A voice journal for thinkers

Speak your mind.
Keep it forever.

Hit a hotkey. Talk. Everything you say through the day is transcribed, structured, and saved to your Obsidian vault — permanently, on your device.

Download for Windows See how it works Read the guide Free · Windows 10/11
Why Yapp Forever

Information is everywhere. What's rare is what you make of it.

01 / The problem

Collecting ≠ thinking

Most note apps reward hoarding. Yapp Forever rewards the thoughts and emotions a piece of information triggered — the questions it raised in you.

02 / Why voice

Speech has no filler

When you speak, you can only say what's actually in your mind. No copy-pasting. No scaffolding. Just real thought — ideally.

03 / Why forever

A record of who you were

One day you'll want to know how your thinking has changed. It'll all be there, structured and searchable. So: Yapp Forever.

How it works

Four steps. Then it disappears into your day.

STEP 01
Press the hotkey
A global shortcut starts recording instantly. No app switch, no friction — just talk whenever a thought hits.
STEP 02
Speak freely, all day
Every yap of the day merges into a single audio file. One continuous stream of thought, not a pile of tiny clips to manage.
STEP 03
Transcribed and structured
Groq turns your words into a clean transcript. Claude shapes it into structured notes — themes, questions, connections. Gemini is there as a fallback.
STEP 04
Yours, forever, on your device
Everything lands in your Obsidian vault. Query it with any LLM. Nothing lives on someone else's server.
Under the hood

Runs locally. Plays well with the tools you already use.

Platform
Windows 10 / 11
Transcription
Groq (free tier)
Structuring
Claude / Gemini
Storage
Local Obsidian vault

Start keeping a record of how you think.

Free. Windows only for now. Bring your own API keys — Groq is free, Gemini is free, Claude costs a few cents.

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