Voice to Text for Discord
You're in a heated gaming session, voice chat is popping off, and someone asks a question in text chat. Your hands are on your controller or mouse. Typing means dying. Blurt lets you respond to Discord messages by speaking — hold a button, say your message, release. Text appears in your current Discord channel instantly. Keep gaming. Keep chatting. No keyboard gymnastics required.
The Typing Problem
Typing in Discord while gaming
You're mid-raid and your guild needs coordination. Voice chat is for callouts, but someone posts in the text channel asking about strategy. Taking your hands off the mouse means getting killed. You've died countless times trying to type 'left side is clear' while a boss winds up their attack. Your teammates see you standing still. They know what happened.
Managing your community while on voice
You're running a community server and you're already on voice with some members. Someone posts a rule-breaking message in general chat. You need to respond publicly, but you can't interrupt your current conversation. Alt-tabbing, typing a moderation message, getting the tone right — by the time you're done, the moment has passed and six more people have replied.
Keeping up with multiple active channels
Your dev Discord has five active threads going. Backend is debugging, frontend needs a review, the bot channel is on fire. You're in voice chat troubleshooting with someone. Every text notification is another context switch. Typing responses means dropping your current conversation. You miss half the threads because responding to any of them takes too long.
Responding to DMs without leaving your current task
A collaborator DMs you while you're streaming, coding, or deep in a project. You see the notification. Opening Discord, typing a thoughtful reply, and getting back means losing 2 minutes and your entire mental context. So you ignore it. Three hours later you remember and feel terrible. They've moved on.
Forum posts need real responses, not quick reactions
Someone in your server's help forum posted a detailed question. An emoji react won't cut it. They need a real answer. But typing out a helpful 3-paragraph response while you're also working on something else is exhausting. So you save it for later. Later never comes. The question sits unanswered.
How It Works
Blurt works anywhere Discord runs on your Mac — the desktop app, browser, anywhere you can put a cursor.
Hold your hotkey
Press your chosen shortcut while your cursor is in any Discord text field. A small indicator shows Blurt is listening.
Talk naturally
Say your message, your moderation note, your forum reply. Blurt handles punctuation and formatting.
Release and send
Text appears in the Discord input field. Hit enter to send or edit first. Your hands stayed on your game.
Real Scenarios
Quick callouts during gaming
You're in a competitive match and text chat needs info. Cursor in Discord, hold hotkey, say 'Enemy team rotating to B site, two players low', release. Message typed while your other hand stays on the mouse. You stay alive. Your team gets the intel. No one has to wait for you to type hunt-and-peck style.
Moderating while on voice
Someone drops something inappropriate in general chat while you're voice chatting with members. Hold your hotkey and say 'Hey, that's not okay here. Please review the rules in hash-rules. This is your first warning.' Professional, calm, typed in 4 seconds. You didn't even pause your voice conversation. Your community sees active moderation.
Responding to DMs during streams
You're streaming and a collaborator DMs asking about tomorrow's collab. Without looking away from your game, hold hotkey, say 'Yes still on for 3pm, I will set up the lobby. See you then.' Release, send. Your stream doesn't notice you were even doing anything. Your collaborator feels valued. Win-win.
Contributing to forum discussions
Someone in the help forum asked a detailed technical question. You know the answer but you're in the middle of something. Hold hotkey and explain: 'The issue is your permissions are set at the category level, not the channel level. Go to server settings, then roles, then check the permission overrides for that specific channel.' Full helpful answer, dictated in 15 seconds instead of 2 minutes of typing.
Thread replies without losing context
Five threads need your attention across different channels. Your cursor hops between them. In each one, hold hotkey, speak your reply, release, send. 'Agreed, let's go with option B' — 'Can you share the error log?' — 'Approved, ship it' — 'Moving this to the design review thread.' Four threads handled in under a minute. All while staying in your voice call.
Coordinating events in real-time
You're running a community event and need to post updates to the announcements channel while also managing voice chat. Hold hotkey: 'Round two starting in five minutes. Make sure you're in the gaming voice channel and ready to go. Good luck everyone!' Posted without missing a beat of the current conversation happening around you.
Voice chat + text chat simultaneously
You're in a Discord call but need to share something in text — a link, a code snippet description, or a message for someone who just joined the server. Without muting yourself or leaving the conversation, hold hotkey, speak what you want to type, and it appears in the text field. Your voice stays in the call. The text goes where it needs to go. Both channels stay active.
Why Discord users choose Blurt over built-in options
| Blurt | Discord's Voice Message Feature | |
|---|---|---|
| Output format | Clean text that anyone can read and search | Audio that recipients must listen to in real-time |
| Convenience for recipients | Instant reading, no audio playback needed | Forces others to stop and listen |
| Searchability | Full text search finds your messages | Voice messages are not searchable |
| Speed of consumption | Recipients read at their pace | Locked to audio playback speed |
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