Yappy
Yappy is an open-source text-to-speech app for listening to articles, PDFs, EPUBs, Word files, videos, and voice notes.
What Yappy is
Yappy is an open-source text-to-speech app for listening to articles, PDFs, EPUBs, Word files, videos, and voice notes. It processes speech on the device and can work offline after installation. The service supports 31 languages and ten polyglot voices. Before reading, it converts text into a language-aware script that handles numbers, acronyms, and related text rules. On iPhone and iPad, content can be shared from other apps for page cleanup and reading. Desktop editions provide global shortcuts, paragraph editing, OCR for scanned PDFs, and WAV audiobook export. Apple devices also include Siri, a widget, a computer bridge, and lock-screen controls. The free plan costs nothing and allows three queued mobile documents without an account, email, or advertisements. Yappy Parlanchín costs €399 a month and adds unlimited queued documents, chapter-based audiobooks, and the computer bridge. Android is built but not yet published.
Good
- Supports 31 languages and ten polyglot voices
- Works offline after installation
- Processes voice models on the device
- Desktop OCR handles scanned PDFs
- Free plan has no account, email, or ads
Watch out
- Free queue is limited to three documents
- Free plan excludes audiobook creation
- Free plan excludes the computer bridge
- No free trial; Android is not yet published
Who it suits
Yappy suits readers who want offline, device-local speech from documents and media across desktop, mobile, browser, and extension platforms. The paid mobile plan is for users needing unlimited queues, audiobooks, or computer bridging.
Verdict
Yappy combines broad document support with local, offline speech processing and language-aware reading scripts. Choose the paid plan only if unlimited queues, chapter audiobooks, or computer bridging are needed.
Plans and prices
From Yappy's own pricing page, checked 12 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Yappy | Free | sin límite de minutos ni caracteres · 31 idiomas y diez voces · tres documentos a la vez · sin cuenta, correo ni anuncios · sin imprenta de audiolibros ni puente con el ordenador · para siempre |
| Yappy Parlanchín | €399 a month | percha sin fondo · audiolibros con capítulos · puente con el ordenador · se cancela cuando quieras · al mes |
| Yappy Parlanchín | €2,999 a year | percha sin fondo · audiolibros con capítulos · puente con el ordenador · se cancela cuando quieras · al año |
| Yappy Parlanchín | €5,999, paid once | percha sin fondo · audiolibros con capítulos · puente con el ordenador · una sola vez |
The facts
Each one read from Yappy's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Audiobooks
- The paid mobile plan adds unlimited queued documents, audiobook creation with chapters and a bridge that converts books on a computer.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Desktop features
- The desktop versions include global shortcuts, paragraph editing, OCR for scanned PDFs and audiobook export.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Document sharing
- On iPhone and iPad, users can share content from other apps to Yappy, which cleans up article pages and reads the prose aloud.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Export formats
- WAVchecked 20 Sep 2026
- Integrations
- The iPhone and iPad version includes Siri, a widget, a bridge to the computer and lock-screen controls.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Languages
- 31checked 20 Sep 2026
- Languages and voices
- The site says Yappy supports 31 languages and ten polyglot voices.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Local processing
- The voice model runs on the user's device, and the site says the app works offline after installation.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Privacy and license
- The maker says nothing leaves the device and publishes the engine, reading script, app and website under the MIT license.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Reading script
- Before synthesis, Yappy transforms text into a reading script that interprets numbers, acronyms and other text according to language-specific rules.checked 12 Oct 2026
- What it does
- Yappy reads articles, PDFs, EPUBs, Word files, videos and voice notes aloud using on-device text-to-speech.checked 12 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Browser demo
- The website offers an interactive reading-script demo that runs the same Rust code compiled for the browser.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Platforms
- macOS,Windows,Linux,Chrome extensionchecked 20 Sep 2026
Money
- Free tier limit
- The free plan allows three documents on the mobile queue at a time and excludes audiobook creation and the computer bridge.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Trial and availability
- There is no free trial; the maker says Android is built and working but not yet published while its Google developer account is verified.checked 12 Oct 2026
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