Your Mac, listening
Say 'create a meeting with Sarah tomorrow at 2pm' and it happens. Set reminders, start timers, run your macOS Shortcuts - all by voice. No menus, no clicking, no typing. Just tell your Mac what to do.
Language understanding
macOS integration
Events by voice
Custom commands
Typing vs Dictation
Same sentence. Watch the difference.
Typing
~40 WPM
Dictation
~150 WPM
Commands that understand you
You don't learn a syntax - Yaps learns what you mean.
Natural Language
Speak the way you'd talk to a colleague. Say 'set up a call with the design team next Friday at 10' instead of memorizing specific command phrases. Yaps parses intent, not keywords.
Calendar Integration
Create events, set meeting times, and add descriptions - all by voice. Yaps integrates with macOS Calendar so your events show up exactly where you expect them.
Reminders
Set reminders with natural time expressions. Say 'in 20 minutes,' 'tomorrow morning,' or 'next Monday' and Yaps translates that into the right timestamp.
macOS Shortcuts
Trigger any of your macOS Shortcuts by name. If you've built a shortcut to open your morning apps, resize windows, or start a focus session, just say its name.
Timers and Alarms
Start a pomodoro timer, set a cooking alarm, or count down to a deadline. Say the duration naturally - Yaps handles minutes, hours, and specific times.
Extensible Commands
Voice commands are designed to grow with you. As Yaps evolves, new command categories and integrations will expand what you can do by voice.
Keep your hands free and your focus sharp
Voice commands are most useful when switching to another app would break your flow.
Deep Work Sessions
You're in the middle of writing and remember you need to schedule something. Instead of switching apps, speak the command and stay in your document.
“Create a reminder to send the report to Claire by 5pm today.”
Hands Busy
Cooking, stretching, holding a book - when your hands are occupied, your voice is the only input device you have. Yaps makes it useful.
“Set a timer for 12 minutes.”
Motor Accessibility
For users with limited hand mobility, voice commands turn your Mac from a visual interface into a conversational one. Create events, set reminders, and run shortcuts without touching a mouse.
Workflow Automation
Chain voice commands with macOS Shortcuts to build spoken triggers for complex workflows. One sentence can start a focus session, close distracting apps, and set a timer.
“Run my focus mode shortcut.”
Developer Workflows
Developers who've built Shortcuts for common tasks - deploying, running tests, opening project workspaces - can trigger them by voice without leaving their editor.
Recurring Tasks
Set up reminders and events that repeat. Say 'remind me every Monday at 9am to check the analytics dashboard' and stop thinking about it.
“Create a weekly reminder for Monday at 9am to review the dashboard.”
Hear from people like you.
“Voice commands turned my Mac into an extension of my thinking. I create calendar events, set reminders, and trigger Shortcuts without touching the keyboard. It saves me at least 30 minutes a day.”
Rachel Torres
Operations Manager
More on voice-first workflows
Talk to your Mac
Calendar events, reminders, shortcuts - one sentence away.
Requires macOS 13.0+ (Apple Silicon recommended)