Capture
Use a shortcut and talk without changing the app in front of you.
Workflow
Dictation that stays in the room.
HyperYap is for workstation people who bounce between code, notes, support queues, terminals, and browser tabs. The loop is fast: record, transcribe locally, paste, keep moving.
Transcribe
NVIDIA Parakeet runs locally so recordings do not need a cloud trip.
Drop
Paste the text into the active window, from editors to chat tools.
Refine
Optional local cleanup can shape dictation into usable output.
Desktop first
Built for keyboard-heavy work, not another browser tab.
HyperYap is a Tauri desktop app with a Rust backend and a React frontend. It is open source, local-first, and shaped around daily workstation use rather than a hosted transcription account.
Windows
Installer and workstation helpers
macOS
Apple Silicon and Intel builds
Linux
AppImage and Debian package
Local API
Wire local tools into the running app.
Enable the experimental HTTP API in settings, then submit WAV files to localhost. It is deliberately local-only and does not expose open browser CORS.
Read the API guidecurl -X POST http://127.0.0.1:4800/api/transcribe \
-F "audio=@recording.wav;type=audio/wav"Privacy boundary
No analytics. No telemetry. No uploaded recordings by default.
HyperYap stores settings, custom dictionary entries, and formatting rules locally. Persisted history is optional and stores only the last five transcriptions.
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