YappyPaste turns Option-Space into a talk button. Speak, release, and your words are typed into whatever app you're in. Runs on your Mac. No account, no cloud, no monthly bill.
Or any key you choose. A small panel appears with a live waveform. Tap instead of hold to lock recording on for a long dictation.
Words appear as you speak with Apple's on-device engine, or use the local Whisper model when accuracy matters more than speed.
The text is typed at your cursor in Mail, Notes, Slack, Cursor, ChatGPT, Word, anywhere. Or it lands on the clipboard, your choice.
Two speech-to-text engines, both running on your hardware.
Apple Speech is on-device and instant, with words appearing as you speak. Whisper Large v3 Turbo is a local model for higher accuracy: one 630 MB download, then it works with the network off. If Whisper is still downloading, YappyPaste quietly uses Apple Speech so you're never stuck.
No account. No server. No screenshots of your screen. The only network request the app ever makes is that optional model download.
A global hotkey works system-wide. Type into the focused field, or copy to the clipboard and ⌘V. Both at once if you like.
Review and edit the transcript in the panel before it's pasted. Nothing goes out that you didn't approve.
A searchable history of everything you've dictated. A clipboard history for your voice.
Lives in the menu bar and stays out of the way. The panel shows up where you want it and disappears when you're done.
Dictate into Cursor, ChatGPT, Claude or a terminal. Speaking a 200-word prompt beats typing it.
Hold to talk and release to paste, or classic press-to-start, press-to-stop. Your stop key is configurable as well.
We'd rather you know before you buy.
No subscription. No account. No tiers. Updates included.
Sold through the Mac App Store, so Apple handles payment and refunds. That's the whole price list.
Price checked against this page's schema and the App Store listing. If you ever see a different number, tell us.
No. It's a one-time purchase of $19.99 on the Mac App Store. No tiers, no in-app purchases, no account.
No. Apple Speech runs on-device and Whisper runs locally after a one-time download. There is no YappyPaste server. See the privacy policy.
Any app with a text field. Text is typed at the cursor (with the Accessibility permission) or copied to the clipboard (no permission needed).
English at launch. Whisper understands many more; we'll list them as we verify each one.
Apple's dictation is free and good. YappyPaste adds a hold-to-talk key that works the same in every app, a panel to fix the text before it lands, a searchable history, and a local Whisper model for harder audio.
There's no trial. Apple's refund process applies if it isn't for you. We'd rather keep one price than run a trial clock.