1. Separate Grammarly speech-to-text from Grammarly for Mac
Grammarly’s current speech-to-text page identifies the feature as part of Grammarly Keyboard for iOS. Tap its microphone on an iPhone or iPad and Grammarly can transcribe speech, remove filler words and self-corrections, and apply grammar cleanup before the text reaches the destination field.
Grammarly’s current Mac guide starts after text is entered. It documents underlined suggestions, a Grammarly tab, Review all, tone detection, and app or website controls. It does not present the iOS keyboard microphone as a Mac speech-input feature. On Mac, choose a separate dictation path first.
2. Dictate into the exact Mac field, then open Grammarly
Open the document, message, form, or editor and click the exact field until the insertion point is visible. Trigger the shortcut shown under System Settings → Keyboard → Dictation, speak, then stop before editing. Confirm that the transcript landed in the intended field.
Grammarly should then evaluate the text in a supported app or website. Click an underline to inspect a suggestion, or open the Grammarly tab and choose Review all. Accept only the changes that preserve the intended meaning, names, numbers, dates, terminology, and tone.
- Focus the destination field before starting Dictation.
- Speak and stop the input session.
- Confirm the raw transcript landed correctly.
- Review Grammarly suggestions as a separate editing pass.
- Use the destination app’s Send, Save, Publish, or Submit control yourself.
3. Keep suggestion acceptance and account actions explicit
A Grammarly underline is a proposed edit, not an instruction to change the draft. Click the suggestion to accept it or dismiss it separately. Review all can collect suggestions in one panel, but it does not remove the need to inspect meaning-changing edits.
Neither macOS Dictation nor IraVoice should be treated as permission to accept Grammarly edits, address a recipient, submit a form, publish a page, or send a message. The destination app owns those account actions, and the user should confirm them visibly.
4. Read the iOS speech privacy claim at the correct boundary
For its iOS speech-to-text feature, Grammarly says the microphone turns on only after you tap it and the iOS orange microphone indicator appears. It says audio is sent for transcription, is never stored or linked to the account, and is not used to train Grammarly or third-party models.
Grammarly also says that iOS feature uses OpenAI Whisper for speech recognition followed by Grammarly post-processing. Those statements describe the Grammarly Keyboard speech feature. They do not automatically describe Apple Dictation, IraVoice, every Grammarly for Mac suggestion, or the destination app that receives the text.
For Apple Dictation, inspect the processing notice under System Settings → Keyboard → Dictation for the active Mac and language. For any sensitive destination, separately review the destination app’s storage, sharing, and account policies.
5. Check app support before blaming the microphone
If dictated text appears but Grammarly does not underline anything, the microphone path already worked. Check whether Grammarly for Mac is running, whether the current app or website has been turned off, and whether the site appears in Grammarly’s block list.
Some Grammarly capabilities vary by destination. Its current Mac guide, for example, limits the plagiarism checker and AI detector to Apple Pages and Microsoft Word. A missing destination-specific feature does not prove speech input failed.
6. Troubleshoot transcription and grammar review separately
If no words appear, test the same Mac Dictation shortcut in TextEdit. Confirm Dictation is enabled, the intended microphone is selected, the language is available, and Voice Control is not taking over the shortcut. Text in TextEdit but not the target app points to the active field or app.
If words appear but Grammarly suggestions do not, restart Grammarly for Mac, inspect its app or website controls, and test a clearly misspelled sentence in a supported editor. This isolates Grammarly’s review layer from the speech recognizer.
7. Use IraVoice only for a distinct local input path
Use Apple Dictation first for occasional free voice input. Use Grammarly Keyboard on iOS when you specifically want Grammarly’s documented speech-to-text cleanup before text reaches a mobile field.
IraVoice 0.7.1 is a separate option for macOS 26+ Apple-silicon Macs when recognition and supported formatting should run on the Mac across supported editable fields. Grammarly can independently review the resulting text if its Mac software supports that destination. IraVoice does not integrate with Grammarly, access a Grammarly account, inspect or accept suggestions, change a block list, or press Send, Save, Publish, or Submit.