Granola now types what you say in any Mac app for free, so the keyboard becomes the slow option
By Brett Gavaghan, Founder of Adaptd ·
Granola, best known for its meeting notes, launched voice typing on 29 October. Hold a key on your Mac, talk, and tidy text lands wherever your cursor is. It's free on every plan, with no word limit.
The short version
- Granola voice typing turns your speech into tidy, formatted text in any app on a Mac.
- It launched on 29 October 2026 in beta for Mac, free on every Granola plan with no word limit; Windows and iOS come later.
- If you already use Granola on a Mac, try it for emails and AI prompts before paying for a separate dictation app.
Most of us talk faster than we type, and type faster than we tidy up what we typed. Granola reckons it can handle all three.
What is Granola voice typing?
Granola voice typing is a dictation tool that types what you say into any app on a Mac. You hold a key, which is fn by default, speak, and Granola pastes cleaned-up, formatted text where your cursor is.
It works outside Granola, so you can dictate an email in Gmail or a prompt in ChatGPT or Claude. You can add names and terms to a dictionary, let it learn from your corrections, and let it read your screen so it spells the names it can see. The screen reading is optional, which is handy if your screen is mostly client files.
Who can use it, and what does it cost?
Granola voice typing is free on every Granola plan, with no word limit. It launched on 29 October 2026 in beta for the Mac desktop app. Windows and iOS versions are coming, but Granola hasn't given a date.
English is the default language, and it uses your Mac's default microphone unless you choose another. Granola's own help pages say built-in or wired mics work best.
Should your business use it?
If your team already uses Granola for meeting notes on Macs, voice typing costs nothing extra and is worth a week's trial. Long emails, quote notes and AI prompts are the obvious first jobs.
My take: dictation suits people who think out loud, and it's a good way to give an AI tool more detail than you'd ever bother typing. On Windows? You'll have to wait. And check the privacy settings before anyone dictates client details.
Just don't dictate in an open-plan office, unless you want everyone to know exactly what you think of that supplier.
Wondering what this means for your business?
That's exactly what the discovery call is for.