Observed arrival · 2026-09-29
Yappyy puts a dictation key in the Mac menu bar
A Mac dictation app that turns speech into cleaned-up text in whichever app you’re using.
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- Mac users who dictate across apps
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- Transcription uses the buyer's own AssemblyAI key; the page says new accounts receive $50 in credits.
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The page describes a default Option-Space shortcut, or a user-assigned key: hold it while speaking, then release to place cleaned, punctuated text in the app already in use. Settings offer three output styles—Proper Yap, Easy Yap, and Lazy Yap—and a custom dictionary for names and technical terms; the site says the Mac app requires macOS 14 or later and uses the owner's AssemblyAI key.
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