Granola crunches up a dictation feature to compete with Wispr
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Granola, a company previously known for its meeting notetaker, has launched a new dictation feature to compete directly with Wispr. This move mirrors Wispr's recent expansion into meeting notes, highlighting a trend of convergence in the consumer voice AI market. The new feature allows Mac users to dictate text across all applications by pressing the 'Fn' key, with automatic cleanup and formatting of the speech. Granola promises unlimited word counts for free and plans to release the tool on iOS and Windows soon. Both companies are valued at over $1.5 billion, though they maintain different strategic focuses on automation versus research-driven interfaces. This product overlap is part of a broader industry shift where startups like Fireflies and Speechify are also combining multiple features into single apps. The article notes that the previous strategy of maintaining focused, single-purpose applications is giving way to multi-functional platforms.
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