Yakki

Yakki is a macOS dictation application that lets you write by speaking instead of typing. It captures your voice through a global hotkey that works in any application on your Mac—hold to record, release to transcribe. What makes Yakki different is its ability to also capture audio from any source on your system, including Zoom calls, Teams meetings, podcasts, and YouTube videos. This means you can transcribe entire conversations or media content directly within the app.

The tool processes everything locally on your device, ensuring complete privacy since no audio data leaves your computer. It includes advanced features like automatic speaker identification (diarization) that labels who said what in conversations, and AI-powered meeting intelligence that extracts summaries, key points, decisions, and action items from recordings. The app supports over 25 languages with instant switching and automatically removes filler words and repetitions for cleaner transcripts.

Yakki works best for professionals who do a lot of writing or attend frequent meetings—lawyers documenting client sessions, developers taking notes, content creators transcribing interviews, or anyone who wants to write faster while maintaining privacy. The local processing makes it particularly valuable for handling sensitive information that can't be sent to cloud services.