Voice to Text for Bloggers
Your best ideas come when you're talking, not typing. Blurt lets you speak your blog posts, newsletters, and social captions while your thoughts flow naturally. Hold a button, say what you're thinking, release. Text appears wherever your cursor is — in WordPress, Substack, Ghost, anywhere. No writer's block. No staring at blank pages. Just talk and write.
The Typing Problem
Keeping up with your content calendar
You promised yourself you'd publish twice a week. It's Thursday and you haven't started this week's post. The ideas are in your head, but sitting down to type 1,500 words after work feels impossible. Your content calendar is more aspirational than actual. Readers are waiting, but the words aren't coming.
Writing SEO-friendly content that doesn't sound robotic
You know you need keywords for Google. But every time you try to work them in naturally, your writing sounds stiff and forced. 'Best productivity tips for remote workers' doesn't flow when you type it, even though you could explain it conversationally in seconds. Your authentic voice gets lost in SEO optimization.
Drafting newsletters that actually get opened
Your newsletter needs to feel personal and conversational. But typing in that breezy, friend-to-friend tone takes forever. You end up sounding formal and distant. The emails that do best are the ones that sound like you're just talking — but creating that effect through typing is exhausting.
Creating social posts to promote every article
You finished the blog post. Now you need a Twitter thread, a LinkedIn post, an Instagram caption, and maybe a TikTok script. Each platform wants different content, different lengths, different tones. By the time you're done promoting, you've spent as long on distribution as on the original post.
Your wrists ache from typing thousands of words daily
Blogging means typing. A lot of typing. Three posts a week, plus newsletters, plus social, plus comments and emails. Your wrists started hurting months ago. The ergonomic keyboard helped, but you're still pounding out 5,000+ words weekly. You're building a career that's destroying your hands.
How It Works
Blurt works in every app bloggers use — WordPress, Substack, Ghost, Notion, Google Docs, anywhere you can put a cursor.
Hold your hotkey
Press your chosen shortcut. A small indicator shows Blurt is listening.
Talk naturally
Say your blog post intro, newsletter paragraph, or social caption. Blurt handles punctuation.
Release and done
Text appears at your cursor. No copying, no pasting, no extra steps.
Real Scenarios
Writing first drafts by talking through your ideas
You know what you want to say but the blank page freezes you. Hold the button and just start talking: 'So the main thing people get wrong about productivity is thinking they need more time. What they actually need is fewer decisions. Here's what I mean...' Three paragraphs spoken in 90 seconds. First draft done. Now you can edit instead of stare.
Adding personality to SEO-focused content
The keyword is 'best morning routines for entrepreneurs.' Typing that phrase feels awkward. But you can say it naturally: 'Look, I've tested dozens of morning routines. Here are the best morning routines for entrepreneurs that actually stick — not the Instagram-perfect ones that fall apart by day three.' Keywords included, voice preserved. Google and readers both satisfied.
Writing conversational newsletter intros
Your newsletter should sound like an email from a friend. Hold the button and pretend you're actually talking to a subscriber: 'Hey, quick thing before we dive in — I tried that app I mentioned last week and it's actually incredible. Changed how I do research completely. Okay, onto the main thing...' That authentic, chatty tone that takes 20 minutes to type takes 30 seconds to speak.
Creating Twitter threads from blog posts
The post is done, now you need a 7-tweet thread. Hold button, speak each tweet: 'Thread: I spent 30 days testing every note-taking app so you don't have to. Here's what I learned.' Release. Next tweet. Hold again: 'First, the ones that looked great but failed immediately...' Thread done in 3 minutes, not 30.
Drafting LinkedIn posts while ideas are fresh
You just had a great insight during a client call. Instead of forgetting it by the time you sit down to write, hold the button immediately: 'Had a realization today. The clients who struggle most aren't the ones with bad ideas — they're the ones who wait for perfect conditions. Here's what I mean...' LinkedIn post captured in the moment, authentic and timely.
Writing image captions and alt text quickly
Every blog post needs image captions, Pinterest descriptions, and alt text for accessibility. Tedious to type, quick to speak: 'A woman working at a standing desk with dual monitors, natural light coming from the left, minimal home office setup.' All those little pieces of text that slow down publishing now take seconds.
Responding to blog comments thoughtfully
Someone left a great comment that deserves a real response, not just 'Thanks!' Hold and respond like you're talking to them: 'This is such a great point. I actually struggled with exactly this when I first started. What helped me was breaking it down into smaller chunks — like instead of trying to write the whole post, I'd just focus on the intro first...' Genuine engagement without typing fatigue.
Why bloggers choose Blurt over built-in dictation
| Blurt | macOS Dictation | |
|---|---|---|
| Activation | Single hotkey, instant start | Click microphone icon or double-tap key |
| Speed | Text appears in under 500ms | 2-3 second delay before transcription |
| Accuracy | Handles blog jargon and brand names well | Struggles with niche terminology |
| Punctuation | Automatic punctuation and formatting | Manual punctuation commands needed |
| Reliability | Consistent across all apps | Often fails in certain text fields |
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