Voice to Text for Medical Writers
Medical writing demands precision under pressure. Between clinical study reports, regulatory submissions, and manuscript drafts, you're typing thousands of words daily while juggling complex terminology and tight deadlines. Blurt lets you speak your first drafts naturally while your hands rest. Hold a button, dictate your clinical findings or regulatory rationale, release. Text appears wherever your cursor is — in Word, Google Docs, your submission portal, anywhere. Your expertise flows faster when your fingers aren't the bottleneck.
The Typing Problem
Drafting clinical study reports under tight timelines
The Phase III trial just unblinded and you have two weeks to produce a 200-page CSR. Your fingers ache from typing efficacy narratives, safety summaries, and disposition tables. Every section needs precise language, but your typing speed is the bottleneck. You know exactly what to write — your brain works faster than your hands — but the keyboard can't keep up with your expertise.
Writing regulatory documents that require exact phrasing
The FDA submission needs an Integrated Summary of Safety. Every word matters. You're cross-referencing adverse event tables, typing the same MedDRA terms repeatedly, and carefully constructing benefit-risk arguments. The mental load of regulatory precision combined with hours of typing leaves you exhausted before the document is halfway complete.
Manuscript drafts with complex clinical terminology
The journal deadline is Friday. You need to articulate pharmacokinetic parameters, statistical methodologies, and clinical endpoints in publication-ready prose. You could explain it perfectly in a conversation with a colleague, but translating that fluency to typed text takes three times as long. Your thoughts lose their flow somewhere between your brain and your keyboard.
Medical terminology precision across long documents
Adalimumab. Pembrolizumab. Progression-free survival. Hazard ratio. You type these terms hundreds of times per project, and each keystroke is a chance for error. One typo in a drug name could mean a regulatory query. One mistake in a statistical term could undermine your credibility. The cognitive load of accuracy-while-typing compounds with every page.
Meeting tight pharma deadlines while maintaining quality
The sponsor wants the protocol amendment by Monday. The journal needs revisions by end of week. Your medical education client expects the slide deck tomorrow. You're context-switching between therapeutic areas, document types, and style guides. Each project requires your full expertise, but your typing speed limits how much expertise you can actually deliver in a day.
How It Works
Blurt works in every application medical writers use — Microsoft Word, Google Docs, regulatory submission portals, reference managers, email. Anywhere you can place a cursor.
Hold your hotkey
Press your chosen keyboard shortcut. A small indicator confirms Blurt is listening and ready.
Dictate naturally
Speak your clinical narrative, regulatory rationale, or manuscript section. Blurt handles punctuation and medical terminology.
Release and continue
Text appears at your cursor instantly. No copying, no pasting, no app switching. Your draft grows while your hands rest.
Real Scenarios
Drafting clinical study report narratives
You're writing the efficacy results section and need to describe the primary endpoint analysis. Hold the button and speak: 'The primary efficacy endpoint was the proportion of patients achieving ACR20 response at Week 12. A statistically significant difference was observed between the treatment group and placebo, with 68.4% versus 32.1% of patients achieving response, respectively.' Three sentences dictated in 15 seconds. Your expertise flows directly onto the page without the friction of typing.
Writing regulatory submission documents
The FDA wants a detailed benefit-risk discussion. Hold your hotkey and articulate your argument naturally: 'The safety profile observed in the pivotal trials is consistent with the known class effects of TNF inhibitors. The increased incidence of injection site reactions was mild to moderate in severity and did not lead to treatment discontinuation.' Regulatory precision delivered at the speed of speech. Your hands rest while your expertise does the work.
Drafting journal manuscripts under deadline
The discussion section needs to contextualize your findings within existing literature. Hold and speak: 'These results extend previous observations by demonstrating durable response rates beyond 24 months. Unlike earlier trials that excluded patients with prior biologic exposure, our population reflects real-world clinical practice.' Publication-ready prose dictated while you maintain your train of thought. No keyboard-induced interruptions to your scientific narrative.
Creating medical education content
The pharma client needs a slide deck explaining mechanism of action to healthcare providers. Hold the button and explain as you would to a colleague: 'The monoclonal antibody binds to the extracellular domain of the receptor, preventing ligand-mediated activation and downstream signaling. This results in reduced inflammatory cytokine production.' Your teaching instincts captured directly. Complex concepts communicated naturally.
Writing patient-facing materials
The informed consent document needs clear explanations of study procedures. Switch mental gears and dictate: 'During this study, you will receive injections under your skin once every two weeks. We will take blood samples at each visit to check how the medicine is working and to monitor for any side effects.' Plain language flows more easily when spoken aloud. Your hands rest while you focus on clarity.
Documenting standard operating procedures
The agency needs updated SOPs for document management. Hold and speak: 'All clinical study reports shall undergo medical review prior to quality control. The medical reviewer shall verify consistency between tables, figures, and narrative text. Any discrepancies shall be documented and resolved prior to sponsor review.' Procedural writing completed faster when you can speak your process knowledge directly.
Synthesizing literature reviews
You've read 30 papers and need to summarize the evidence. Hold the button and synthesize: 'Current evidence suggests that early intervention leads to improved long-term outcomes. A meta-analysis of 12 randomized controlled trials demonstrated a pooled odds ratio of 2.3 favoring treatment initiation within 6 months of diagnosis.' Your analytical insights flow from brain to document without the keyboard bottleneck.
Why medical writers choose Blurt over built-in dictation
| Blurt | macOS Dictation | |
|---|---|---|
| Medical terminology | Handles drug names, clinical terms, and abbreviations accurately | Frequently mangles pharmaceutical terminology |
| Activation | Single hotkey, instant response | Menu navigation or voice command required |
| Speed | Text appears in under 500ms | Multi-second delay before transcription begins |
| Reliability | Consistent accuracy across long sessions | Accuracy degrades, requires frequent restarts |
| Privacy | Audio processed securely, not stored | Uncertain data handling for sensitive content |
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