something not working?

Add it once in iOS Settings: Settings → General → Keyboard → Keyboards → Add New Keyboard → yap.

Then, in any text field, hold the globe key (🌐) and pick yap from the list.

No. The yap keyboard works as a normal keyboard without it — you can type, switch keyboards, and paste from transcripts already saved on your device.

Full Access gives the keyboard network permission, which is what lets it send a recording off to be transcribed and bring the rewrite back. Without it, the rewrite button can't do anything.

We never read what you type, with or without Full Access. The privacy policy explains exactly what the permission is used for.

Settings → General → Keyboard → Keyboards → yap → Allow Full Access, off. The keyboard keeps typing.

iOS loads keyboard extensions on demand and gives them very little memory. Force-quitting yap, or a low-memory situation, can make the first load slow. Switch away and back with the globe key. If it's blank every time, tell us your device and iOS version.

No, and it won't. Apple's Guideline 4.4.1 forbids keyboard extensions from launching any app other than Settings, so everything the keyboard offers has to happen inside the keyboard itself.

Check Settings → yap → Microphone is on. Then check nothing else is holding the mic — end any call or voice note first. If you're on AirPods, try switching to the phone's own mic.

Hold the button for the whole time you're speaking and release when you're done. A tap won't record — that's deliberate, so you never record by accident.

No. There's no wake word and no background listening. Recording happens only while the button is held, and yap shows an indicator the whole time — as does iOS itself, in the status bar.

Tap the transcript and edit it, then re-run the rewrite. If a particular word is wrong every time — a name, a place, a bit of slang — add it in Settings → Dictionary.

Accuracy drops in noisy places, on speakerphone, and when you speak very fast. It also drops on heavy code-switching, which we're actively working on.

Switch mode and re-run — same recording, no need to say it again. If a built-in mode consistently misses, write your own in Settings → Modes → New mode and describe the tone in a sentence.

Hindi mode outputs Devanagari; casual mode keeps Hinglish in Roman script. Pick whichever the person you're messaging actually reads. If it picked the wrong one within a single mode, please report it — that's a bug, not a preference.

Long-press any rewrite and choose Report this rewrite. It sends that one transcript and rewrite to us so we can look at it. Nothing else goes with it, and you can review what's being sent before it goes.

Swipe a transcript in your history to delete it. To clear everything: Settings → Privacy → Delete all transcripts.

Settings → Account → Delete account, inside the app. It's permanent and you don't need to email us for it. Full detail on the data and deletion page.

Settings → Privacy → Export my data. You'll get a machine-readable file of your transcripts, custom modes and account details.

No. Deleting the app removes it from your device but leaves your account and synced transcripts on our servers. Delete the account first, or use the web deletion request if the app is already gone.

Sign in with the same Apple or Google account and your history syncs down. You'll need to add the keyboard again on the new device — iOS treats that as a fresh install.