#1

Language Tool is a privacy-oriented version of Grammarly.

It would be nice to have the ability to add the tool for spell check and detection of grammar issues in notes.

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#2

I think the best way would to use https://github.com/sylvainhalle/textidote. It is based on LanguageTool but works with Markdown files.

Maybe we could use the singleline output and display the errors and warnings in a new pane. Because the tool is relatively slow, we probably should only run it on save or user-request.

#3

This would be a killer feature indeed. I did switch from Grammarly to LanguageTool a while ago. For privacy reasons but it also supports more languages beyond English. I am currently reviewing my writing in Ulysses ā€” they have built in LT, I guess by using the LanguageTool API ā€” https://languagetool.org/proofreading-api

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#4

You can also install LanguageTool locally and use it entirely offline: https://dev.languagetool.org/http-server

There are lots of existing plugins that use it: https://dev.languagetool.org/software-that-supports-languagetool-as-a-plug-in-or-add-on - many of these are open source and could be used as a foundation.

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#5

So, admittedly - Iā€™m very very new to Obsidian.

But, from my very limited use thus far of the appā€¦ total game changer if the developers would implement LanguageTool into Obsidian. WoW!!!

If there is a place to cast a vote for this feature request, Iā€™d sure love to know about.

Like many Iā€™m sure, my workflow consists of several apps/platforms. The heavy hitters in it have been ROAM, Ulysses & Readwise. I totally enjoy the writing experience on Obsidian much more than ROAM, almost as much as Ulysses. The only reason, I even say Ulysses still is holding on by a thread is mainly because of the integration of LanguageTool.

If there was the ability to integrate LanguageTool, and Readwise importā€¦ It would be a one-stop shop = Total Bliss!

#6

I hope that it will be possible to have LanguageTool inside obsidian <3 Any news? Anyone tried to make it possible? LT has many languages this integration will help workaround lack of spell checker other languages than English. For this reason, I am still using Zettlr in parallel with obsidian.

#7

+1 for languagetool @Licat do you know this tool?

#8

There is already a plugin in development: GitHub - Clemens-E/obsidian-languagetool-plugin: languagetool plugin for obsidian I donā€™t know the forum name of the author though. CHY4E on the Discord.

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#9

Hi, didnā€™t have an account until now as Iā€™m very new to obsidian.
you can find my plugin by just searching for ā€œlanguagetoolā€ in the official plugin browser, if you notice bugs just let me know on discord or github

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#10

Thanks for your work on this! Is it technically possible to have it autocheck as I type?

#11

Yes it is!
I could make it check every x seconds after you stopped typing

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#12

Wow, that would be great!

#13

Iā€™ve been looking to get Grammarly integrated with Obsidian as I think that thereā€™s a plugin for IntelliJ IDEs for it ā€” I also thought about Linguix (a competitor of Grammarly), and they seemed keen on developing one, but ā€” as Iā€™m the only person thatā€™s asked for it so far ā€” theyā€™re holding fire on developing one for now, perhaps if enough people also suggested it theyā€™d either open up their API, or develop a plugin for Obsidianā€¦?

#14

@annoyingmouse, did you ever solve this? Iā€™d like to do the same and havenā€™t found a solution. iframes donā€™t appear to work with Grammarly. Since Grammarly works in Gdocs, Iā€™m wondering if thereā€™s a way to embed Google Docs?