Does Yap help with spelling?

Yap writes what you say as correctly spelled text with punctuation and capital letters, so you do not have to spell each word. It cannot fix a word it heard wrongly, which is why reading your text back, or having it read aloud, still matters.

Does Yap read text aloud?

No. Yap only turns speech into text. Your computer and phone have read-aloud built in (Spoken Content on a Mac or iPhone, Read Aloud in Microsoft Word and Edge, Select to Speak on Android), and using both together lets you hear the mistakes speech recognition makes.

Is what I say private?

Yes. Speech is recognized on your own device; the audio is not uploaded and nothing you say is used to train a model.

Yap for dyslexia

Write by speaking, and let the spelling take care of itself.

Say what you want to write and Yap types it where your cursor is, spelled and punctuated: an essay in Word, a message, an email, a search. It works on Mac, Windows, iPhone and Android, and your voice stays on your device.

Get Yap for Mac What the research says

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What helps

Speak to write, listen to check.

Studies of speech to text for students with learning difficulties mostly find they write more, though the studies are small. In one, seven of eight students wrote more with speech to text than on the keyboard.

Speech recognition still mishears words, and a dyslexic writer may not spot a wrong word by reading. Hearing the text helps: read-aloud tools improved reading comprehension for students with reading difficulties. So dictate with Yap, then let your device read your draft back to you.

More in our guide to speech to text for dyslexia and dysgraphia.

In every app.

Hold Fn on a Mac or Ctrl + Win on Windows, speak, and let go. On a phone, switch to the Yap keyboard and tap the microphone.

Pairs with read-aloud.

Yap does not read text aloud; use your device’s built-in read-aloud to hear your draft and catch misheard words.

Private.

Speech is recognized on your device and never uploaded. Read our privacy policy.

Questions.

Does Yap help with spelling?: Yap writes what you say as correctly spelled text with punctuation and capital letters, so you do not have to spell each word. It cannot fix a word it heard wrongly, which is why reading your text back, or having it read aloud, still matters.
Does Yap read text aloud?: No. Yap only turns speech into text. Your computer and phone have read-aloud built in (Spoken Content on a Mac or iPhone, Read Aloud in Microsoft Word and Edge, Select to Speak on Android), and using both together lets you hear the mistakes speech recognition makes.
Does it work in Word, Google Docs and the browser?: Yes. Yap types into whatever app your cursor is in. Hold Fn on a Mac or Ctrl + Win on Windows, speak, and let go; on a phone, switch to the Yap keyboard and tap the microphone.
Is what I say private?: Yes. Speech is recognized on your own device; the audio is not uploaded and nothing you say is used to train a model.

Want to try without installing anything? Free online dictation runs in your browser.

From the library

Speech to Text for Accessibility, RSI and Disabilities

Dictation moves writing from the hands to the voice, so it can take most keyboard work off people with RSI, carpal tunnel syndrome, arthritis or a motor disability, and it lets people with dyslexia, dysgraphia or ADHD write at the speed they think. It is a tool rather than a treatment: it works best alongside medical care and good ergonomics, with the accommodations the law provides at school and work, and with recognition that handles the way you actually speak.