Granola, known for meeting notes, now lets Mac users speak and get cleaned-up text in any app, with unlimited words and no charge.
Granola, an app known for writing up your meetings, now also types what you say out loud. On a Mac, you press the Fn key, start talking, and the app cleans up and formats your speech into finished text. The company says the dictation feature has unlimited words and is free.
The feature works across all apps. That means you can dictate a note, speak a prompt to an AI tool, or reply to an email or message without typing. The cleanup step matters because raw speech is messy, and the app tidies it before the text appears.
This is a swap. Months ago, Wispr, known for dictation, added a meeting notetaker. Now Granola has added dictation. The two companies are valued at $1.5 billion and $2 billion, respectively. Other voice startups, including Fireflies, Speechify and Monologue, have also combined note-taking and dictation. Earlier this year, the common approach was one app that does one thing well.
If you already use a Mac for emails and notes, Granola's free dictation is worth a try before paying for a separate voice app.
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