Voice to Text for Airtable
Airtable gives you the flexibility of a spreadsheet with the power of a database. But filling out long text fields, writing comments on records, and updating linked record descriptions takes forever when you're typing. Blurt lets you hold a button, speak your thoughts, and release. Your text appears instantly in any Airtable field. No copying, no pasting, no workflow interruption. Just talk and populate.
The Typing Problem
Long text fields stay empty because typing is tedious
Your Airtable base has detailed description fields, project notes, and status updates. The fields exist because you need that context. But opening a record, clicking into a long text field, and typing out a thorough update takes five minutes. You end up leaving fields blank or writing one-sentence summaries that don't capture what your future self needs to know.
Record comments become afterthoughts
You just had a client call about a specific deal in your CRM base. Important context was shared. You should add a comment to the record with the key points. But typing out the conversation summary feels like extra work. You tell yourself you'll do it later. Later never comes. The context lives only in your head until you forget it.
Linked record descriptions lack the detail that makes them useful
You've built a beautifully relational database. Projects link to tasks, tasks link to people, people link to departments. But the descriptions on those linked records are sparse. Adding rich context to every linked record would take hours of typing. So you settle for bare-bones labels that don't tell the full story.
Form responses are shallow when typing is the bottleneck
Your team uses Airtable forms for intake requests, bug reports, or content briefs. The forms ask for detailed explanations. But responders type the minimum to get through the form. They have more context to share. Typing just takes too long. Your database fills with incomplete information.
Batch updates become marathon typing sessions
You need to update status notes on thirty records after a sprint review. Each record needs a paragraph explaining what changed and what's next. Even at two minutes per record, that's an hour of typing. You start cutting corners by the tenth record. By the twentieth, you're writing single sentences that won't make sense next week.
How It Works
Blurt works everywhere in Airtable: long text fields, rich text fields, comments, formula descriptions, form responses, and any other text input. Anywhere you can type, you can talk.
Click into any Airtable text field
Expand a record and click into a long text field, comment box, or any text input.
Hold your hotkey and talk
Press your chosen key, speak naturally. Blurt adds punctuation automatically.
Release and move to the next record
Your text appears in the field. Close the record or navigate to the next one.
Real Scenarios
Filling detailed project notes after a status meeting
You just wrapped a project sync. Each of the twelve active projects has updates: blockers, decisions made, next steps. Open your Projects base, expand the first record, click into the notes field, and talk through the update like you're briefing a colleague. Twenty seconds per record instead of three minutes of typing. All twelve projects updated in under five minutes with thorough context.
Adding comments to CRM records after client calls
A prospect just told you their budget constraints, timeline concerns, and the competitor they're also evaluating. That context could make or break the deal. Open the record in your CRM base, click into comments, hold the button, and capture everything while it's fresh: 'Budget is $50K max, needs to launch by Q2, also talking to Competitor X but concerned about their support response times.' Critical intel captured in fifteen seconds.
Writing rich descriptions for linked records
You're building out your team's knowledge base in Airtable. Each process links to related tools, contacts, and documents. Those linked records need descriptions that explain why the link exists and what context matters. Click into the description field of a linked record and talk through the relationship: 'Primary vendor for design work. Preferred for projects under $10K. Contact Sarah for quotes. Typical turnaround is two weeks.' Rich context that makes your database actually useful.
Responding to Airtable forms with full context
Your team uses an intake form for new content requests. The form asks for background, objectives, and target audience. Typing thoughtful responses takes ten minutes and breaks your flow. Instead, open the form, click into each long text field, and talk through your answers naturally. A thorough content brief submitted in three minutes instead of fifteen.
Batch updating status fields during weekly reviews
Every Friday you review your task database and update status notes. Forty tasks need current context. With typing, this review takes over an hour and you dread it. With Blurt, you expand each record, hold the button, speak the update, and move on. The entire review takes twenty minutes. Your database stays current because updating it doesn't feel like punishment.
Documenting decisions in a decision log base
Your team tracks major decisions in an Airtable base. Each decision needs context: what alternatives were considered, why this choice was made, who was involved. Typing out decision rationale feels like writing a report. Hold the button and explain the decision like you're telling a new team member why things are the way they are. Complete decision documentation in sixty seconds.
Building a searchable meeting notes database
You maintain an Airtable base where each record is a meeting with attendees, topics, and detailed notes. The notes field is supposed to capture everything important. But typing during meetings means missing half the conversation. After the meeting, hold the button and talk through what happened while it's fresh. Detailed meeting notes that become a searchable archive for your team.
Airtable has built-in AI features. Here's how Blurt differs.
| Blurt | Airtable AI | |
|---|---|---|
| Input method | Voice: hold button and talk | Keyboard: type prompts or select options |
| Output | Your exact words, properly punctuated | AI-generated summaries or field values |
| Use case | Capturing your thoughts verbatim, faster | Automating field generation and data cleanup |
| Authenticity | 100% your voice and ideas | AI-written based on existing data |
| Works offline | No, requires internet | No, requires internet |
| Pricing | $10/month or $99/year (separate from Airtable) | Included in Airtable Team and above |
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