START HERERecommended
Apple System Voice
The fastest way to try Yapper. It works entirely on your Mac and needs no account or API key.
- Best for
- A free, private first run
- Cost
- Free
- Account
- No account required
VOICE PROVIDERS
Choose the voice
that fits you.
Start free with a voice already on your Mac, or connect a cloud provider for more expressive narration. Yapper connects directly to the provider you choose.
STREAMING VOICECharacter pricing
xAI
Expressive streaming voices with language, pace, and delivery controls at a simple character-based rate.
- Best for
- Expressive speech with simple character billing
- Cost
- $0.015 per 1,000 input characters
- Account
- xAI API account with prepaid credits or approved monthly billing
EXPRESSIVE VALUEFree dev model
Fish Audio
Multilingual streaming narration with natural-language delivery cues, optional custom voices, and a free S2.1 development model.
- Best for
- Low-cost expressive and multilingual narration
- Cost
- S2.1 Pro Free is $0 under fair use; paid S2.1 Pro is $15 per 1M UTF-8 bytes
- Account
- Fish Audio account and API key required
VOICE LIBRARY
ElevenLabs
A large voice library with strong voice discovery and controls for delivery and stability.
- Best for
- The broadest choice of voices
- Cost
- Base API rate: $0.10 per 1,000 characters using Eleven v3
- Account
- ElevenLabs account with billing or included usage required
VOICE DIRECTION
OpenAI
Built-in voices with model-dependent pricing and flexible delivery instructions on supported models.
- Best for
- Directing tone and narration style
- Cost
- Model-specific. GPT-4o mini TTS is $0.60 per 1M text tokens plus $12 per 1M audio tokens
- Account
- OpenAI API account with billing enabled required