modbender yap
Use yap for fast on-device transcription on macOS using Apple's Speech.framework.
Quick start
yap transcribe /path/to/audio.mp3
yap transcribe /path/to/audio.m4a --locale de-DE
yap transcribe /path/to/video.mp4 --srt -o captions.srt
Options
--locale <locale>— Language locale (e.g.,de-DE,en-US,zh-CN)--censor— Redact certain words/phrases--txt/--srt— Output format (default: txt)-o, --output-file— Save to file instead of stdout
Advantages over Whisper
- Native Apple Speech.framework (optimized for Apple Silicon)
- No model download required
- Faster processing
- Lower memory usage
Notes
- Requires macOS 26 (Tahoe) or later
- Supported languages depend on installed Apple Speech models