Voice to Text for ClickUp

ClickUp brings everything together in one workspace. But typing detailed task descriptions, comprehensive docs, and thoughtful comments slows you down. Blurt lets you hold a button, speak naturally, and release. Your text appears instantly in any ClickUp field — tasks, docs, comments, goals, or whiteboards. No context switching, no copying from other apps. Just talk and your productivity platform stays current.

First 1,000 words free Works in all ClickUp fields macOS menu bar app
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The Typing Problem

Task descriptions stay incomplete because typing takes forever

You create a task and know exactly what needs to happen. The requirements, context, and edge cases are all clear in your head. But typing everything out takes fifteen minutes. So you write a quick one-liner and move on. Later, you or your teammate opens the task and has no idea what it actually means. The clarity that existed when you created it has vanished.

Docs get started but never finished

ClickUp Docs should be your team's knowledge hub. You start writing a process doc or spec, but the typing becomes tedious. You could explain the whole thing in a five-minute conversation. Instead, the doc sits half-finished for weeks. Your team keeps asking questions that should have been answered in documentation.

Comments lack the context that prevents confusion

A teammate asks for clarification on a task. You have a detailed answer — there's background they need, a recommendation, and some caveats. But typing it all takes five minutes, so you abbreviate. 'Just use the old approach.' Now they're more confused. What old approach? The thread grows to ten messages when one thorough comment would have resolved it.

Goals descriptions remain vague and unmotivating

You're setting up quarterly goals in ClickUp. Each goal needs a clear description explaining the 'why' and the success criteria. But typing compelling goal descriptions for fifteen objectives takes an hour. You end up with generic goals like 'Improve customer satisfaction' with no context on what that actually means or how you'll measure success.

Whiteboard ideas get lost because text input is slow

You're brainstorming on a ClickUp Whiteboard. Ideas are flowing faster than you can type them. By the time you've finished typing one thought, three more have slipped away. The whiteboard that should capture your creative session ends up with fragments — bullet points that made sense in the moment but lack the context to be actionable later.

How It Works

Blurt works everywhere in ClickUp: task descriptions, docs, comments, goals, whiteboards, and custom fields. Anywhere you can type, you can talk.

1

Click into any ClickUp field

Put your cursor in a task description, doc, comment box, goal, whiteboard text box, or any text field.

2

Hold your hotkey and talk

Press your chosen key, speak naturally. Blurt adds punctuation and capitalization automatically.

3

Release and continue working

Your text appears at the cursor. Move to the next task, the next doc section, the next comment.

Real Scenarios

Creating comprehensive docs in minutes instead of hours

You need to document your team's deployment process. Open a new ClickUp Doc, hold the button, and talk through it: 'First, create a release branch from main. Run the test suite locally to catch any issues before pushing. Create a pull request and wait for CI to pass. Once approved, merge to main and the deployment pipeline triggers automatically. Monitor the staging environment for fifteen minutes before promoting to production.' A doc that would take an hour to type is captured in five minutes of natural explanation.

Comments that resolve questions in one reply

Your teammate left a question on a task: 'What's the scope of this integration?' Instead of typing a brief response, hold the button and answer completely: 'The scope is limited to read-only access to the customer database. We're pulling name, email, and subscription status. No write operations. The API credentials are in the secrets manager under the Integration folder. Check the architecture doc I created last month for the data flow diagram.' One comprehensive comment instead of a five-message thread.

Setting inspiring goals with clear success criteria

You're defining Q1 objectives. For each goal, click into the description field and speak: 'Reduce customer churn by twenty percent by improving onboarding experience. Success criteria include completion rate above eighty percent for the onboarding checklist, time to first value under forty-eight hours, and NPS score of fifty or higher from new users in their first week.' Goals that motivate your team because they understand exactly what success looks like.

Capturing whiteboard brainstorms at the speed of thought

You're running a brainstorming session on a ClickUp Whiteboard. Ideas are flowing. Click to add a text box, hold the button, and capture: 'What if we offered a self-service onboarding path for smaller customers? This could reduce support load and let them get started immediately. We'd need to build a template library and automated provisioning.' Each idea gets full context while it's fresh. Your whiteboard becomes a genuine record of the creative session.

Adding context to tasks during daily standups

You're in your team's standup and mention an update. While talking to your team, quickly open the task and dictate: 'Waiting on design review from Sarah. Expected by end of day. Will start implementation tomorrow morning.' The context is captured in ClickUp while you're still in the meeting. Your standup discussion and task updates stay synchronized without extra work afterward.

Documenting decisions in task comments

Your team just made a decision in a Slack thread. Open the related task in ClickUp, hold the button, and capture it: 'Team decided to use PostgreSQL instead of MongoDB based on the query patterns we identified. Main factors were transaction support and the team's existing expertise. This adds two days to the timeline but reduces long-term maintenance risk.' The decision is documented with rationale in the right place, not buried in chat history.

How Blurt compares to other ways of entering text in ClickUp.

Blurt macOS Dictation
Activation Hold any hotkey, customizable Double-tap Fn key only
Accuracy AI-powered transcription with context Basic speech recognition
Punctuation Automatic punctuation and capitalization Must speak punctuation commands
Long-form content Optimized for paragraphs and descriptions Better for short phrases
Reliability Consistent transcription quality Variable accuracy, frequent errors
Pricing $10/month or $99/year Free with macOS

Frequently Asked Questions

Does Blurt work with ClickUp's desktop app and web version?
Yes, both work seamlessly. Blurt is a macOS menu bar app that inserts text wherever your cursor is. Whether you use ClickUp in Chrome, Safari, Firefox, or the native ClickUp desktop app, Blurt captures your voice and places the text at your cursor. The experience is identical across all of them.
Can I use Blurt for tasks, docs, comments, and whiteboards?
Blurt works in any text field within ClickUp. That includes task titles, task descriptions, subtask descriptions, comments, docs, goals, whiteboard text boxes, custom fields, and chat messages. If you can click into it and type, you can use Blurt to speak instead.
Will Blurt format my text with markdown or rich text?
Blurt outputs plain text with automatic punctuation and capitalization. It does not add markdown formatting like headers, bold, bullets, or numbered lists. You speak naturally, and the text appears ready for you to format however you want in ClickUp's rich text editor. If you need bullet points or headers, add them after the text appears.
How much does Blurt cost?
Blurt's free tier gives you first 1,000 words free at no cost. That's enough for dozens of task descriptions and comments. The Pro plan is $10 per month or $99 per year for unlimited words. This is separate from your ClickUp subscription.
Does Blurt work on Windows or Linux?
Blurt is macOS only. We focused on creating the best possible Mac experience with native menu bar integration and system-level keyboard shortcuts. Windows and Linux versions are not currently available.
Can I use Blurt during ClickUp meetings or team calls?
Absolutely. If you're in a video call and updating tasks in ClickUp, mute yourself on the call and quietly dictate your updates. Your meeting participants won't hear your dictation, and your text appears in ClickUp as you go. This is especially useful for capturing action items, decisions, and context in real time.

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