Voice to Text for Logseq
Logseq's outliner format is perfect for capturing thoughts in blocks. But typing disrupts the flow of thinking. Blurt lets you speak directly into your daily journal, outline trees, and research notes. Hold a button, think out loud, release. Text appears at your cursor, ready for block references and backlinks. Your knowledge graph grows faster when capturing is instant. No more choosing between thinking deeply and getting it down.
The Typing Problem
Daily journals become empty because typing feels like homework
You open Logseq each morning intending to capture your thoughts. The blank page stares back. Typing out stream-of-consciousness reflections feels tedious. You write a few bullet points, realize you're already behind on email, and close the app. Your daily journal becomes a graveyard of half-finished entries that you'll never reference because there's nothing worth referencing.
Outlining ideas loses momentum when fingers can't keep up
You're expanding an outline, branches forming rapidly in your mind. Level two, three, four deep. But your typing speed creates a bottleneck. By the time you've typed one branch, two others have evaporated. You capture the structure but lose the substance. The outline looks complete but reads hollow when you return to it later.
Research notes become copy-paste graveyards instead of original thoughts
When reading papers or articles, you highlight and copy quotes into Logseq. It's easier than typing your own analysis. But blocks of quoted text don't build understanding. You end up with pages of other people's words and almost none of your own. When you try to recall what you learned, you remember saving something but not what it meant to you.
Block references stay unused because creating them requires too much context
Block references are Logseq's superpower. But referencing a block means explaining why you're referencing it. That context requires typing. You skip the reference, planning to add it later. Later, you've forgotten the connection. Your knowledge graph stays sparse, nodes isolated instead of networked because documenting relationships feels like more work than it's worth.
The knowledge graph never reaches critical mass
You've seen screenshots of beautiful, densely connected knowledge graphs. Yours has a few scattered nodes. The problem is throughput: capturing and connecting ideas requires typing everything twice. Once for the thought, again for the link context. At this rate, your graph will reach critical mass around the time you retire. Ideas stay trapped in your head instead of building compound returns.
How It Works
Blurt works directly in Logseq — in your daily journal, page outlines, sidebar, anywhere you can place a cursor. No plugins needed.
Hold your hotkey
Press your chosen shortcut anywhere in Logseq. A small indicator shows Blurt is listening.
Speak your thought
Dictate your idea, outline branch, or research note. Blurt handles punctuation automatically.
Release and continue
Text appears in the current block. Add your block references and page links, or keep capturing.
Real Scenarios
Morning journaling without the friction
Your coffee is ready and Logseq is open to today's journal. Instead of staring at the cursor, you hold the button and start thinking out loud. 'Woke up with anxiety about the product launch. Realized it's because I haven't defined what success looks like. Need to create a block about launch metrics and reference it from the project page.' Three connected thoughts captured before your first sip. Journaling becomes a conversation with yourself, not a writing exercise.
Building deep outlines during brainstorms
You're planning a new project and thoughts are firing rapidly. Open an outline page, hold the button, and let the structure pour out: 'Phase one is research. Sub-bullet: competitive analysis. Sub-bullet: user interviews. Phase two is design. Sub-bullet: wireframes. Sub-bullet: prototype testing.' You capture the entire outline hierarchy in one continuous stream, then go back to add block references and details. Structure first, polish later.
Processing highlights with original analysis
You've imported highlights from an article. Instead of leaving them as dead quotes, you speak your analysis next to each one. 'This point about network effects connects to my page on platform businesses. The key insight is that value grows non-linearly with users. I should reference this block from my startup strategy outline.' Each highlight now carries your thinking, not just the author's words.
Capturing connections while they're fresh
You're reading one page and suddenly see how it connects to three others. Before the insight fades, you hold the button: 'This concept of compound learning relates to my note on spaced repetition. The connection is that both rely on small consistent inputs over time. Also links to the habit formation page because consistency is the mechanism.' The relationship is now documented, ready to strengthen your knowledge graph.
Quick captures in the sidebar
You're working in one page but need to add a thought to another. Open the page in the sidebar, click a block, hold the button: 'Follow up from today's meeting. Sarah mentioned the Q2 deadline might slip. Reference this from the project timeline page.' Note captured in context without losing your place. The sidebar becomes a rapid-fire capture zone.
Explaining block references for future self
You're embedding a block reference but your future self needs context. Hold the button: 'Referencing this because it explains why we chose the microservices architecture. The key point is scalability under uncertainty. When reviewing the technical debt page, remember this tradeoff was intentional.' Block references become meaningful annotations, not mysterious links.
End-of-day reflection and synthesis
Before closing Logseq, you review what you learned today. Hold the button and synthesize: 'Three main insights today. First, the research paper changed my view on network effects. Second, the meeting revealed we need clearer metrics. Third, I noticed I'm avoiding the budget planning task, which connects to my procrastination pattern page.' Daily reflection becomes a thinking practice, not a typing chore.
Why Logseq users choose Blurt over built-in dictation
| Blurt | macOS Dictation | |
|---|---|---|
| Activation | Single hotkey, instant start | Click microphone or double-tap Fn key |
| Speed | Text appears in under 500ms | 2-3 second delay before transcription |
| Reliability | Consistent accuracy every time | Often fails silently or mishears |
| Natural speech | Handles thinking-out-loud style well | Works best with formal dictation style |
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