About
What is Yap?
YAP is an automated platform that INSTANTLY CONVERTS ANYTHING YOU SAY on your cell INTO TEXT, for messaging, voicemail, or web services.
As an example for how Yap's patent pending system could be leveraged, we allow you to easily send text messages by simply speaking them into a mobile application. Why did Yap decide to tackle that first? 66% of teens text while driving! Our co-founders sister just entered undergrad as a freshman, she's commuting to/from campus, and that stat made them shudder given her short attention span. It made prioritizing this work easy.
It also supports a number of other creative use cases: send wall posts to your friends on Facebook, tell them where you are on Twitter, find the nearest sushi using Google, get info on the latest movie from Yahoo!, read the latest news, research something on Wikipedia, check out fresh videos on YouTube, or search Amazon/eBay for more gear.
Yap has the skills and experience to help unify the mobile web. Their team previously worked on Apple's iPod, Honda's navi, IBM's ViaVoice, Opera's Browser, RIM's BlackBerry, etc. They are actively seeking creative partnerships to grow the business and support the needs of carriers, device makers, and web portals worldwide.
Awards
Press
"Here's a useful concept: say you're really sick of dealing with your phone's tiny keypad to type in text messages."
"This is pretty sweet, Yap lets you send text messages just by talking into your phone."
"But Yap has gotten a lot of buzz, at least partly because its voice recognition software seems so accomplished, even over a cellphone line."
"This could be a godsend for people who would like to text in their car and actually attempt it, much to the horror of other drivers."
"On the bright side, an upcoming mobile application may help teens keep their eyes on the road while they yap on the phone."