Voice to Text for Android Developers
Your hands belong on the keyboard writing Kotlin, not typing Play Store descriptions or PR reviews. Blurt lets you speak your code comments, KDoc documentation, and team messages while your fingers stay in position. Hold a button, say what you need, release. Text appears wherever your cursor is — in Android Studio, GitHub, Slack, anywhere on your Mac. No context switching. No flow interruption. Just talk and ship.
The Typing Problem
Writing Play Store descriptions that actually convert
You've built something great, but now you need to sell it in 4,000 characters. Marketing copy isn't your thing. You stare at the release description field, knowing that 'Fixed bugs and improved performance' won't cut it. The app is ready to ship, but this text box is holding you hostage. You'd rather refactor the entire codebase than write another feature highlight.
Documenting Kotlin code when your brain is in implementation mode
You just finished a tricky coroutine flow. You know you should write KDoc explaining the suspension points and error handling. But switching from code brain to documentation brain feels like changing gears without a clutch. So you write a one-liner and tell yourself you'll come back later. You won't. Six months from now, even you won't understand what that Flow is doing.
PR reviews that deserve more than 'LGTM'
A junior dev submitted a PR and it needs real feedback. You can see three architectural issues and a potential memory leak. You could explain all of it in 30 seconds out loud. But typing detailed review comments takes 15 minutes you don't have before the sprint planning meeting. So you leave 'Looks good, minor suggestions' and hope they figure it out.
Explaining architecture decisions in tickets and docs
The ticket says 'Implement caching layer' but now you need to document why you chose Room over DataStore, and why the cache invalidation works the way it does. You know exactly what to say. You've thought through every tradeoff. But translating that knowledge into written words feels like compressing a 3D object into 2D. The context lives in your head, not on the page.
Your wrists are staging a rebellion by Wednesday
Eight hours of typing Kotlin, plus Slack, plus Jira, plus code reviews, plus that long email explaining why the feature will take three sprints instead of one. By midweek, you're wearing wrist braces and wondering if you should have become a product manager instead. You're building apps to help millions of users, but you can't help your own hands.
How It Works
Blurt works in every app Android developers use on Mac — Android Studio, GitHub, Slack, Jira, the Play Console. Anywhere you can put a cursor.
Hold your hotkey
Press your chosen shortcut. A small indicator shows Blurt is listening.
Talk naturally
Say your commit message, KDoc comment, or Play Store copy. Blurt handles punctuation.
Release and done
Text appears at your cursor. No copying, no pasting, no extra steps.
Real Scenarios
Writing Play Store release notes in one breath
Your APK is uploaded and you need release notes. Instead of typing, hold and speak: 'This update brings dark mode support, faster app startup times, and fixes a crash that occurred when switching between fragments. We also improved battery usage during background sync.' Done in 8 seconds. Your update ships with release notes that actually tell users what changed.
Adding KDoc comments while the code is fresh
You just wrote a suspend function with some non-obvious behavior. Cursor above the function, hold button, say 'Fetches user profile from network with exponential backoff retry. Returns cached data if network fails. Throws AuthException if token is expired and refresh fails.' KDoc done in 6 seconds. Your future self will actually understand this code.
Detailed PR reviews that help your team grow
A PR needs feedback on the ViewModel implementation. Hold and speak: 'Consider using StateFlow instead of LiveData here since we are already using coroutines. Also, the repository call should probably be wrapped in a try-catch with a specific error state. See the UserViewModel for the pattern we use.' Real feedback delivered in 15 seconds instead of 5 minutes of typing.
Answering Slack questions without losing your place
You're debugging a layout issue when someone asks about the build variant setup. Hold, say 'Check the build.gradle file in the app module. The staging variant uses the debug signing config but points to the staging API URL. Look for buildTypes and productFlavors sections.' Release. Back to your ConstraintLayout debugging in 4 seconds flat.
Commit messages that actually explain the why
You've staged changes to fix a tricky lifecycle bug. Instead of writing 'Fixed crash', hold and say 'Fix crash on configuration change by moving network call from onCreate to onViewCreated. The previous implementation caused a race condition when the activity was recreated before the coroutine completed.' Context preserved forever. Git history becomes useful.
Writing Jira tickets with implementation details
The feature is done and you need to document your approach. Hold and speak: 'Implemented using WorkManager for the background sync. Chose PeriodicWorkRequest with 15 minute intervals and network constraint. Added exponential backoff for retry. Database writes are batched to reduce I/O. See PR 423 for implementation.' Ticket updated while the details are still fresh.
Explaining build issues to teammates
Someone's hitting a Gradle sync error you solved last week. Hold button: 'Delete the dot gradle folder in the project root and the build folders in each module. Then invalidate caches in Android Studio and restart. The issue is usually stale build cache from the AGP update.' Help delivered in 10 seconds. Back to your actual work.
Why Android developers choose Blurt over built-in dictation
| Blurt | macOS Dictation | |
|---|---|---|
| Activation | Single hotkey, instant start | Click microphone icon or double-tap Fn key |
| Speed | Text appears in under 500ms | 2-3 second delay before transcription |
| Technical vocabulary | Handles Kotlin terms, Android APIs well | Struggles with ViewModel, coroutine, StateFlow |
| Reliability | Consistent accuracy across sessions | Often fails silently or stops listening |
| IDE compatibility | Works seamlessly in Android Studio | Can interfere with IDE shortcuts |
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