Vendor page
YapToText: Free Speech to Text and Dictation App for Mac
YapToText (Ryleigh Newman), 2026
Read the originalRead on October 23, 2026
- What it is
- The home page of YapToText, a free, open source dictation app for Mac made by Ryleigh Newman. It describes typing into any app, dictionaries that shape what Whisper hears, Quick Edit with spoken changes, and that everything you say stays on the Mac.
- How much weight it carries
- The developer's own page, read on 2026-10-23, so it states what the maker wants to say about its app. The site's footer and About text name Ryleigh Newman as the developer, and the page separates YapToText from the unrelated apps Yaptxt and Yap (by Frigade). Feature descriptions are the maker's, not an independent test, and the source code it links to on GitHub was not read here.
Facts taken from this source
- YapToText's home page says its dictionaries shape what the speech model hears, and that the app offers to make a correction stick when the user fixes the same word twice.
“Dictionaries shape what Whisper hears, not just what it types, and when you fix the same word twice the app offers to make the correction stick.” (Home page, 'Dictionaries and commands')
- YapToText's home page says that you select text in any app, tap Right Option, say the change and tap again to edit the selection by voice.
“Select text in any app, tap Right Option, say the change and tap again.” (Home page, 'Quick Edit')
- YapToText's home page describes the app as a dictation app for Mac that types into any app.
“YapToText is a free, open source speech to text and dictation app for Mac that runs on your Mac and types into any app.” (Home page, introduction)