What does “on your device” mean?
It means the copy that matters lives on hardware you control. Online services can help if you choose. They are not required for the basics to work.
For voice, that means turning speech into text and writing summaries can finish with the wifi off. yapyap does not need an account just to function. Many local stacks use whisper.cpp.
What it means in practice
- Core recording and transcription work without a mandatory cloud seat.
- You choose when, or whether, to export.
- Privacy defaults match the hardware you already own.
What still uses the internet
- Downloading a speech model the first time you pick it.
- App updates, and the one-time license check.
- Any online model or export you enable yourself.
That is the honest list. Nothing on it has to happen while you record. Once the model is on disk, a meeting can start and finish with the wifi off.
FAQ
- What does local-first mean here?
- Recording, transcription, and lenses work on your computer by default. Cloud is optional, never required for the core job.
- Can I still export or share notes?
- Yes. You choose when to export. Using yapyap does not force an upload first.
- Is local-first the same as offline-only?
- No. Local-first means the internet is optional, not banned. Offline-only tools refuse the network. yapyap works without it, and still lets you export when you choose.
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