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Reviews for Grammar and Spell Checker - LanguageTool

Grammar and Spell Checker - LanguageTool by LanguageTooler GmbH

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  • by Marion, a day ago
    Personally I hated this extension and uninstalled it. The grammar checking function is extremely irritating (it doesn't seem to get the idea of casual English where you don't necessarily want to have loads of commas everywhere) and there doesn't seem to be a way of permanently disabling it. It also constantly offers me unwanted style guides for "improving" the style of my English (by upgrading to a paid version). This is probably fine if you are writing English as a second language, but it isn't suitable for native speakers wanting to catch awkward spellings or typos.
  • by AB, 2 months ago
  • by Firefox user 18900608, 2 months ago
    Barly woerks
  • by Adam Baker, 2 months ago
    Money-grubbing BS. Useless for anything longer than 1,000 words, unless you upgrade to the paid version.

    Still better than Firefox's default dictionary, but not by much.
  • by Firefox user 18867700, 2 months ago
    Dark mode for every website. Take care of your eyes, use dark theme for night and daily browsing.
  • by Calcifer, 4 months ago
    Pretty useless tbh gives dumb corrections to things that are mistakes in a different sentence structure. Used for dutch
  • by starnix, 5 months ago
    neat software.

    kudos to whoever decided free users need to see a constant yellow warning which only links to "premium upgrade now" spam on every single text input
  • by kacnje, 5 months ago
    After integration of AI, it simply works worse. I do not recommend it any more.
  • by Endless Fantasy, 6 months ago
    Two stars for not including an option to select, an “Any dialect” in the which dialect to use dropdown, or select multiple as a bubble, as either a basic or advanced option.

    I consider this a critical feature of any language tool, especially a spell check.

    I'd also like to be able to select “Show both as a suggestion” For these features of premium let alone recommend it as a user I want more freedom of expression in how I type, sometimes to type in standard “wrong” variations and even recommend them (The horror!!!):

    Wrong Punctuation

    Incorrect Word Combinations

    Advanced Missing Commas

    Foreign Terms

    It's also lacking several important features such as custom dictionaries from what I can tell.

    There's no excuse for not loading from standard formats for this.

    Review was edited using this software.

    The software also disguises telling you about "Advanced" errors, as a form of very blatant advertisement, and front-loads its AI paraphrasing, and rewriting system as much as it reasonably can without impacting the user experience.

    As a user I don't want this, I don't want to know if I made an advanced spelling mistake, because I know that The software does not support that because I read the page, I expect no scanning, not ad's for scanning disguised as good faith showcasing of your product, or the user's failures.

    It needs to be a default off option like "Enable scanning of user text for premium features, to warn user about their mistakes" would be ideal.

    There's not even any options clutter yet, good work, but its not configurable enough.

    Id say my review rating is: Stalker HoC's reception.
  • by Firefox user 14065901, 8 months ago
    Not so great if you are multilingual. I understand projects like this need money but the pathological need to show premium upgrade ads in the UI over usability of the product shows the priority is not helping you the user. Also don't fake having a language available in the setting and then not be able to spell check it.
  • by Firefox user 15291916, 9 months ago
    A spellchecker that only works on some sites, and not others, has limited usefulness. Would be better if it could run here, but its options don't even show the "Run on sites with restrictions" option as it ought to.

    Edit: It used to work on wireclub.com's chats, and now it doesn't. More useless than ever before.
  • by willo, 10 months ago
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  • by Firefox user 13381346, a year ago
    Wenn sie immer funktonieren würde könnte ich mir überlegen dafür zu bezahlen. Nachdem das leider nicht so ist, sehe ich nicht ein auch nur 1 Cent dafür auszugeben

    Developer response

    posted a year ago
    Bitte kontaktiere uns doch im Forum (https://forum.languagetool.org) mit einer genaueren Fehlerbeschreibung.
  • by Firefox user 12233941, a year ago
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  • by Goofy3696, a year ago
    It works to an extent. When it detects an error in your sentence format and you click to correct it, you are then sent to a PAYWALL to have it corrected.

    Developer response

    posted a year ago
    That's only true for a fraction of errors. Many errors can be detected and fixed with the free version.
  • by Firefox user 18378284, a year ago
    Great except it keeps on pushing premium only issues in my face, honestly ruins it.
  • by Ferret, a year ago
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  • by Ardemus, a year ago
    At first it seemed nice, but it's been getting in the way. At first it passively highlighted problem areas for me to review, but today it's been agressively throwing up dialogs on its own, blocking my work. It also abuses its access to my attention by marking an error but pitching it's paid service when I click on the text. It does have a good dictionary (much better than the native Firefox spell checker) but the gramar engine is stuck on pedantic. It enforces rules that aren't required unless you're writing a formal document. The last straw was when it started trying to autocomplete sentences. Today I typed, "work address:" and it threw my actual work address (and how does it know my real work address?) into the email. I ignored it but the suggestion kept popping up as I edited that part of the email. It ultimately inserted the address by itself, on a blank line, between "work address:" and the address I had already added. It even used a font style that didn't match the surounding text.

    Developer response

    posted a year ago
    Thanks for your feedback. LanguageTool doesn't autocomplete - the autocompletion came from somewhere else (e.g., Gmail or a different add-on). We also don't open dialogs automatically, all dialogs only show up when you click on an error or button. Maybe you're confusing LanguageTool with a different add-on?
  • by Kelue, a year ago
    A year ago, this tool was just a spell and grammar checker. There was no mention of AI on it's home page.

    Now it's decided to revamp itself as an "AI tool".

    Which means one of two things:

    Either it is, genuinely, more of an "AI tool" now than it used to be, in which case it gets an immediate boot from my browser. If it's been an "AI tool" this whole time, training a large language model off my text, I regret not removing it sooner.

    Or, they're trying to pick up on the current marketing craze and slap "AI" on their basic spell check and grammar tool which is less insidious than it is annoying and sad.

    Either way, it's been real, but nothing that is or claims to be "AI" is allowed on my browser. Seeya.

    Developer response

    posted a year ago
    "training a large language model off my text" - we don't do that, and our privacy policy is very clear about how we use the text.
  • by Firefox user 13502630, 2 years ago
    My big problem is the grammar checker. I just want an extensive spell checker. I write in a very personal style, something this grammar checker doesn't understand. Mrs Patterson, my English language teacher way back in the ninth grade drilled decent grammar into her student. I use it as I choose; I'd rather not have this addon nagging all the time. Just check the spelling.
  • by Javiondelo Archelós, 2 years ago