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Yap Voice Typing

Free browser extension for voice typing in any text box: press Alt+Shift+Y and talk, speech stays on your computer

Yap Voice Typing launched on October 20, 2026.

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In plain words

Yap Voice Typing is a free browser extension for Chrome and Firefox that enables voice typing in any web text box. Users press Alt+Shift+Y to activate speech-to-text, which converts spoken words into typed text across emails, chat, documents, and other fields. The extension uses OpenAI's Whisper model running locally in the browser, ensuring voice data never leaves the user's computer. It supports 99 languages, automatically adds capitalization and punctuation, and works offline after an initial 80 MB download, requiring no account or analytics tracking.

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Yap Voice Typing is a free browser extension for Chrome and Firefox: type with your voice in any text box on the web. Click into a text field, press Alt+Shift+Y (or click the Yap icon) and talk; your words are typed where the cursor is, in email, search, chat, notes and documents. OpenAI's Whisper speech-to-text model runs inside your browser, so your voice is never uploaded: no server, no account, no analytics. English or any of 99 languages, capitals and punctuation added, filler words removed, works offline after a one-time download of about 80 MB.

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