Reviews for Grammar and Spell Checker - LanguageTool
Grammar and Spell Checker - LanguageTool by LanguageTooler GmbH
Review by Kelue
Rated 2 out of 5
by Kelue, 3 years agoA 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.
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 3 years 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.
5,188 reviews
- Rated 1 out of 5by June, 10 hours agoWent from being a wonderful tool to now only usable if you're a premium user. It's a terrible change no matter the reason. I will be uninstalling and finding another spell checker.
- Rated 5 out of 5by Splinter, 21 hours ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Maka, 2 days agoC'est devenu payant... je désinstalle et je retourne en mode gramanazi.
- Rated 1 out of 5by bbeeohazardd, 2 days agoWas great until it forced me on a "premium trial" without even notifying me and then wouldn't even let me go back to the regular version and I was forced to uninstall. Real scummy.
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 17788141, 2 days ago
- Rated 2 out of 5by Golfy, 3 days agoI know that open source don't means free/gratis. But I dislike the way this product become less acurate in the time and how marketing justify why browser plugin will be a premium functionnality. As a teacher, I was advising my students to use it... now, I'll advise them to use Grammalecte.
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 14337437, 3 days agoThey want me to upgrade to premium so that I can still use it. I don't do subscriptions tho. Good riddance then.
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 20083741, 3 days agoI've been a big fan of this one for a few years but seeing that they've made it a paywalled extension. a SUBSCRIPTION, at that. I am now looking for a new grammar and spell checker.
- Rated 1 out of 5by Tsaghira, 3 days agoThe extension itself works great. My rating is based on the fact that they are switching entirely to being a paid service only. I will be removing the extension.
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 6772518, 4 days agoI rarely need a grammar checker these days, but I have found almost all of the suggestions I get in "picky" mode — particularly when I am writing something a bit more formal than a text — very reasonable. The fact that I probably "only" use about 10-20% of them should be taken in the context that I have used other grammar/spell checkers and rarely take their suggestions at all!
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 19895099, 4 days ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Erebus Kuro, 4 days ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Sérgio Henrique S P, 4 days agoRealmente a extensão é ótima, mas, agora, ficou paga, após 14 dias de uso. Ainda não tem outra aqui no Firefox, mas já tem para Chrome.
- Rated 1 out of 5by TheSakMan7, 4 days ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 18970893, 4 days agoTrès bonne extension, dommage quelle soit inutilisable au bout de quelques temps et nous demande de payer le premium
- Rated 1 out of 5by vomkitty, 4 days agowill eventually lock the best feature behind a paywall, making this useless
- Rated 5 out of 5by дым Смотрящего, 5 days agoИсправляет ошибки. Мне, грамотею ещё какому, помогает писать грамотней.
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 20079320, 6 days ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Pitt, 6 days agoAfter years of using this free open-source tool, it’s sad to see it suddenly locked behind a mandatory paywall.
This is a textbook definition of "enshittification"!
Thanks for the good years, and good luck. - Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 19668763, 6 days agoLa version gratuite était tres bien. Mais ils ont décidé de mettre un place un paywall. Bref je déconseille.
- Rated 1 out of 5by pf7312, 6 days ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Kevin_NJ, 7 days ago