18 Natural Voices
Yaps ships 18 voices on desktop and 2 on mobile. Local speech synthesis handles emphasis, pacing, and intonation without uploading the text you are reading.
Text-to-Speech
Your computer, reading to you
Select text and hear it spoken aloud with on-device text-to-speech. Yaps includes 18 voices on desktop and 2 on mobile.
Read Aloud
Selected text
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Typing vs Dictation
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~3.5x faster with voice
Hear your words come to life
Text-to-speech that sounds like a person, not a GPS.
Select and Listen
Highlight text in any app - a webpage, a PDF, an email, your code editor - and press a keyboard shortcut. Yaps reads it aloud immediately. No context switching required.
Adjustable Speed
Slow it down to 0.5x for careful proofreading or crank it up to 3x for speed-listening through long documents. Find your own pace.
Proofread by Ear
Your brain auto-corrects mistakes when you read your own writing. Listening to it read aloud exposes typos, missing words, and awkward phrasing you would otherwise miss.
31 Languages, Offline
Read-aloud is multilingual: 31 languages on desktop, from English and Spanish to Korean, Japanese, Arabic and Ukrainian, processed on your device. Mobile ships a smaller set.
Built for Accessibility
For users with dyslexia, low vision, or reading fatigue, TTS is not a novelty - it's essential. Yaps is built with accessibility at the core, not as a checkbox.
When listening beats reading
There are moments where hearing text is simply better than staring at it.
Proofreading and Editing
Listen to your drafts, emails, and reports before hitting send. You'll catch mistakes that your eyes glide right over.
“I always run my client proposals through Yaps TTS before sending. It's saved me from embarrassing typos more than once.”
Long-Form Reading
Turn articles, PDFs, and research papers into audio you can listen to while stretching, cleaning, or taking a walk. Export the read-aloud to a WAV file and it's yours to keep.
Multitasking
Listen to Slack threads, emails, or meeting notes while doing something else with your hands. Your ears are free - use them.
Studying and Learning
Students with different learning styles benefit from hearing material read aloud. Combine visual and auditory learning for better retention.
News and Articles
Turn your morning reading into a morning listen. Select an article, press the shortcut, and pour your coffee while you catch up.
Creative Writing
Hearing your dialogue and prose spoken aloud reveals rhythm, pacing, and tone issues that are invisible on the page.
“My dialogue improved dramatically once I started listening to it instead of just reading it.”
Hear from people like you.
“I use TTS to proofread every email before sending. Hearing my words read back catches awkward phrasing that I miss when reading silently. It has made me a better writer.”
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Select text. Press a shortcut. Listen. It's that simple.
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Requires macOS 13.0+ (Apple Silicon recommended)Also on iPhone and iPad