Voice to Text for Fantastical
Fantastical's natural language input is powerful, but you still have to type. With Blurt, you speak your event details instead. Hold a button, say your meeting title and notes naturally, release. Text appears in Fantastical's parser instantly. Perfect for creating events on the fly, adding detailed meeting notes, or capturing appointment details faster than you can type. Simple voice-to-text that works wherever you type in Fantastical.
The Typing Problem
Natural language input still requires natural language typing
Fantastical's parser is brilliant. Type 'Lunch with Sarah tomorrow at noon at Cafe Milano' and it just works. But you still have to type it. Your fingers hunt for keys while your brain already knows the complete sentence. The parser waits for input that could flow from your voice in a fraction of the time.
Meeting notes get skipped because typing takes too long
The event is created in seconds with natural language. Then you click into notes to add context: agenda items, preparation needed, what to bring. Suddenly you're typing paragraphs. So you skip the notes entirely. Next week you open the event and have no idea what it was actually about.
Complex events require too many keystrokes
You need to schedule 'Weekly team standup every Monday at 9am in the Oak conference room with video backup link and notes about rotating facilitators'. That's easy to say out loud. It's tedious to type, especially on a laptop keyboard between meetings. So you create a bare event and lose all the useful details.
Calendar sets become typing marathons
You're blocking out focus time for a project. You need six events across two weeks with different notes for each block: 'Review research', 'Draft outline', 'Write first section'. Easy to speak, painful to type repeatedly. By the third event, you're just creating blank time blocks.
Event titles stay vague because detailed ones take effort
Instead of 'Q4 planning session with marketing team to review campaign performance and set next quarter priorities', you type 'Planning'. Three months later your calendar history is useless. Every event called 'Call' or 'Meeting' tells you nothing about what you actually did with your time.
How It Works
Blurt works in any text field in Fantastical — the quick event parser, event titles, notes, or location fields. Just hold, speak, release.
Hold your hotkey
Click into any Fantastical text field. Press your chosen hotkey to start.
Speak your event details
Say your event naturally. Blurt transcribes and Fantastical's parser does the rest.
Release and done
Text appears in the field. Fantastical parses it. Your event is ready.
Real Scenarios
Rapid event creation with full natural language
You just got off a call and need to schedule the follow-up. Open Fantastical's quick event, hold your hotkey: 'Follow-up call with David next Thursday at 2pm for 45 minutes to review contract terms and discuss timeline.' One sentence, spoken naturally. Fantastical parses the date, time, and duration. The title and context are captured. Total time: 5 seconds.
Adding detailed meeting notes without breaking flow
The event exists but needs context. Click into notes and speak: 'Agenda: Review Q3 sales numbers, discuss territory realignment proposal, finalize commission structure changes. Sarah to bring updated comp model. I need to review legal's feedback before the meeting.' Your meeting now has everything attendees need to prepare.
Creating recurring events with rich descriptions
Setting up a new team ritual. Speak into the natural language parser: 'Team retrospective every other Friday at 4pm for one hour'. Then add notes: 'Format: Start with wins from the sprint, then discuss what could improve, end with action items. Rotate facilitator each session starting with Alex.' Complete recurring event with context in under 20 seconds.
Voice-powered calendar blocking for deep work
You need focus time scattered through the week. Hold and speak: 'Focus time Monday 9 to 11am for working on quarterly report'. Create another: 'Deep work Tuesday afternoon 2 to 5 for presentation prep'. Each event has context. Your calendar shows what the blocked time is actually for, not just generic 'busy' blocks.
Capturing appointment details from a phone call
You're on the phone scheduling a dentist appointment. They say 'Tuesday the 15th at 2:30pm'. With Blurt, hold your hotkey while still on the call and whisper: 'Dentist appointment Tuesday the 15th at 2:30pm at Bright Smile Dental on Main Street.' Event created before you hang up, complete with location.
Adding context to synced calendar events
A meeting invite arrived from someone else. You accept it but need to add your own notes about what to prepare. Click into the event notes and speak: 'Prepare updated project timeline. Bring concerns about Q1 deadline. Ask about additional budget for contractor support.' Your prep notes are captured in seconds.
Quick event creation while walking to your next meeting
You're between meetings and remember something you need to schedule. Pull up Fantastical's menu bar widget, hold your hotkey: 'Remind me to call mom on Sunday at 5pm'. Or: 'Block 30 minutes tomorrow morning to review Sarah's proposal before our 11am.' Events created while moving, no typing required.
Why voice-to-text enhances Fantastical's natural language power
| Blurt | Typing in Fantastical | |
|---|---|---|
| Natural language input | Speak naturally, Fantastical parses instantly | Type naturally, which is slower than speaking |
| Meeting notes | Dictate full context in seconds | Type paragraphs or skip notes entirely |
| Complex event details | Say everything in one breath | Multiple fields, multiple typing sessions |
| Bulk event creation | Speak each event in 3-5 seconds | Type each event in 30+ seconds |
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