Voice to Text for Figma
Typing breaks your design flow. Whether you're adding comments during a design review, naming components, writing layer text, or brainstorming on FigJam stickies, switching from visual thinking to typing slows you down. Blurt lets you speak directly into Figma. Hold a button, say what you want to type, release. Text appears instantly at your cursor. Your hands stay on the mouse, your mind stays on the design.
The Typing Problem
Comments and feedback take forever to type out
You spot three issues in a design review. Explaining each one verbally would take 30 seconds. But typing out detailed, actionable feedback with context and suggestions? That's 10 minutes of keyboard time. So you write terse comments that don't communicate your full thinking, and the designer has to schedule a call anyway.
Naming components interrupts your creative momentum
You've built a beautiful button variant system. Now you need to name 40 components following your team's naming convention. Button/Primary/Large/Hover/Disabled. Each name requires switching from visual work to text entry. An hour of naming for an afternoon of design work. The tedium undercuts the satisfaction of the design itself.
Text layers require context switching
You're mocking up a feature and need placeholder copy. Headlines, body text, button labels. Every text layer pulls you out of layout mode and into writing mode. You just want to say 'Sign up for early access' and keep positioning elements. Instead you click, type, click, type, losing your spatial thinking each time.
FigJam brainstorming gets bottlenecked by typing speed
Ideas are flowing in the brainstorm session. Sticky notes need content. But typing can't keep up with thinking. By the time you've typed one sticky, three more ideas have evaporated. The most creative moments get lost because your fingers can't match your brain's pace.
Design documentation becomes a dreaded chore
The design is done, but now comes the spec writing. File descriptions, frame annotations, component documentation. You know exactly what to say, but the prospect of typing it all makes you procrastinate. Documentation quality suffers because typing is exhausting after a full day of detail work.
How It Works
Blurt works anywhere you can type in Figma. Comments, text layers, component names, FigJam stickies, file descriptions. If there's a cursor, Blurt works.
Click into any text field
Comment box, text layer, component name, sticky note. Anywhere you'd normally type.
Hold your hotkey and speak
Press your chosen shortcut and say what you want to type. Blurt handles punctuation automatically.
Release and continue designing
Text appears instantly. No delay, no extra steps. Your hands never left the mouse.
Real Scenarios
Design annotations during review
You're reviewing the checkout flow and notice the error state needs work. Click to add a comment, hold your hotkey, say 'The error message is too far from the input field. Move it directly below and use the error-red token. Also add an icon to the left of the text for faster scanning.' Detailed feedback posted in 5 seconds. Next issue.
Component documentation that actually gets written
Your button component needs documentation. Instead of typing, hold and speak: 'Primary button for main CTAs. Use sparingly, one per screen maximum. Includes loading state with spinner. Minimum width 120 pixels. See variants for secondary and tertiary options.' Component documented before the thought fades.
Prototype feedback during user testing
You're watching a usability test and need to capture observations without looking away from the screen. Hold your hotkey: 'User hesitated here for 4 seconds, looking for the back button. Consider adding breadcrumbs or making the nav more prominent.' Notes captured without breaking your observation focus.
Rapid sticky note creation in FigJam
The brainstorm is moving fast. Ideas are flying. Click new sticky, hold hotkey, say 'What if we gamified the onboarding with progress badges?' Next sticky. 'Could we use AI to pre-fill the form fields?' You're capturing ideas at the speed of thought, not the speed of typing.
Bulk component naming without the tedium
You've built an icon library. 80 icons need names. Instead of typing Icon/Navigation/Arrow/Left for each one, hold and speak the names. 'Icon slash Navigation slash Arrow slash Left.' Next icon. The naming that would take an hour is done in 15 minutes.
Text layer content during wireframing
You're building a landing page wireframe. Headlines, subheads, CTAs, body copy. Click text layer, hold, speak: 'Start your free trial today. No credit card required.' Next layer. 'Join 10,000 designers who've already made the switch.' Wireframe with real content, not Lorem ipsum.
File descriptions that help teammates
You're sharing a file with the dev team. Instead of leaving the description blank, hold and speak: 'Final designs for checkout flow v2. Includes all states, responsive breakpoints, and error handling. Ready for handoff. See the Notes frame for implementation details.' Context that actually helps.
Why designers choose Blurt over built-in dictation for Figma 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 |
| Design terminology | Handles 'affordance', 'kerning', 'z-index' correctly | Struggles with design and technical terms |
| Workflow integration | Works without disrupting Figma focus | System UI appears, breaks concentration |
| Reliability | Consistent transcription quality | Inconsistent, requires retries |
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