Software worth a closer look
Vale — reviewed local profile
A configurable local command-line workflow for identifying likely passive constructions in plain English text, manually editing and rechecking. Suggestion threshold must be enabled for the chosen rule.
Why it’s worth discovering
Start with the supported features below, then compare the limits with your workflow.
No positive verified feature claims are available yet.
Best for
Audience fits are editorial judgments. “Likely” describes a potential fit.
Suitable audiences have not been established.
Consider it if…
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No evidence-backed problem fits have been established.
Platforms
Unknown — not verified.
Platform availability does not imply feature parity.
Pricing
Local Vale CLI under MIT; fixed Microsoft rule set MIT separately. Hosted CMS and paid services excluded.
Check the official source for current regional prices and plan limits.
Skip it if… / Trade-offs
Compare these limits before deciding:
CLI and local configuration required; limited regex-based detection, no automatic rewrite. Not a hosted CMS or a browser integration.
Attribute details
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Privacy-Friendly
Verified only for the reviewed local operation
Vale — reviewed local profile. For fixed Vale3.24.0 plain-stdin invocation with only the fixed local Microsoft.Passive rule, explicit local config/no-global, no pipeline sources, empty NLP endpoint and excluded profiling variables: selected rule checks locally and returns text-bearing JSON. Caller logs/files, host diagnostics, extensions and optional remote NLP are outside this statement; no zero-retention or whole-product guarantee.
Attribute meaning: For the stated writing workflow and edition, official documentation establishes local/self-hosted text processing or another explicitly reviewed data-handling basis. This is a scoped editorial classification, not a security certification or comparative privacy guarantee.
Reviewed Local Operation
Vale — reviewed local profile. For fixed Vale3.24.0 plain-stdin invocation with only the fixed local Microsoft.Passive rule, explicit local config/no-global, no pipeline sources, empty NLP endpoint and excluded profiling variables: selected rule checks locally and returns text-bearing JSON. Caller logs/files, host diagnostics, extensions and optional remote NLP are outside this statement; no zero-retention or whole-product guarantee.
Attribute meaning: Exact version, conditions and exclusions for this local privacy claim.
Mainstream software to compare
These graph relationships describe alternatives or complements, not full replacement guarantees.
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A configurable local command-line workflow for identifying likely passive constructions in plain English text, manually editing and rechecking. Suggestion threshold must be enabled for the chosen rule.
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