LT = waste of time

[timconsidine]

I'm sure others are having a better experience, but ...

• constant push to log in to a LT account annoys me
• limited desktop support (only BigTech doc formats)
• seems ridiculous to have to open browser to check text written in plain text editor
• cannot use the desktop editor app with own instance (as far as I can see)
• self-hosted instance should have its own text window for pasting in content to be checked (not Cloudron's fault, upstream issue)
  Maybe I am having a bad day, but what's the point of this useless app
  Doesn't support true self-hosting deployment IMHO
  Open to any corrections of misunderstanding
  Going to lie down in a dark room and take a sedative

[nebulon]

I am using it every day mostly through the Firefox extension, setup to my personal instance and it is great. For desktop apps on Linux I also haven't found a way to make it use though.

[jdaviescoates]

@timconsidine said in LT = waste of time:

Going to lie down in a dark room and take a sedative

[warg]

@timconsidine said in LT = waste of time:

limited desktop support (only BigTech doc formats)

I never used LanguageTool with Cloudron or last 1-2 yrs but when I used it 3-4 years ago regularly it provided excellent results and there was a LibreOffice plug-in so it's not limited to .docx.

[jdaviescoates]

@warg said in LT = waste of time:

a LibreOffice plug-in

https://extensions.libreoffice.org/en/extensions/show/languagetool

[humptydumpty]

The firefox plugin and Libreoffice integration cover all my needs. My only gripe with LT is that it's resource heavy just to have some grammar fixed (1.8GB RAM and 15.8GB Disk, ouch!).

[marcusquinn]

@timconsidine Are you using a web interface or something? I think it's main purpose is as a headless service, and you use the apps/plugins/addons to use that private instance, as opposed to their public one.

The main and probably only difference being their public free service is character limited, whereas the self-hosted isn't.

I pay for Pro, as I use some of those extras, but maybe this way of looking at it will yield you the utility without the issues?

[girish]

I don't use the web interface much but use the Firefox extension everyday, works great.

[timconsidine]

@marcusquinn said in LT = waste of time:

it's main purpose is as a headless service

Would be nice if they actually said that
I do a lot of work in the browser, but not Firefox or Chrome
The writing I really need to check is not generated in a browser.
So it's ridiculous to open a browser with a plugin just for the purpose of checking the text.

[marcusquinn]

@timconsidine Their standalone app works will with LibreOffice and Apple Notes if that helps.

[andreasdueren]

I’m using it in Nextcloud with collabora which works well

[JOduMonT]

I'm using LanguageTools with Obsidian and it work well

• https://github.com/Clemens-E/obsidian-languagetool-plugin