Writing buddy: spelling and wording help in any app

Pinchy can fix spelling and grammar while you type, in every app, and tidy up a text you select.

What to ask for

“Fix my spelling while I type.” After one yes he keeps going in every app until you tell him to stop.
Select a paragraph and press the writing shortcut: he offers a corrected or tidied version.
“Stop correcting me in the terminal.” He adds that app to the list he never touches.
“Only fix typos, don’t change my wording.” He switches to spelling only.

Small fixes land in place with an Undo. Bigger changes arrive as a quiet suggestion you accept or ignore.
For a selection he pastes the fixed text over it and puts your clipboard back. In read-only places, like a PDF viewer, you get Copy instead.
Watching while you type uses the desktop’s accessibility service to read the text field you are in. Apps that were already open may need a restart the first time.
Writing help uses a small, fast model by default.

Settings → Voice & writing → Writing buddy: the live grammar helper on or off, fix as I type, make small fixes for me, how long to wait after you stop typing, apps where he never helps, watch while I type, help for selected text and its shortcut, what help to offer (fix spelling and tidy up, spelling only, tidy up), Neovim, the model.
Settings → Voice & writing → Writing buddy → Privacy: apps he never watches.

“Watch while I type” is off until you switch it on.
Some apps cannot be read by other programs. He tells you when an app can’t be helped.