Voice to Text for Google Gemini
Google Gemini excels at complex reasoning and research tasks. But crafting detailed prompts takes time when you're typing. Blurt lets you speak your prompts naturally and pastes them directly into Gemini. Hold a button, explain your research question or brainstorming challenge, release. Your complete prompt appears ready to send. $10/month or $99/year with a free tier to try it out.
The Typing Problem
Research questions are complex but typing is slow
You have a multi-faceted research question with background context, specific angles to explore, and constraints to consider. Typing it all out takes five minutes. By then, you've forgotten half of what you wanted to ask. Your best research prompts stay in your head because putting them into words is too tedious.
Brainstorming loses energy when you stop to type
Brainstorming works best when ideas flow freely. But every time you need to type a new prompt, the momentum breaks. You wait, you type, you wait for the response, you type again. The creative spark fades between each interaction. Voice keeps the energy alive.
Follow-up questions pile up faster than you can type them
Gemini gives you an interesting response and suddenly you have three more questions. But you can only type one at a time. By the time you've typed the first follow-up, you've forgotten the other two. Voice captures thoughts at the speed they arrive.
Nuanced prompts require too much mental energy to type
The best Gemini results come from prompts that include context, constraints, examples, and specific framing. Writing all that is exhausting. Speaking it takes seconds. You can include all the nuance without the friction of translating thoughts to typing.
Context switching between thinking and typing breaks flow
You're deep in thought about a problem. You want Gemini's perspective. But shifting from thinking mode to typing mode pulls you out of the headspace where good ideas live. Voice lets you stay in your thoughts while you capture them.
How It Works
Blurt sits in your menu bar and works with Google Gemini in any browser. Hold your hotkey, speak your prompt, release. Done.
Focus on the Gemini input
Click into the message box where you'd normally type your prompt to Gemini.
Hold your hotkey and speak
Press your chosen key. Speak your complete prompt naturally, including all the context, research angles, and constraints you want Gemini to consider.
Release and send
Your spoken words appear as text in the input field. Review if needed, then hit enter to send your prompt to Gemini.
Real Scenarios
Deep research queries with multiple dimensions
You're researching a topic that requires Gemini to consider historical context, current trends, and future implications. You speak for 45 seconds, covering all the angles you want explored. That would have been 10 minutes of careful typing. Now you get comprehensive research assistance without the writing barrier.
Brainstorming sessions that stay in flow
You're generating ideas for a project. Each Gemini response sparks new directions. 'What if we approached it from this angle?' 'How would that work in a different industry?' 'Can you combine the second and fourth ideas?' Voice keeps the brainstorm moving at the speed of thought.
Complex writing prompts with detailed instructions
You need Gemini to write something specific. Tone, audience, length, structure, examples to include, things to avoid. Speaking all these requirements takes 20 seconds. Typing them out takes several minutes. Voice lets you be specific without the time cost.
Comparative analysis questions
You want Gemini to compare multiple options, weighing different factors from various perspectives. 'Compare these three approaches considering cost, scalability, team expertise, and long-term maintenance.' Spoken naturally, you include all the dimensions. Typed, you'd simplify to save time.
Iterative refinement conversations
Gemini's first response is good but needs adjustment. 'Make it more formal.' 'Add more examples in the middle section.' 'Can you restructure this to lead with the strongest argument?' Quick voice commands refine the output faster than typing each modification.
Research while reading other sources
You're reading an article or paper and want Gemini's take on something. Your eyes stay on what you're reading while you speak your question. No context switch to the keyboard. Your research flow stays unbroken.
End-of-day brain dumps
You've been thinking about a problem all day. Now you want to download everything to Gemini and get its analysis. Speaking for two minutes captures every angle you've considered. Typing would take ten minutes and lose half the nuance.
Different ways to get text into Google Gemini. Here's how Blurt compares.
| Blurt | Manual Typing | |
|---|---|---|
| Speed for detailed prompts | Speak 150+ words per minute | Type 40-60 words per minute |
| Research question complexity | Include all context and angles naturally | Simplify to reduce typing effort |
| Brainstorming momentum | Continuous flow between prompts | Energy drops during typing breaks |
| Follow-up questions | Capture thoughts as they arrive | Forget ideas while typing previous one |
| Multitasking capability | Speak while reading or reviewing | Full attention required for typing |
| Price | $10/month or $99/year | Free (but slower and less detailed) |
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