*hearing in comments certains parts aren’t foss

  • @Skimmer@lemmy.zip
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    731 year ago

    Their extension isn’t open source anymore, see here, so I don’t recommend it personally, especially with how sensitive the data it collects is, its basically a keylogger, so trust is super important imo.

    • @gelberhut@lemdro.id
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      Note about deepl: according to their EULA they collect all what you type there and use it for training their algorithm. They are much smaller that Google and co, what makes me thinking that your data could be more “visible” in the training results.

      The service as such is good, though.

      • WhiteHotaru
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        81 year ago

        I think this is only the case with the free version. Source: I worked with some big German companies which wanted to have an autotranslate function for their software. DeepL was the top choice, because the quality is very good and the data protection agreements for the paid service left no questions.

        • @gelberhut@lemdro.id
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          41 year ago

          Most probably this is correct. One can say the same about most enterprise targeting offers, for example by Microsoft.

          People who consider it for private usage should make decisions knowing such details.

      • @moitoi@feddit.de
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        EULA they collect all what you type there and use it for training their algorithm

        This isn’t the case for some specific corporate contract for the pro version. But, it’s not publicly available.

    • WhiteHotaru
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      51 year ago

      They have total different use cases. DeepL is a translator, language tool checks for style and grammar.

      I use both frequently and both do a very good job. I have a prime membership of language tool and I like it. Both are German companies and operate under GDPR.

    • @moitoi@feddit.de
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      31 year ago

      It’s not bad at all, and multilingual. I like it as I can write in multiple language making less mistakes.

    • @zoe@lemm.ee
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      off topic: is deepl down or something ? thing doesn’t respond :/

      edit: now works

  • Chewy
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    61 year ago

    Interestingly I knew about Languagetool long before I got to constantly see Grammarly ads. With the right tools it’s useful for checking latex etc.

  • @Navarian@lemm.ee
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    41 year ago

    I use this often when I’m writing articles, it’s incredibly easy to use and I’ve yet to have any issues with it.

    I use it on Waterfox, for what it’s worth. Absolutely recommend.

      • @Navarian@lemm.ee
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        When I switched from FF to WF it was lighter on system resources, faster and cut out a lot of the telemetry included in FF.

        I’ve not used Firefox for well over a year now, so I can’t speak to that still being the case, but those were the main draws for me.

        • @mac@lemm.ee
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          11 year ago

          I switched off of waterfox and back to firefox with arkenfox user.js when I noticed they were behind on a security update.

  • It’s working pretty well for me with integration into Firefox, (libre)office and you can decide if you want to run your own server locally, or rely on their server as a premium subscription.