Voice to Text for Compliance Officers
Your expertise is in identifying risks and ensuring regulatory adherence, not typing documentation all day. Blurt lets you dictate audit findings, policy updates, investigation reports, and regulatory correspondence while reviewing evidence on screen. Hold a button, speak your observations, release. Text appears wherever your cursor is — in Word, Excel, your GRC platform, anywhere. No transcription delays. No backlog of undocumented findings. Just talk and your compliance prose appears instantly.
The Typing Problem
Audit documentation that takes longer than the audit itself
You've just walked through a department's processes and identified twelve control gaps. The findings are crystal clear in your mind. But now you're facing three hours of typing to document what you observed in ten minutes. By finding number seven, your notes are getting shorter and less detailed. Critical observations slip away. Your audit report tells half the story because typing the full story takes too long.
Policy updates that never leave your to-do list
The regulation changed six months ago. You know exactly how your policies need to be updated. But rewriting policy documents means hours of careful typing with precise language. Every time you block out time to draft, something urgent pulls you away. The gap between regulation and internal policy keeps widening. Auditors are asking questions. You know the fix but can't find the time to type it.
Investigation reports that pile up faster than you can write them
Three whistleblower complaints landed this week. You've conducted the interviews and reviewed the evidence. You understand what happened. But each investigation report takes four hours to type properly. Legal needs them documented before they can advise on remediation. HR is waiting for your findings. The investigations are done — the documentation is the bottleneck.
Regulatory correspondence with crushing response deadlines
The examiner's letter arrived with a 48-hour response window. You need to address fifteen findings with detailed explanations and supporting documentation. Your response requires careful, precise language. You're staring at finding number one at 6 PM, knowing you'll be here until midnight typing responses you could speak in an hour. Every regulatory response feels like an all-nighter.
Training materials that exist only in your head
The new anti-money laundering procedures need a training module. You've explained these concepts to employees hundreds of times. You could teach the entire course right now from memory. But creating written training materials means typing everything you know into documents, slides, and assessments. Your institutional knowledge never makes it into the training system because documentation takes too long.
How It Works
Blurt works in every application compliance officers use — Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, your GRC platform, policy management systems. Anywhere you can place a cursor.
Hold your hotkey
Press your chosen shortcut. A small indicator shows Blurt is listening.
Speak naturally
Dictate your audit findings, policy language, or investigation notes. Blurt handles punctuation.
Release and done
Text appears at your cursor. No copying, no pasting, no transcription wait.
Real Scenarios
Documenting audit findings in real-time during walkthroughs
You're conducting a controls review in the accounts payable department. As you observe the process, you hold your hotkey and speak: 'Finding 4.2: Invoice approval workflow lacks segregation of duties. Current state allows single approver for invoices up to fifty thousand dollars. Recommend implementing dual approval threshold at ten thousand dollars consistent with procurement policy section 3.1.' Your finding is documented while you're still in the room. Keep observing, keep dictating. A full-day audit generates complete documentation by the time you walk out.
Drafting policy updates while reviewing regulatory changes
You're reading through the new CFPB guidance on fair lending. As you identify required changes, you dictate directly into your policy document: 'Section 8.3 Fair Lending Monitoring. Add subsection 8.3.4: Adverse action notices must include specific reasons for denial using standardized reason codes. Reference appendix B for approved language.' Policy drafted while your eyes stay on the regulation. No context switching between reading and writing.
Creating investigation reports from interview notes
You've completed five witness interviews about a potential conflict of interest. Your notes are spread across pages. Hold the button and speak your report: 'Investigation Summary: Based on interviews with parties A through E and review of email records from March through July, evidence supports finding that the vendor relationship predated employment disclosure. Recommended remediation includes vendor termination and policy acknowledgment refresh.' Investigation report drafted in minutes instead of hours.
Responding to regulatory examination findings
The OCC examiner cited your bank for deficiencies in BSA transaction monitoring. You need detailed responses by Friday. Hold and speak: 'Response to Finding 3: The Bank acknowledges the gap in automated monitoring for structured transactions under ten thousand dollars. Remediation actions include: one, implementation of velocity-based alerts by Q2. Two, enhanced training for frontline staff completed March 15. Three, independent validation testing scheduled for Q3.' Precise regulatory language captured at speaking speed.
Building training materials from your subject matter expertise
You need to create OFAC sanctions screening training for new hires. Instead of typing from scratch, you speak as if teaching: 'Module 3: Screening Process. When a customer name generates a potential match, you must complete three steps. First, gather additional identifying information including date of birth and address. Second, compare against the specific SDN entry. Third, document your true match or false positive determination with supporting rationale.' Your knowledge becomes training content instantly.
Writing executive summaries for board compliance reports
The board meeting is Thursday and you need to summarize the quarterly compliance posture. You're reviewing dashboards and metrics across multiple systems. Hold and speak: 'Executive Summary: Overall compliance risk rating remains moderate. Key developments this quarter include successful GDPR remediation project completion, two moderate audit findings in third-party risk management, and expansion of AML monitoring coverage to crypto transactions.' Board-ready summary dictated while reviewing source data.
Documenting control testing procedures and results
You're testing a sample of expense reports for policy compliance. As you review each one, you dictate: 'Sample item 7: Expense report dated November 12, submitted by regional manager. Finding: Entertainment expense of 847 dollars lacks required pre-approval documentation per policy section 4.2.1. Classification: Control exception. Recommendation: Obtain retroactive approval and counsel employee on policy requirements.' Each sample documented as you review it. Testing and documentation happen simultaneously.
Capturing regulatory change impact assessments
A new privacy regulation just dropped and leadership needs an impact assessment by Monday. As you read through the requirements, you speak your analysis: 'Article 7 consent requirements: High impact. Current consent mechanisms do not meet the granularity standard. Affected systems include customer portal, mobile app, and marketing automation. Estimated remediation: 120 development hours, Q2 implementation timeline.' Impact assessment built as you analyze, not as a separate typing exercise.
Why compliance officers 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 |
| Regulatory terminology | Handles compliance terms accurately | Struggles with acronyms and regulatory jargon |
| Reliability | Consistent accuracy across sessions | Often fails silently or mishears |
| Enterprise applications | Works in GRC platforms and all compliance tools | Inconsistent across applications |
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