally lightweight footprint with a 4 MB bundle size and ~60 MB idle memory usage.
- –Global hotkey workflow seamlessly pastes transcribed text into any active text field across the operating system.
- –Fully free and open-source under the MIT license with a lean native Swift implementation.
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macosdictationsttopen-sourceswiftproductivityai
DISCOVERED
1h ago
2026-07-30
PUBLISHED
7h ago
2026-07-30
RELEVANCE
8/ 10
AUTHOR
Christian Mathiesen