Voice to Text for Corporate Counsel
Your expertise is in legal strategy and risk assessment, not typing marathon sessions. Blurt lets you dictate contract summaries, internal legal opinions, and board meeting documents while reviewing materials on screen. Hold a button, speak your analysis, release. Text appears wherever your cursor is — in Word, Google Docs, your document management system, anywhere. No transcription delays. No scheduling an assistant. Just talk and your legal prose appears instantly.
The Typing Problem
Contract review notes that take longer to type than read
You've just reviewed a 40-page vendor agreement and spotted three problematic clauses. You know exactly what's wrong and how to fix it. But typing your analysis takes another 20 minutes. By page two of your notes, you're checking email instead. The detailed feedback never makes it to the business team. They wonder why legal takes so long.
Internal legal opinions that pile up in your mental queue
Marketing wants to know if the new campaign is compliant. HR needs guidance on the termination. Finance is asking about the tax implications of the acquisition structure. You could answer each question in two minutes of speaking. But typing formal memos means each one takes 30 minutes. The queue grows. Stakeholders follow up. You're drowning in questions you already know the answers to.
Board meeting documents with crushing deadlines
The board meeting is in 48 hours. You need to prepare the legal update, risk summary, and compliance report. Each document requires careful drafting. Your fingers are already tired from a week of contract negotiations. You're staring at a blank Word document at 7 PM, knowing you'll be here until midnight typing what you could say in an hour.
Regulatory compliance documentation that never ends
The new regulation requires updated policies, training materials, and attestation forms. You understand the requirements perfectly. Translating that understanding into written documentation is the bottleneck. Every hour of compliance analysis generates three hours of typing. Your expertise is trapped behind your keyboard speed.
Email responses that derail your actual legal work
You finally have an hour to focus on the M&A due diligence. Then the inbox calls. Quick questions from sales, follow-ups from outside counsel, status requests from executives. Each email takes three minutes to type a proper response. Twenty emails later, your focused hour is gone. The due diligence waits until tomorrow. Again.
How It Works
Blurt works in every application corporate counsel use — Microsoft Word, Google Docs, Outlook, NetDocuments, iManage, your contract management system. Anywhere you can place a cursor.
Hold your hotkey
Press your chosen shortcut. A small indicator shows Blurt is listening.
Speak naturally
Dictate your legal analysis, contract notes, or email response. Blurt handles punctuation.
Release and done
Text appears at your cursor. No copying, no pasting, no transcription wait.
Real Scenarios
Dictating contract review comments in real-time
You're reading through an NDA and spot an overbroad non-compete. Instead of switching to your notes document and typing, you hold your hotkey and speak: 'Section 4.2 non-compete extends to all affiliates globally for 3 years. Recommend narrowing to direct competitors in operating jurisdictions only. Standard carveout language from the Jones deal would work here.' Your comment is captured while you're still in review mode. Keep reading, keep dictating. A two-hour review with typed notes becomes 45 minutes.
Drafting internal legal opinions between meetings
You have 15 minutes between calls and three pending legal questions. Hold the button and speak: 'Re the influencer agreement, our standard morality clause is sufficient for brand protection. However, I recommend adding a 30-day cure period before termination rights trigger. This balances our interests with practical enforceability.' Opinion drafted in 90 seconds. Next question. You clear the queue before your 2 PM call.
Creating board materials while reviewing source documents
You're preparing the quarterly legal update with three monitors of information — pending litigation, contract pipeline, compliance status. Instead of alt-tabbing to type summaries, you speak directly: 'Litigation update: The patent case remains on track for Q3 trial. Settlement discussions have stalled at 2.1 million. Our exposure range remains 1.5 to 4 million as previously reported.' Your eyes stay on the source data. Your voice writes the summary.
Responding to executive questions during document review
The CEO emails asking for a quick take on the acquisition target's IP portfolio. You're already reviewing the diligence materials. Hold and speak: 'Initial review shows 47 patents, 12 pending applications. Three patents are foundational to their core product. Two have validity concerns based on prior art I've identified. Recommend deeper dive before term sheet.' Response sent in 20 seconds. Back to diligence without losing your place.
Documenting regulatory compliance requirements
You're translating new SEC disclosure rules into internal policies. As you read the regulation, you dictate the corresponding requirements: 'New disclosure requirement for cybersecurity incidents. Policy update needed: All material incidents must be reported to Legal within 24 hours. Materiality determination to be made jointly by CISO, CFO, and General Counsel.' Regulation reviewed and policy drafted in one pass.
Providing deal team updates without context switching
The deal team needs a status update on the definitive agreement. You're in the middle of redlining. Hold and speak: 'Update for the 4 PM call. We've resolved 8 of 12 open issues. Remaining items are indemnity cap, rep survival periods, knowledge qualifiers, and the escrow release schedule. Expecting seller's response on indemnity by end of day.' Update sent while your eyes never left the contract markup.
Capturing matter notes after client calls
You just finished a 45-minute call with outside counsel about litigation strategy. The details are fresh in your mind but you have another call in 5 minutes. Hold the button and speak your notes: 'Call with Davis Polk re: Johnson matter. They recommend early motion to dismiss on standing grounds. Timeline: file in 3 weeks. Budget estimate 75K through motion. Client authority needed for the filing.' Matter notes captured before the next call takes over your brain.
Why corporate counsel choose Blurt over built-in dictation
| Blurt | macOS Dictation | |
|---|---|---|
| Activation | Single hotkey, instant start | Click microphone icon or 'Hey Siri' |
| Speed | Text appears in under 500ms | 2-3 second delay before transcription |
| Legal terminology | Handles legal terms accurately | Struggles with Latin phrases and legal jargon |
| Reliability | Consistent accuracy across sessions | Often fails silently or mishears |
| Document workflow | Works in Word, DMS, and legal tools | Inconsistent across applications |
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