Voice to Text for Financial Analysts
Your time is worth more than typing. Between building models, analyzing earnings, and preparing presentations, the last thing you need is to spend 30 minutes typing up investment memos. Blurt lets you speak your analysis, research notes, and stakeholder updates while your hands stay on the spreadsheet. Hold a button, say what you need, release. Text appears wherever your cursor is — in Excel, Bloomberg Terminal, Outlook, anywhere. No switching between windows. No breaking your analytical flow. Just talk and type.
The Typing Problem
Writing investment memos after hours of research
You've spent all morning analyzing a company's financials, reading filings, and building your thesis. Now you need to write a 3-page investment memo explaining your conclusions. Your brain is in analysis mode, not writing mode. The switch from numbers to narrative feels exhausting. You know exactly what you want to say — you could explain it in five minutes out loud — but typing it takes an hour.
Documenting assumptions in financial models
Your DCF has 47 assumptions baked in. Each one needs documentation for the audit trail. Why did you use 8% WACC? Why a 3% terminal growth rate? You remember your reasoning now, but typing detailed comments in each cell means doubling your modeling time. So most assumptions go undocumented. Three months later, you're staring at your own model trying to remember why you chose those numbers.
Earnings call notes during live calls
Management is walking through quarterly results and you're trying to type notes while catching key numbers. You miss the CFO's comment about margin guidance because you were typing the last revenue figure. Your notes are incomplete fragments. After the call, you're piecing together what actually happened from memory and the transcript that won't be available for hours.
Stakeholder presentations that take all night
The client meeting is tomorrow morning and your presentation needs 15 slides of commentary. Each slide requires a paragraph explaining the analysis. You have the numbers, you have the charts, but writing the narrative means you'll be here until midnight. Your fingers are tired from modeling all week. The thought of typing 2,000 more words makes you want to call in sick.
Email replies that pile up during busy periods
Earnings season means your inbox explodes. Portfolio managers want updates. Clients want summaries. Compliance wants documentation. Each email needs a thoughtful response, but you're drowning in analysis work. By Friday, you have 40 emails marked 'reply later.' By Monday, you've forgotten the context of half of them. Your responsiveness reputation takes another hit.
How It Works
Blurt works in every app financial analysts use — Excel, Bloomberg Terminal, Outlook, PowerPoint, Word, your browser. Anywhere you can put a cursor.
Hold your hotkey
Press your chosen shortcut. A small indicator shows Blurt is listening.
Talk naturally
Say your investment thesis, model documentation, or email reply. Blurt handles punctuation.
Release and done
Text appears at your cursor. No copying, no pasting, no extra steps.
Real Scenarios
Dictating investment memos while reviewing financials
You're reading through the 10-K and your thesis is crystallizing. Instead of switching to Word later, you hold your hotkey and speak your thoughts in real-time: 'Revenue growth is decelerating but margins are expanding due to mix shift toward higher-margin enterprise segment. Management guided conservatively last quarter, suggesting potential upside to current estimates.' Your memo writes itself while you work. Twenty pages of analysis documented in the time it takes to read the filing.
Documenting financial model assumptions instantly
You just finished the revenue build. Time to document before you forget. Click the cell comment, hold button, speak: 'Using 12% growth assumption based on management guidance of 10 to 15 percent, triangulated with sell-side consensus of 11.5 percent. Conservative relative to historical 15% CAGR given macro headwinds.' Cell documented in 8 seconds instead of a minute of typing. Every assumption captured while the reasoning is fresh.
Taking earnings call notes without missing key points
The CFO just mentioned something interesting about capital allocation. You hold your button and speak 'CFO indicated potential for increased buyback authorization in Q2, citing strong free cash flow generation and underleveraged balance sheet' while still listening to the call. Note captured without losing the thread. You catch the next important detail because you weren't typing.
Building presentation narratives alongside charts
Your valuation slide is ready but needs the explanatory paragraph. Hold button: 'Our sum-of-the-parts analysis yields a fair value of $85 per share, representing 25% upside from current levels. The core business trades at a discount to peers while the emerging segments are valued at zero.' Slide done. Next slide. You finish the deck an hour earlier than expected.
Rapid email responses between meetings
You have 10 minutes before the next call and three urgent emails need replies. Hold button, dictate: 'Thanks for the question on the margin bridge. The 150 bps expansion is split roughly 60/40 between pricing improvements and manufacturing efficiencies. Happy to walk through the details on our Thursday call.' Email sent in 15 seconds. Three emails cleared before your next meeting starts.
Client update notes during market volatility
Markets are moving and clients want context. Hold button: 'The selloff appears driven by rates repricing following this morning's employment data. Our portfolio positioning is defensively tilted and we see this as a potential buying opportunity in quality names that have been on our watchlist.' Send to five clients in the time it takes to type one message. You stay ahead of inbound calls.
Writing research summaries for morning meetings
You read three broker reports last night and need to brief the team at 7 AM. Hold button: 'Goldman upgraded the sector citing improving inventory dynamics. Key callout is their channel checks showing order momentum accelerating in the back half. Contrast with Morgan Stanley's cautious stance on valuation.' Your summary is ready while you're still drinking your first coffee.
Why financial analysts choose Blurt over built-in dictation
| Blurt | macOS Dictation | |
|---|---|---|
| Activation | Single hotkey, instant start | Click microphone icon or use 'Hey Siri' |
| Speed | Text appears in under 500ms | 2-3 second delay before transcription |
| Financial terms | Handles EBITDA, WACC, basis points correctly | Struggles with financial jargon |
| Reliability | Consistent accuracy across sessions | Often fails silently or mishears |
| Workflow integration | Works in Bloomberg Terminal and Excel | Inconsistent in specialized applications |
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