Granola has added a new feature that could make it useful well beyond taking notes during meetings - the AI notetaking app now also lets Mac users dictate text across pretty much any application, and there's no word limit or extra charge.
The new voice typing feature launched on October 29, with users able to press the Fn key, start speaking and have Granola turn their words into cleaned-up, formatted text, which means you can now dictate emails, messages, documents and even longer prompts for AI tools without having to type everything out.
Granola is already known for recording meeting audio and turning conversations into organised notes, tasks and follow-ups. It's now moving into a much more crowded area of AI software, where companies are trying to make voice input a bigger part of everyday computer use.
The company says the new feature works across apps on Mac - you speak, Granola tidies up what you've said and inserts the finished text wherever you're working - the idea is to make the result readable, with the formatting handled for you.
So anyone who spends hours replying to emails, writing reports or putting together AI prompts could find voice typing useful, particularly when typing out longer instructions gets tedious - Windows and iOS versions are also planned, although Granola hasn't given a release date for either. For now, this is a Mac feature.
The move also puts Granola in more direct competition with Wispr, which started out with voice dictation and has since expanded into meeting notes. Both companies are now moving beyond the single feature that originally made them popular. TechCrunch reports that Granola is valued at $1.5 billion, while Wispr has a $2 billion valuation.
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