Deadlines don't wait. Yaps lets you dictate articles at the speed you think, record voice notes in the field, and review drafts by listening - all processed on your device with no audio ever reaching a cloud server. When protecting sources matters, local processing is the only answer.
Same sentence. Watch the difference.
Everything a working journalist needs, nothing a source should worry about.
Hold Fn on a Mac - Ctrl+Win on Windows, a double-tap of Ctrl on Linux - and speak your article straight into your editor, CMS, or a plain text file. Auto-punctuation and formatting keep the text clean. A 1,000-word story takes about seven minutes to dictate.
Record voice memos during interviews, press conferences, or stakeouts. Yaps transcribes them locally on your own machine so you have searchable text without any audio leaving your machine.
When you record or dictate notes about sensitive sources, the audio and text stay on your device. No cloud processing means no server logs, no data retention policies, and no third-party access.
Select your article and have Yaps read it aloud. Hearing your prose catches awkward phrasing, missing transitions, and factual gaps that your eyes skim over when reading silently.
No Wi-Fi at the press event? No problem. Dictate your story, record voice notes, and review drafts - all offline. Connect later to send. Yaps doesn't need the internet for any core feature.
Every voice note and dictation is timestamped and searchable. Find the quote from Tuesday's interview or the observation you dictated outside city hall last month.
Real workflows for journalists on deadline.
When a story breaks, dictate your copy directly into your CMS or email. Speaking at 150 WPM means you can file a 600-word dispatch in under four minutes.
“City council voted 7 to 2 to approve the zoning amendment late Thursday, clearing the way for the mixed-use development despite vocal opposition from neighborhood groups.”
Record observations, source quotes, and document details as voice notes. The local transcription gives you searchable text. The offline processing means no digital trail on third-party servers.
“Source confirms the contract was awarded without competitive bidding. Check procurement records for fiscal year 2025.”
Dictate the first draft of a feature story in one sitting. Many journalists find that speaking produces more vivid, narrative prose than typing. Edit on screen afterward.
“The warehouse had been empty for six years when Rosa Campos first walked through the rusted doors.”
Use TTS to hear your article read back to you before filing. Awkward sentences, tonal shifts, and repetitive phrasing become obvious when you listen instead of read.
At protests, disaster sites, or remote locations - record voice notes and dictate dispatches without needing cell service or Wi-Fi. Your laptop is your entire mobile newsroom.
Have Yaps read lengthy reports, court documents, or government filings aloud while you take notes. Process more source material in less time.
“I cover stories where protecting sources isn't optional - it's life or death. Every other transcription tool sends audio to a server somewhere. Yaps is the only one that processes everything on my machine. I dictate my field notes, record voice memos during interviews, and draft my stories by voice. My editor says the copy has actually gotten better because dictated prose sounds more natural. And when I'm filing from a location with no internet, it just works.”
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Dictate. Record. Review. All on your device, all offline, all private.
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