r/YapsAI

Over the last couple of weeks, we've been aggressively improving the desktop application for MacBook and more recently Windows.

Several key improvements:

• Dictation is now a lot faster than it's ever been.
• The cleanup functionality is a lot more robust, especially with more nuanced things, dates, corrections, file extensions, bible verses, percentages, etc.
• A lot of bugs specific to Windows have been fixed.
• Live preview mode has been improved and is working a lot more reliably, so you can see your dictations streamed
• It's better at handling when you begin a dictation from midway through a sentence.
• When you hover over the dictation pills now, you can click the X or the tick to cancel or submit your dictation.
• External link UX has improved.
• The Chrome extension for saving URLs and the markdown file that's generated now supports columns, so that it can better respect the layout of websites.
• Made the app less memory intensive.
• Added some fixes to syncing across devices.
• You can now opt out of file name updates when you migrate your obsidian markdown vault.
• And a leading space if you begin a dictation at a full stop.
• Support invisible mode, which hides all Yaps windows from screenshots and screen recording.
• And many more!

Feel free to give it a try and let us know what you think!

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Dictated with Yaps AI

Hey everyone, I'm u/rich_awo, a founding moderator of r/YapsAI.

This is our new home for everything Yaps - the voice layer for your Mac and the Android keyboard that types as fast as you talk. If you're using Yaps for dictation, notes, read-aloud, or you're just curious about voice-first computing that runs entirely on-device, you're in the right place.

Quick context on why I built it: I was frustrated with voice dictation that either shipped my audio to a server somewhere, it had bad UX, or it just felt slower than just typing. Yaps runs the whole pipeline locally! Transcription, cleanup, read-aloud - so your voice never leaves your device, and it's fast enough that you forget you're not typing.

• Mac: press fn, speak, and your words land where your cursor is.
• Android: a modern keyboard (supporting many languages) with a built-in dictation button that does the same.

Both free to try at yaps.ai.

What to post

Anything you think people here would find useful - workflows, demos, tips, bug reports, feature requests, "I tried this and it broke" posts, "I tried this and it changed how I work" posts. Comparisons with other tools, questions for me or for the community, complaints, ideas. The only thing I'll ask is that we keep it on topic - no engagement bait or low-effort spam.

Community vibe

Friendly, honest, and direct. I'd love to know when something doesn't work so I can actually get it fixed. We're early, and every report shapes where the product goes next. That said, be respectful, to the mod(s) and others.

How to get started

• Drop a hello in the comments - what brought you here, what you're trying to do with voice, what tools you've tried before.
• Post something. Even a simple question or a screenshot helps.
• Bugs and feature requests are very welcome - I read everything.
• Interested in helping moderate as the sub grows? DM me.

Thanks for being part of the very first wave. Let's build something useful here.

Richard

Now you can go to any website and using our Save to Yaps Chrome Extension, you can save the website and all its contents directly to your notes & resources folder as a markdown file in your desktop application.

You can also sync these notes directly with your mobile application as well!