Your voice never leaves your Mac
Most voice assistants record everything you say and send it to the cloud. Yaps is different. All speech processing happens on your Mac — no cloud, no data transmission, no accounts required for core features. Your voice data belongs to you.
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How your voice stays private
A visual walkthrough of how Yaps processes speech without any cloud involvement.
Cloud dictation vs Yaps
See the difference. Cloud tools send your voice through third-party servers. Yaps processes everything on your Mac.
Voice data is uniquely sensitive
Yaps keeps it on your device
Privacy by architecture, not policy
There's a difference between 'we promise not to look' and 'we can't look.' Yaps is built on the latter.
On-Device ML Models
Speech recognition models run directly on your Mac's hardware. Audio is processed in memory, transcribed to text, and the audio buffer is immediately discarded. Nothing is saved, nothing is sent.
No Cloud Infrastructure
There are no Yaps servers processing your voice. No API calls, no audio uploads, no cloud fallback. The application is entirely self-contained on your Mac.
No Account Required
Core features work without any account or sign-in. No email, no profile, no tracking. You can use Yaps without telling us who you are.
No Telemetry on Voice Data
Yaps doesn't collect analytics on what you say, how you say it, or when you use dictation. Your usage patterns are your business, not ours.
Local History, Local Storage
Your dictation history and voice notes are stored locally on your Mac. They're accessible only to you, protected by your macOS file permissions and encryption.
No Voiceprint Collection
Yaps never creates, stores, or transmits a voiceprint. Your biometric voice data is never used for identification, training, or any other purpose.
Who needs private voice tools?
If your work involves sensitive information, privacy isn't optional.
Healthcare
Patient notes, diagnoses, and medical records are protected by HIPAA. Dictating them through a cloud service creates unnecessary compliance risk. Yaps keeps everything local.
Legal Professionals
Attorney-client privilege extends to your tools. Case notes, depositions, and client communications dictated through Yaps never leave your device.
Financial Services
Client financial data, trade notes, and compliance documentation deserve the same protection as your vault. Local processing means no third-party data exposure.
Government and Defense
Classified and sensitive government work requires air-gapped tools. Yaps works offline with zero network dependencies — ideal for secure environments.
Journalists
Source protection is critical. Dictated notes about sources, whistleblowers, and sensitive stories stay on your Mac — no cloud trail, no subpoena surface.
Privacy-Conscious Individuals
You shouldn't need a professional reason to want privacy. If you simply don't want your voice recorded and sent to a server, Yaps respects that.
Hear from people like you.
“I'm a therapist, and I dictate session notes after every appointment. The idea of that audio going to some cloud server was always uncomfortable. With Yaps, I know for certain that nothing leaves my laptop. It's exactly the kind of tool healthcare needs.”
Dr. Rachel Torres
Clinical Psychologist
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Requires macOS 13.0+ (Apple Silicon recommended)