Voice to Text for Canva
Typing slows down your design process. Whether you're adding captions to social media graphics, writing headlines for marketing materials, filling in presentation slides, or crafting ad copy, switching from visual design to typing breaks your creative flow. Blurt lets you speak directly into Canva. Hold a button, say what you want to type, release. Text appears instantly at your cursor. Your hands stay on the design tools, your mind stays on the creative work.
The Typing Problem
Social media captions take longer than the design itself
You've created a stunning Instagram post in 5 minutes. Now you need to write the caption. What should be a quick task turns into 15 minutes of typing, editing, and retyping. The creative high from finishing the visual evaporates while you hunt and peck through the caption. Your posting schedule falls behind because the writing takes three times longer than the designing.
Presentation slides become a wall of typing
You're building a pitch deck in Canva. 20 slides, each needing headlines, bullet points, and speaker notes. You know exactly what you want to say, but typing it all out is exhausting. By slide 10, you're cutting corners, using shorter sentences, leaving out important details. The presentation suffers because typing fatigue set in halfway through.
Marketing copy requires constant context switching
You're designing a flyer and need to add the headline, subhead, body copy, and call-to-action. Each text element pulls you out of design mode. Click, type, format. Click, type, format. The visual layout keeps shifting in your mind because you can't hold the big picture while focused on individual words. Your best design ideas get lost in the typing shuffle.
Ad creative variations multiply your typing workload
You need to create 10 versions of the same ad with different headlines for A/B testing. Same layout, different copy. That means typing 10 headlines, 10 subheads, 10 CTAs. Copying and pasting only gets you so far. The variations that would make the test meaningful feel like too much work, so you settle for fewer options.
Real-time collaboration gets bottlenecked by typing speed
You're in a design session with your team, sharing your Canva screen. Ideas are flying, but you can only type so fast. While you're finishing one text edit, three more suggestions have been made and forgotten. The collaborative energy dies waiting for your fingers to catch up to the conversation.
How It Works
Blurt works anywhere you can type in Canva. Text boxes, captions, headlines, presentation slides, marketing copy, social media posts. If there's a cursor, Blurt works.
Click into any text field
Text box, headline, caption, slide content. Anywhere you'd normally type in Canva.
Hold your hotkey and speak
Press your chosen shortcut and say what you want to type. Blurt handles punctuation automatically.
Release and continue designing
Text appears instantly. No delay, no extra steps. Your hands never left the mouse.
Real Scenarios
Instagram captions in seconds
You've finished a carousel post for your client. Time for the caption. Click into the caption field, hold your hotkey, say 'Ready to transform your morning routine? These 5 simple habits changed everything for our community. Save this post and try number 3 tomorrow. Link in bio for the full guide.' Caption done. Next post.
Presentation slides without the typing marathon
You're building a quarterly report presentation. Slide 7 needs the key findings. Hold your hotkey and speak: 'Customer satisfaction increased 23% this quarter. Response time dropped from 4 hours to 45 minutes. Net promoter score hit an all-time high of 72.' Three bullet points added before you could have typed one.
Marketing headlines at the speed of brainstorming
You're testing headlines for a product launch graphic. Hold and speak: 'Introducing the future of home automation.' Try another. 'Smart home, finally made simple.' Another. 'Your home, upgraded.' You've created five headline variations in the time it would take to type two. Better testing, less effort.
Social media content batching
It's content day and you need to create a week's worth of posts. Seven graphics, seven captions. With Blurt, each caption takes 10 seconds instead of 2 minutes. Your weekly batch that used to take all afternoon is done before lunch. The rest of the day is yours.
Real-time design collaboration
Your team is reviewing a campaign design live. The marketing lead says 'Try changing the CTA to something more urgent.' You click the button text, hold your hotkey, say 'Get your spot before midnight,' and it's done before they finish their thought. The meeting stays dynamic, ideas flow freely.
Flyer and poster copy
You're designing an event flyer. Headline, date, venue, description, registration details. Instead of typing each element, you speak them: 'Annual Community Fundraiser. Saturday, March 15th at 6 PM. Downtown Community Center, 450 Main Street. Join us for an evening of live music, local food, and silent auction. All proceeds benefit youth programs.' Complete copy, one breath.
Video thumbnail text
You're creating thumbnails for a YouTube series. Each needs a punchy headline that grabs attention. Click the text box, hold, speak: 'I tried this for 30 days.' Next thumbnail. 'The mistake everyone makes.' Next. 'Why experts are wrong.' Thumbnail copy at the pace of ideas, not typing.
Why Canva creators choose Blurt over built-in dictation for design work
| Blurt | macOS Dictation | |
|---|---|---|
| Activation | Single customizable hotkey | Double-tap Fn or click microphone |
| Response time | Text appears in under 500ms | 2-3 second delay, sometimes fails silently |
| Marketing vocabulary | Handles 'CTA', 'hero image', 'above the fold' correctly | Struggles with marketing and design terms |
| Workflow integration | Works without disrupting Canva focus | System UI appears, breaks concentration |
| Reliability | Consistent transcription quality | Inconsistent, requires retries |
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