--- title: Granola crunches up a dictation feature to compete with... description: Granola, known for its meeting notetaker, launched a dictation feature. Wispr, known for dictation, had earlier added a meeting notetaker. On Mac, Granola's... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/granola-crunches-up-a-dictation-feature-to-compete-with-wispr-dzpcvbfef twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Granola crunches up a dictation feature to compete with Wispr | daily.dev og:description: Granola, known for its meeting notetaker, launched a dictation feature. Wispr, known for dictation, had earlier added a meeting notetaker. On Mac, Granola's... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/granola-crunches-up-a-dictation-feature-to-compete-with-wispr-dzpcvbfef og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/dZpCvBfEF.png og:image:alt: Granola crunches up a dictation feature to compete with Wispr og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Granola crunches up a dictation feature to compete with Wispr **[TechCrunch](https://daily.dev/sources/tc)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Granola, known for its meeting notetaker, launched a dictation feature. Wispr, known for dictation, had earlier added a meeting notetaker. On Mac, Granola's dictation works by pressing the 'Fn' key, speaking, and getting cleaned-up, formatted text posted into any app, including notes, prompts, and emails. iOS and Windows support is coming soon. Granola is valued at $1.5 billion, Wispr at $2 billion. Other voice startups like Fireflies, Speechify, and Monologue have also converged into apps with meeting notes and dictation. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### How does Granola's new dictation feature work on Mac? Users press the 'Fn' key, start speaking, and Granola cleans up and formats the speech before posting the final text. It works across all apps, so people can use it to write notes, dictate prompts, or reply to emails and messages. Support for iOS and Windows is planned to follow. _Developers tracking AI dictation tool rollouts can follow Granola and Wispr updates on daily.dev._ ### What is the valuation difference between Granola and Wispr? Granola is valued at $1.5 billion while Wispr is valued at $2 billion. Granola focuses on meeting-related automation and note-taking, while Wispr is building its own models through a research lab exploring new human-computer interfaces. _Anyone comparing voice AI startups can keep tabs on funding and positioning shifts via daily.dev._ ### Which voice AI startups have combined dictation and meeting notetaking into one app? Granola, Wispr, Fireflies, Speechify, and Monologue have all converged into multi-feature apps offering both meeting note-taking and dictation. Previously these companies focused on a single feature done well, but they are now expanding to capture more value from users' speech. _daily.dev helps developers watching the voice AI space follow how these overlapping feature sets evolve._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Wispr Flow is preparing to launch a meeting notetaker, updated terms suggest](https://daily.dev/posts/wispr-flow-is-preparing-to-launch-a-meeting-notetaker-updated-terms-suggest-0kbgnv3mu) · TechCrunch · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Granola launches an Apple Watch app](https://daily.dev/posts/granola-launches-an-apple-watch-app-mmcap2fao) · TechCrunch · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [How Granola Automates Meeting Progress](https://daily.dev/posts/how-granola-automates-meeting-progress-egfjwfacv) · SitePoint · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [I dismissed this hyped AI app for months, and now I use it for every Claude and ChatGPT prompt](https://daily.dev/posts/i-dismissed-this-hyped-ai-app-for-months-and-now-i-use-it-for-every-claude-and-chatgpt-prompt-ak3oxz93b) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#voice-ai](https://daily.dev/tags/voice-ai) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/granola-crunches-up-a-dictation-feature-to-compete-with-wispr-dzpcvbfef) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Granola crunches up a dictation feature to compete with Wispr","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/granola-crunches-up-a-dictation-feature-to-compete-with-wispr-dzpcvbfef","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/granola-crunches-up-a-dictation-feature-to-compete-with-wispr-dzpcvbfef"},"datePublished":"2026-10-29T17:59:02.990Z","dateModified":"2026-10-30T19:24:47.506Z","description":"Granola, known for its meeting notetaker, launched a dictation feature. 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