Granola crunches up a dictation feature to compete with Wispr
In Brief Posted: 10:54 AM PDT · October 29, 2026 Image Credits:Granola Ivan Mehta Granola crunches up a dictation feature to compete with Wispr Apps in the consumer voice AI world seem to be converging, as Granola, known for its meeting notetaker, launched a dictation feature today. This comes…
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In Brief Posted: 10:54 AM PDT · October 29, 2026 Image Credits:Granola Ivan Mehta Granola crunches up a dictation feature to compete with Wispr Apps in the consumer voice AI world seem to be converging, as Granola, known for its meeting notetaker, launched a dictation feature today. This comes months after Wispr, known for its dictation tool, launched a meeting notetaker. Granola’s dictation currently works on Mac just like any other such tool. Users can press the “Fn” key and start speaking, and the tool cleans up and formats their speech and posts the final text. This feature works across all apps, so users can post notes, dictate prompts, and reply to emails and messages. 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. pic.twitter.com/et60VtwWA0— Granola (@meetgranola) October 29, 2026 The company said that the feature will land on iOS and Windows soon. Granola and Wispr are valued at $1.5 billion and $2 billion, respectively. Granola is focused on meeting-related automation and notetaking. On the other hand, Wispr is trying to build its own models through a research lab, which is exploring different human-computer interfaces. The feature mashups are not exclusive to Granola and Wispr. Other voice startups such as Fireflies, Speechify, and Monologue have converged into multifeature apps with meeting notetaking and dictation capabilities. Until earlier in the year, the play was around having a focused app that does one thing well. But now, all of these apps are thinking about how to get more out of capturing users’ speech. Topics AI, ai dictation, Apps, granola, In Brief, Wispr flow November 4 Boston Buy One Pass, Get a Second FreeCover more ground at TechCrunch’s ultimate founder bootcamp of the year by bringing your co-founder or partner for freeBook before the BOGO deal expires Register Now Newsletters See More Subscribe for the industry’s biggest tech news Related Apps Meta quietly launches an AI fashion app called Style Sketch Aisha Malik 11 hours ago Apps As AI agents reshape the web, Google opens Gemini and Search to more apps Sarah Perez 2 days ago Apps Meta has a new AI pet app called Waddle World Ivan Mehta 2 days ago Latest in AI AI You don’t need to believe in a god to get a religious exemption from using AI at work Amanda Silberling 5 hours ago AI AWS will be a $1T business, Jassy says. But first, it will spend big. Lucas Ropek 6 hours ago AI As search traffic dries up, Reddit announces it’s shifting to a logged-in experience Sarah Perez 10 hours ago