Voice to Text for DaVinci Resolve
Typing disrupts your editing and grading flow. Whether you're dropping timeline markers during a rough cut, writing subtitles for international delivery, adding text in Fusion, organizing clips in the media pool, or documenting project notes for collaborators, switching from visual work to keyboard entry breaks your creative momentum. Blurt lets you speak directly into DaVinci Resolve. Hold a button, say what you want to type, release. Text appears instantly at your cursor. Your hands stay on the control surface, your mind stays on the grade.
The Typing Problem
Timeline markers slow down your review sessions
You're reviewing a 45-minute documentary rough cut. Client feedback needs to be marked precisely. VFX shot at 12:34. Fix audio pop at 18:22. Color note at 24:15. Each marker requires pausing, clicking, typing a description, then finding your place again. A two-hour review becomes a four-hour session because documenting takes longer than watching.
Subtitles are tedious even with transcription
You have a transcript, but each subtitle still needs manual entry and timing. Typing dialogue into subtitle tracks, adjusting breaks, fixing formatting. A 10-minute video requires an hour of keyboard work. The creative edit is done, but the subtitle pass stretches ahead like a wall of text entry.
Fusion text nodes interrupt motion graphics flow
You're building lower thirds and title cards in Fusion. Each text element needs content typed in. The animated template is perfect, but populating it with actual text pulls you out of node thinking and into typing mode. Twenty lower thirds means twenty context switches from visual to verbal work.
Project notes get skipped because typing is exhausting
Your color session ends at midnight. You know exactly what adjustments you made and why. The warm lift in the shadows, the desaturated highlights, the window on the subject's face. But documenting it for the next session or a collaborator means typing when you have no energy left. Notes stay blank. Context gets lost.
Media pool organization becomes a naming nightmare
You've ingested 400 clips from a three-day shoot. Each needs a descriptive name, scene number, and metadata tags. Interview Subject John Take 3. B-Roll Exterior Sunset Wide. The organizational system that makes editing possible requires hours of keyboard entry before you can even start cutting.
How It Works
Blurt works anywhere you can type in DaVinci Resolve. Timeline markers, subtitle tracks, Fusion text nodes, project notes, media pool names and metadata. If there's a cursor, Blurt works.
Click into any text field
Marker note, subtitle entry, Fusion text node, clip name, project notes. Anywhere you'd normally type in DaVinci Resolve.
Hold your hotkey and speak
Press your chosen shortcut and say what you want to type. Blurt handles punctuation automatically.
Release and continue editing
Text appears instantly. No delay, no extra steps. Your hands never left the mouse or control surface.
Real Scenarios
Timeline markers during client review
You're watching a rough cut with the director on Zoom. They call out notes in real time. 'Love this shot but can we extend it?' Press M, hold your hotkey, say 'Director wants this shot extended by 2 seconds, feels rushed.' Release, move on. Every note captured at the moment it's spoken, no transcription lag, no missed feedback.
Subtitle creation that keeps pace with dialogue
You're adding subtitles for a talking-head interview. Play a phrase, hold your hotkey, repeat what they said. The subtitle appears. Adjust timing, move to the next phrase. You're working at the speed of listening, not the speed of typing. A 30-minute interview gets subtitles in 45 minutes instead of three hours.
Fusion text population for lower thirds
Your motion graphics template is ready. Twenty interview subjects need name supers. Click into the text field, hold your hotkey, say 'Dr. Sarah Chen, Chief Research Officer.' Next node. 'Marcus Williams, Lead Engineer.' The text content flows while your mind stays in the visual work of timing and animation.
Project notes that actually document your decisions
You've finished a color grade and want to capture your thinking. Click into project notes, hold and speak: 'Used a teal and orange push for the night scenes. Lifted blacks slightly for a film look. All windows are on adjustment layers for easy revision. Client preferred the cooler version.' Context preserved for future you or your collaborator.
Media pool organization during ingest
Clips are importing. Instead of typing names later, name them now. Right-click, rename, hold your hotkey: 'Scene 7 Take 3 Kitchen Wide.' Next clip. 'Scene 7 Take 3 Kitchen Close Up.' The organizational work happens during dead time, not as a separate dreaded task.
VFX notes for handoff
You're marking shots for the VFX team. Marker at each shot, hold and speak: 'Remove boom mic from top of frame, track with subject movement.' Next marker. 'Sky replacement needed, overcast to sunset, match reference on shared drive.' Detailed handoff notes without the typing tax.
Multicam angle descriptions
You're setting up a multicam sequence and need to label each angle. 'Camera A wide shot stage left.' 'Camera B close up lead singer.' 'Camera C drummer overhead.' 'Camera D audience reaction.' The angles are labeled as fast as you can describe them, ready for the live cut.
Why video professionals choose Blurt over built-in dictation for DaVinci Resolve 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 |
| Technical vocabulary | Handles 'LUT', 'keying', 'multicam', 'timecode' correctly | Struggles with video and color grading terms |
| Workflow integration | Works without disrupting DaVinci focus | System UI appears, breaks concentration |
| Reliability | Consistent transcription quality | Inconsistent, requires retries |
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