Voice to Text for Chronic Fatigue
Chronic fatigue is invisible and very real. Whether it's CFS, fibromyalgia, long COVID, or another condition, you know the weight of exhaustion that doesn't lift with rest. Typing takes energy. More than most people realize. Every keystroke is a small withdrawal from a limited account. Blurt gives you a way to write without that physical tax. Hold a button, speak naturally, and your words appear as text. You do more with less exertion. Save your energy for what matters most.
The Typing Problem
Every task requires energy math
Before you start an email, you calculate. How much will this cost? Can you afford to write this document today, or should you wait? If you type this report now, will you have anything left for the rest of the afternoon? People without fatigue don't understand this constant negotiation. Every task has a price, and you're always running a deficit.
Typing seems small until it isn't
It's just typing. Your fingers move across keys. How tiring could it be? This is what people who don't live with fatigue assume. They don't feel how sustained typing drains you. They don't notice the exhaustion building through a morning of emails. They don't understand that something 'small' can be the thing that tips you over the edge. Typing adds up.
Your condition is invisible to everyone else
You look fine. You're sitting at a computer. How hard can it be? Chronic fatigue doesn't show on your face while you're pushing through. Colleagues don't see the exhaustion behind your emails. They don't know that the message you just sent took everything you had left. The work gets done, but nobody understands what it cost you.
Rest doesn't restore what work takes
Normal tired goes away with sleep. Chronic fatigue doesn't work that way. When you push through a heavy typing day, you don't recover overnight. Sometimes you don't recover for days. The debt accumulates. There's no catching up, only managing the deficit. Every bit of exertion you can avoid is energy you keep.
You have to choose between productivity and sustainability
Push through and get things done today, crash tomorrow. Pace yourself and fall behind. There's no good option when your energy doesn't match what your work demands. You're constantly choosing between your health and your output. That shouldn't be the only choice available.
How It Works
Blurt works anywhere you can type on macOS. Email, documents, chat, notes. One tool that reduces physical exertion across everything you do.
Hold your chosen hotkey
Press a keyboard shortcut you select. A small indicator confirms Blurt is listening. This is the only keystroke required.
Speak naturally
Talk at your normal pace. Blurt handles punctuation and capitalization automatically. No special commands to memorize.
Release and your text appears
Your words are inserted wherever your cursor is. No copying, no pasting, no extra steps. Done.
Real Scenarios
Getting through email without depleting yourself
Your inbox has messages waiting. Each reply is a small energy expenditure. With typing, they add up fast. With Blurt, you speak your responses instead. A three-sentence reply takes seconds of speaking instead of sustained typing effort. You clear your inbox without the cumulative drain that normally comes with it. The emails get sent. You still have energy left.
Writing documents when your tank is low
Reports, proposals, documentation. These require sustained output over hours. That's hours of physical exertion you may not have. Speaking your thoughts instead of typing them changes the equation. The mental work remains, but the physical cost drops significantly. You can produce a full document on days when typing through it would leave you depleted.
Keeping up with Slack and Teams without constant drain
Workplace chat is relentless. Quick messages, longer explanations, check-ins throughout the day. Each one is small. Together, they're a constant trickle of exertion. With Blurt, you speak each message. The cumulative physical load of a full day of chat becomes minimal. You stay responsive without the ongoing energy tax.
Capturing notes without paying for it later
Meeting notes, project notes, daily logs. Writing things down helps you work, but the typing itself takes from your limited reserves. Speaking your notes instead means you capture what you need without the physical cost. Information gets recorded. Your energy stays where it belongs.
Working on difficult days
Some days are harder than others. When you wake up depleted but still need to work, every efficiency matters. Blurt becomes essential on these days. Tasks that would be impossible with typing become manageable with voice. You get through what needs to get done without pushing yourself into a crash.
Preserving energy for what matters most
Maybe you need to save energy for a meeting later. Maybe you want to have something left for your family after work. Maybe there's a project that requires your full attention. By reducing the energy cost of routine typing, you reclaim capacity for the things that matter. Blurt is triage for your limited resources.
Reducing the boom-and-bust cycle
The pattern with fatigue is familiar: push on better days, crash and recover, repeat. When your baseline work requires less physical exertion, the swings become less extreme. Fewer crash days. More consistent capacity. Blurt won't cure fatigue, but it removes one constant drain that makes everything harder.
How Blurt compares to the dictation built into your Mac
| Blurt | macOS Dictation | |
|---|---|---|
| Activation | Single customizable hotkey | Click mic icon or double-tap Fn key |
| Response time | Text appears in under 500ms | 2-3 second delay is common |
| Reliability | Consistent transcription quality | Often fails silently or drops words |
| Works everywhere | Any app where you can type | Inconsistent across applications |
| Punctuation | Added automatically | Requires voice commands |
| Price | $10/month or $99/year | Free but unreliable |
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