One-Shortcut Capture
Hold Ctrl+Fn (Mac), Ctrl+Win+Shift (Windows) or Ctrl+Alt+N (Linux). Speak your thought, release the keys, and Yaps transcribes it into a note. You can change the binding in settings.
Voice Notes
Capture ideas before they vanish
Hold Ctrl+Fn on a Mac, Ctrl+Win+Shift on Windows, or Ctrl+Alt+N on Linux and speak. Yaps sends the captured speech through your selected transcription engine, then saves the resulting text note in your local Markdown vault. The shortcut can be changed in Yaps settings.
Voice Notes
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CtrlFnto capture on Mac
Typing vs Dictation
Same sentence. Watch the difference.
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~3.5x faster with voice
The fastest way to remember
Voice notes are thinking out loud with a safety net.
Auto-Transcription
The captured speech is transcribed on-device. The saved note contains the resulting text, not a retained audio recording.
Full-Text Search
Search across all your voice notes by keyword. Find that idea you had three weeks ago by typing a word or phrase. No more scrolling through recordings hoping to find the right one.
Plain Markdown Vault
The transcript lands in your active Yaps vault as a local text note. Edit it, link it to other notes, move it into your own folders, or export it as Markdown or plain text.
Local Note Storage
The resulting note is stored in your local vault, and installed speech models keep transcription working offline after setup.
Ready to Rework
Because the result is text, you can search it, edit it, turn it into a checklist or board, and connect it to the rest of your notes without scrubbing through an audio recording.
A second brain for everything you think
Voice notes work best when they fit naturally into your existing habits.
Idea Capture
The flash of insight between meetings, the solution that comes to you on a walk, the feature idea you think of in the shower. Capture it the moment it happens.
“What if the onboarding flow started with a voice command instead of a form? Need to prototype this.”
Thinking Out Loud
Some problems are easier to solve when you talk through them. Use voice notes as a private sounding board - no audience required.
Meeting Reflections
Right after a meeting, capture the key takeaways and action items while they're fresh. One minute of speaking saves ten minutes of typing.
“Call with the design team - they want the dashboard redesign by March. Need to scope the API changes first.”
Research and Study
Students and researchers can record observations, lecture reactions, and reading notes. Everything is searchable later when you're writing up your findings.
Daily Standups
Record a quick voice note at the start or end of your day. What did you do? What's next? It takes 30 seconds and creates a useful personal log.
Task Reminders
Speak your to-do items as you think of them. Review the transcriptions later and move them into your task manager when you have a moment.
“Remind me to review the pull request from James and update the documentation for the new API endpoint.”
Hear from people like you.
“I used to lose so many ideas because I couldn't be bothered to open an app and type them out. Now I just press Ctrl+Fn and talk. I've captured more useful thoughts in the last month than the previous six. And being able to search through them later? That's where it really pays off.”
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