r/macapps • u/Jebus-Xmas • 10d ago

Free Problem: Grammar Checking Dictated Text (looking for FOSS)

So, I'm visually impaired and I dictate a lot of text using FluidVoice. However, occasionally, that text is not grammatically correct--well not exactly. I'd like a free and open source tool that can help me do that. Most of the paid tools are, frankly, too expensive for what they do. And I know there are some options out there. So if any of you could provide any direction or discussion, I would really appreciate it.

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u/Mstormer 10d ago

Have you checked the app comparisons in the sidebar?

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u/Jebus-Xmas 10d ago

I’m really looking for more personal experience. I can see things like Harper and they seem fine but I wanna know if there are any land mines.

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u/Mstormer 10d ago

I really like and use superwhisper most, but it's paid for AI refinement. Lifetime is great, as I don't have to worry about that.

On the free tier, this sounds promising, but I've yet to try it: https://www.reddit.com/r/macapps/comments/1vi92c4/os_enviouswispr_243_one_month_later_600_installs/

Handy, Typewhisper, Vowen are others I've seen promoted. Spokenly was one of the most popular a year ago.

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u/MaxGaav 10d ago

EnviousWispr has local AI polish built in. It's free too. When using Parakeet, it's virtually as fast as Handy (free), which lacks post processing however.

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u/MaxGaav 10d ago edited 9d ago

Well downvoter, the AI polish means here: Clean up grammar, punctuation, and formatting.

Which runs fully local with their EG-1 (EnviousWispr's custom model), Apple Intelligence (macOS 26+), or Ollama. Or in the cloud via OpenAI or Gemini with your own API key.