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Browser-based grammar checking that keeps your typing local

Original: Spell checking without sending everything you type to the cloud A grammar checker in the browser reads everything you wr

LanguageTool is being highlighted as a grammar and spell checker that can run entirely in the browser, meaning emails, chat messages, internal documents and customer notes need not be sent to a vendor's cloud for analysis. The discussion contrasts this local approach with most commercial tools, which upload everything a user types, raising privacy concerns for sensitive workplace text.

Why now: Growing concern about privacy and where sensitive text is processed is driving interest in offline alternatives.

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• Spell checking without sending everything you type to the cloud A grammar checker in the browser reads everything you write: mails, chat messages, internal documents, notes about customers. With most tools, all of that goes to a vendor's cloud. For a long time, LanguageTool was… · oetiker@hachyderm.io · 13

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