Dictate your dissertation. Finish faster.
The average dissertation is 80,000+ words. At 40 WPM typing speed, that's 33 hours of raw keystroke time — and that's before revisions. Yaps lets you dictate at 150+ WPM, entirely on-device, so you can write your thesis, papers, and grant proposals at the speed of thought.
Words in the average dissertation
Faster than typing
On-device processing
Data sent to the cloud
Dictate your thesis
Speak your arguments at 150+ WPM. Technical terms, proper nouns, and academic vocabulary handled with accuracy.
Academic writing is painfully slow
Dictation unlocks your thinking
Tools for serious writing
Built for the kind of sustained, high-volume writing that academic work demands.
Break Through Writer's Block
You can always talk about your research, even when you can't type it. Dictation turns your verbal thinking into text — speak through your argument, and refine the prose later. First drafts become effortless.
150+ WPM Capture Speed
Academic writing is idea-dense. At 150+ words per minute, Yaps keeps up with your thinking so you don't lose complex arguments mid-sentence. Dictate a 5,000-word chapter draft in about 30 minutes.
Research-Grade Privacy
Unpublished findings, participant data, IRB-sensitive material — none of it should touch a cloud server. Yaps processes all speech on your Mac. No audio uploaded, no transcripts stored remotely, no exceptions.
Studio Editor for Audio
Use Yaps Studio to generate audio from your written text. Paste a chapter, pick a voice, and listen to it read back with natural TTS. Hearing your prose aloud reveals awkward phrasing and structural issues that silent reading misses.
Searchable Voice Notes
Capture research ideas, methodology notes, and literature review thoughts as voice notes. Every recording is transcribed and fully searchable — find that insight from last Tuesday in seconds.
English Dictation
Yaps currently supports English for speech-to-text dictation, optimized for academic vocabulary, technical terms, and proper nouns. All processing happens on-device with no cloud dependency.
For every stage of the academic journey
Whether you're drafting a thesis or writing a grant, dictation accelerates your work.
PhD Students
Your dissertation is the longest thing you'll ever write. Dictation makes it manageable — speak your first drafts, revise on screen, and finish months earlier than your cohort.
I dictated 60,000 words of my dissertation in six weeks. It would have taken six months typing.
”Research Scientists
Lab reports, methodology sections, literature reviews — the writing never stops. Dictate your findings while they're fresh and keep your research moving forward.
Grant Writers
Grant proposals demand persuasive, detailed writing under tight deadlines. Dictation lets you draft proposals faster and spend more time on the substance of your argument.
Professors and Lecturers
Publish or perish. Dictation helps you write journal articles, book chapters, and conference papers alongside your teaching load — without sacrificing evenings and weekends.
Master's Students
Your thesis is likely 15,000-30,000 words alongside coursework and a job. Dictation means you can draft sections during commutes, walks, or between classes.
Anyone Facing a Deadline
Conference submission in three days? Journal revision due next week? Dictation compresses your writing timeline dramatically when every hour counts.
Hear from people like you.
“I was stuck on chapter three of my dissertation for two months. A colleague suggested I try dictating instead of typing. I downloaded Yaps, started speaking my arguments out loud, and wrote 4,000 words in a single afternoon. The privacy aspect was critical too — my research involves confidential participant data that I can't send to any cloud service.”
Amara Osei
PhD Candidate, Sociology
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Requires macOS 13.0+ (Apple Silicon recommended)