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Scramble: Open-Source Alternative to Grammarly

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Re: Scramble: Open-Source Alternative to Grammarly

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Post by thankyoufriend »

vunderba wrote: post #6

Nice job—I'm always a fan of 'bring your own key' (BYOK) approaches. I think there's a lot of potential in using LLMs as virtual copy editors. I do a fair amount of writing and have actually put together several custom GPTs, each with varying degrees of freedom to rewrite the text. The first one acts strictly as a professional editor—it's allowed to fix spelling errors, grammatical issues, word repetition, etc., but…

Very cool! I'd be interested in reading more about your dictation-to-text process if you documented it somewhere, thanks.

My partner and I were just talking about how useful that would be, especially driving in the car when all of the "we should..." thoughts come out of hiding. Capturing those action items more organically without destroying the flow of the conversation would be heavenly.

Re: Scramble: Open-Source Alternative to Grammarly

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Post by TheRealPomax »

zlwaterfield wrote: post #2

After years with Grammarly, I wanted a simpler, cheaper way to improve my writing. So I built Scramble, a Chrome extension that uses an LLM for writing enhancements. Key features: - Uses your OpenAI API key (100% local) - Pre-defined prompts for various improvements - Highlight text and wait for suggestions - Currently fixed to GPT-4-turbo Future plans: add LLM provider/model choice, custom prompts, bug fixes, and im…

Does it work in "not a browser" though? Because that's the last place I need this, I really want this in Typora, VS Code, etc. instead.

Re: Scramble: Open-Source Alternative to Grammarly

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Post by keiran_cull »

rafram wrote: post #9

Grammarly grammar checking predates modern LLMs by many years, so I assume they’re actually using some kind of rule-based engine internally.

From what I understand, they've used a whole bunch of different kinds of AI models over the years.

They've been reasonably transparent about how things work, e.g. this blog post from 2018: https://www.grammarly.com/blog/transforming-writing-style-wi...

Re: Scramble: Open-Source Alternative to Grammarly

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Post by raverbashing »

> open-source Chrome extension

> It's designed to be a more customizable and privacy-respecting alternative to Grammarly.

> This extension requires an OpenAI API key to function

I disagree with this description of the service

No, it's not an "Open Source alternative to grammarly", it's an OpenAI wrapper

Re: Scramble: Open-Source Alternative to Grammarly

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Post by 8f2ab37a-ed6c »

raverbashing wrote: post #17

> open-source Chrome extension > It's designed to be a more customizable and privacy-respecting alternative to Grammarly. > This extension requires an OpenAI API key to function I disagree with this description of the service No, it's not an "Open Source alternative to grammarly", it's an OpenAI wrapper

Wonder if there's an option to somehow pipe the prompting to a local ollama instead.

Re: Scramble: Open-Source Alternative to Grammarly

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Post by copperx »

vunderba wrote: post #6

Nice job—I'm always a fan of 'bring your own key' (BYOK) approaches. I think there's a lot of potential in using LLMs as virtual copy editors. I do a fair amount of writing and have actually put together several custom GPTs, each with varying degrees of freedom to rewrite the text. The first one acts strictly as a professional editor—it's allowed to fix spelling errors, grammatical issues, word repetition, etc., but…

I do something similar. I have a custom Gemini Gem that critiques my writing and points out how I can better my paragraphs, but I do the bulk of the rewriting myself.

I'm not a native speaker, and the nice thing about this approach is that I seem to be learning to write better instead of just delegating the task to the machine.

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