Fact · Dictation software
11 = yes, 0 = no
Yap's product page says it dictates without a connection once macOS has the speech model for the user's language, so it works offline.
Quote found word for word on the live source, last checked October 19, 2026
In the source's own words
“Dictate without a connection once macOS has the speech model for your language”
Yap voice dictation for macOS, Frigade, 2026, Product page, 'Works offline' feature.
Open the original- What it measures
- Yap runs on macOS 26 (Tahoe) or later on an Apple Silicon Mac, and depends on the speech models Apple ships with macOS 26.
- What it does not show
- Offline use needs the speech model for the language on the Mac. The GitHub README says that if a language has no on-device model, dictation stops rather than sending audio anywhere.
In the data
A row of Dictation App Features Compared: Offline, Privacy, AI, as Yap: works offline: 1 1 = yes, 0 = no.
- App
- Yap
- Feature
- Works offline
- Detail
- After macOS has the language's speech model
- As of
- 2026-10
- Note
- 1 means the maker's page says the app does this.