Yappng ; A much, much much cheaper alternative to Wispr Flow

Pay once. No subscription. No cloud.

Stop typing.

Start yapping.

Hold Right ⌘, say what you mean, let go. Your words show up wherever your cursor is: email, Slack, docs, code, ChatGPT. All of it happens on your own computer, even with the Wi-Fi off.

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$19, yours forever

Mac & Windows · 15 free transcriptions a day, no account. Other versions

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The math Your mouth is about 3× faster than your fingers.

Most people type around 40 words a minute and speak around 150. Yappng gets you that difference back in every app you use.

Typical averages. Your speed may vary, especially after coffee.

There's no window to open and no "start dictation" button. You hold one key from any app.

Hold Right ⌘ anywhere. A small pill pops up and starts listening. You can pick any shortcut you like, or switch to press-once-to-start.

Talk at your normal pace. Ramble a bit. If music is playing, Yappng pauses it while you talk and starts it again when you stop.

Release the key and your words land at the cursor with capitals and punctuation, just as if you'd typed them yourself.

Most dictation apps send your audio to a server to transcribe it. Yappng runs the speech model on your own Mac or PC, so your audio and your words never leave it.

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The details Small app, lots of thought.

It sits quietly in your menu bar or tray until you hold the key.

Fast on your hardware

Uses the graphics chip in Apple Silicon Macs and in Windows PCs with NVIDIA, AMD or Intel graphics. Older machines get lighter models that keep up.

Types into anything

If you can put a cursor there, Yappng can type there. It types the text in, or pastes it in one go and puts your clipboard back the way it was.

Pauses your music

Spotify or a YouTube video pauses while you talk and picks up again when you're done. AirPods included.

Keep talking

You can start the next thought before the last one has finished typing. Clips are queued, so nothing gets lost.

Changed your mind? Esc

Press Escape while you're talking and the clip is thrown away. Nothing gets typed. Background noise doesn't get typed either.

Set it and forget it

It starts when you log in, picks the right speech model for your computer, and updates itself.

Most dictation apps are a subscription that sends your voice to someone else's server.

Two years of a $12/month dictation subscription costs $288. Yappng is $19, once.

No subscriptions and no renewals. Licenses count devices, not people, so share yours with whoever you like.

15 transcriptions a day

1 device

Every speech model

Audio and text stay on your computer

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Forever 5

Five devices. Keep them all or hand some out.

Unlimited transcriptions

Up to 5 devices, Mac or Windows

Every speech model

All 1.x updates

Buy once, $19

Forever 10

Ten devices for your family, friends or team

Unlimited transcriptions

Up to 10 devices, Mac or Windows

Every speech model

Every future version, 2.0 and beyond

Your feature requests go first

Priority email support

Buy once, $29

$1.58/mo

That's what Forever 5 works out to if you only use it for one year. Use it for five years and it's about 32¢ a month.

Yappng runs open-source speech models, such as OpenAI's Whisper, right on your computer. The first time you open it, it downloads a model that suits your computer, once. After that it never needs the internet to transcribe. Your audio and text never leave your device. The free version sends a small anonymous usage note per transcription; see the privacy page.

Basically all of them: email, Slack, Google Docs, Word, VS Code, Terminal, browser forms, ChatGPT and so on. If you can type somewhere, Yappng can type there.

Macs with Apple Silicon or Intel chips on macOS 13 or later, and PCs on Windows 10 (version 2004 or later) or Windows 11, ARM laptops included. It uses the graphics chip on Apple Silicon and on Windows PCs with NVIDIA, AMD or Intel graphics. On other machines it runs on the processor, with lighter models so it stays quick.

Yes. Windows shows that message for apps from new, independent developers that haven't built up a reputation with Microsoft yet. Click More info, then Run anyway. The Mac version is signed and notarized by Apple.

Today Yappng uses OpenAI's Whisper large models, which are among the most accurate speech models you can run on your own computer, and we may add other models as better ones come out. The Balanced and Most Accurate models understand dozens of languages and work out which one you're speaking. The Fast model is English only.

Yes. There's no trial that runs out and no credit card. You get 15 transcriptions a day on one device for as long as you want. Upgrade only if you want unlimited use or more devices.

Yappng licenses count devices, not people. One key works on 5 computers with Forever 5 and on 10 with Forever 10, and it doesn't matter whose they are. Put it on your laptop and desktop, or give it to your partner, your kids, a friend or a coworker. It's up to you.

There isn't one. Forever 5 covers every Yappng 1.x release. If there's a big 2.0 one day, it'll be a separate optional upgrade, and the version you bought keeps working forever. Forever 10 covers every future version, 2.0 and beyond, at no extra cost.

It's free to try and $19 to own forever. No subscription.