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            "summary": "Antidote is a paid writing assistant with a corrector, dictionaries and language guides for French and English. It runs as a Windows and Mac app, as a web app, and on iPhone and iPad. Access is by yearly subscription, with personal and family plans.",
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            "tagline": "Open-source grammar, spelling and style checker for many languages",
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            "overview": "LanguageTool checks grammar, spelling, punctuation and style in its web editor and through browser add-ons for Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Opera. It also has Windows and macOS apps, add-ons for Gmail and Outlook, plugins for Google Docs, Word and LibreOffice, and a proofreading API for businesses.\n\nThe core checker is free to use, and Premium adds features such as unlimited paraphrasing. The core source is on GitHub under LGPL 2.1 or later, which places it among the open-source options in this category. Its focus is correctness and style checking across many languages rather than generating new text, so it complements an AI writing tool more than it replaces one."
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        "Only Antidote runs on iOS.",
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