Granola adds free dictation across apps on the Mac and takes on Wispr

A tool that writes your meeting notes now writes everything else you say on a Mac too. Granola launched a dictation feature today across every app, TechCrunch reports. The user holds the Fn key, speaks, and Granola types the cleaned-up version where the cursor sits. The feature is free with no word cap. iOS and Windows are listed as "coming soon".

"Granola now does voice typing. Unlimited words, for free. Granola already writes your meeting notes. Now it can do the typing for you, in any app", the company's own posted statement reads, through TechCrunch. The move puts Granola up against Wispr Flow. Wispr is a voice dictation startup last valued at 2 billion dollars, TechCrunch writes.

What the feature actually does

The reader holds the Fn key and talks. Granola cleans up the speech. It formats what you said. It types the result where the cursor is. The target use is notes, prompts, emails and chat messages, TechCrunch writes. The platform at launch is macOS. The company says iOS and Windows versions are coming soon. TechCrunch states no date for either.

The pricing is the clearest fact in the piece. Granola's dictation is free and the word count is unlimited, TechCrunch writes. Wispr Flow sells a paid tier that this launch competes with directly.

Why Granola is doing this now

Granola is a Series C meeting-notetaker, TechCrunch has reported before. It raised 250 million dollars at a 1.5 billion dollar valuation in July 2026. Wispr, the dictation incumbent, was valued at 2 billion dollars in October after its own round, TechCrunch writes. Wispr launched a meeting-notes feature in August. The feature overlap goes both ways, and the two companies now sell against each other on each other's home ground.

TechCrunch also names Fireflies, Speechify and Monologue as other voice startups that have added features outside their original tool. The pattern is one voice product that absorbs the adjacent voice job. Granola is making that move for dictation.

What a user tests this week

A Wispr Flow user on a Mac can try Granola's dictation and keep both for a week. The honest comparison has three parts. One is accuracy on the user's own voice. Another is the delay between speech and typed text. The last is how the cleanup rule handles domain words and brand names. Price is already settled for the dictation step: Granola is free. The meeting-notes step is where Granola already has a paying business.

The product trade-off is unmeasured outside Granola's own blog. The company has not shared accuracy numbers or latency figures. TechCrunch does not quote any. A reader deciding whether to switch should treat the launch note as a vendor statement. Run your own test on your own voice for a week.

Source

Granola crunches up a dictation feature to compete with Wispr, TechCrunch.