Yiddish dictation for Mac

Speak Yiddish.Write anywhere.

Typing Yiddish often means switching keyboards and fighting autocorrect. With Plapel, you hold a key, speak Yiddish, and the text appears where your cursor is.

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Private Mac beta in preparation · Windows planned

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איך רעד אויף ייִדיש, און פּלאַפּל שרייבט…

Inserted at your cursor when you release Fn.
Yiddish Hold Fn / 🌐
Works in supported text fieldsGoogle SheetsGmailGoogle DocsSlack

The problem with the keyboard

Typing in Yiddish
takes effort.

Switching layouts, checking spellings, fixing autocorrect—a quick thought can take longer to type than to say.

  • Keyboard switching

    Changing layouts mid-sentence for a single word.

  • Unfamiliar spellings

    Stopping to work out how a word should be written.

  • Autocorrect

    Fixing words that spellcheck tools rewrite or flag.

  • Lost momentum

    Losing the thread while you hunt for letters.

You speak Yiddish. Plapel types in Yiddish.

How it works

Works in the tools
you already use.

Spreadsheets, email, documents, chat. Click where you want to write, hold Fn, and speak. Plapel types your Yiddish right there.

  1. 01

    Place your cursor

    Click any text field — a cell, an email, a document, a chat.

  2. 02

    Hold Fn. Speak Yiddish.

    A small indicator shows Plapel is listening. No window to open.

  3. 03

    Release to insert

    Your Yiddish text appears right at the cursor, ready to send.

  4. Shortcut and hold/toggle behavior are configurable. Setup requires microphone and Accessibility access.
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Weekly schedule
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טאָג
צײַט
באַמערקונג
סטאַטוס
2
זונטיק
10:00
שיעור
✓
3
מאָנטיק
14:30
רופֿן דעם דרוקער
✓
4
דינסטיק
09:15
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5
מיטוואָך
18:00
חתונה
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Illustration. Works in supported text fields across your Mac apps and browser.

Capabilities

More ways to work with your words.

A focused set of tools alongside dictation, without changing how you work.

Dictation

Works from your shortcut in supported apps.

History

Optional and off by default. Turn on History to revisit and copy past dictations.

Dictionary

Add names and preferred spellings as vocabulary hints.

Files

Transcribe existing audio files into Yiddish text.

Built with purpose

Yiddish deserves technology that understands it.

Plapel brings Yiddish dictation to the Mac with a quiet, focused experience designed for everyday writing.

Plapel

Coming to your Mac.

We’re preparing Plapel for private beta. Windows is planned.

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