Voice to Text for Mobile Developers
Your fingers are busy navigating Xcode or Android Studio. Blurt lets you write app store descriptions, code comments, PR reviews, and bug reports without touching the keyboard for prose. Hold a button, say what you need, release. Text appears wherever your cursor is — in your IDE, GitHub, Jira, anywhere. No interruption to your build-test-debug cycle. Just talk and type.
The Typing Problem
Writing app store descriptions after shipping a feature
You just spent two weeks building a new feature. Now marketing needs the App Store release notes by EOD. You know exactly what the feature does — you could explain it in 20 seconds — but writing polished copy for App Store Connect feels like a different job entirely. You stare at the text field, trying to translate technical work into user-facing language.
Code comments that explain the workaround
You found a fix for that iOS 16 layout bug. It's weird, but it works. You know you should document why this hack exists because you'll forget in three months. But typing out the explanation feels tedious when you've already spent an hour debugging. So you write '// fixes layout bug' and hope future-you understands.
PR reviews that require actual feedback
Your teammate submitted a PR that needs real discussion. You have thoughts about the architecture choices, but typing detailed code review comments takes forever. You could explain your concerns in 30 seconds out loud, but the GitHub comment box is waiting. So you leave a thumbs up and skip the feedback that would actually help.
Bug reports that need reproduction steps
QA flagged an issue and you figured out what's causing it. Now you need to document the fix and add reproduction steps to the ticket. You could talk through the whole thing in a minute, but typing it all into Jira with proper formatting takes ten minutes you don't have before standup. The ticket stays sparse.
Your wrists ache from simulator testing and typing
Between tapping through your app on simulators, navigating Xcode's interface, and typing code all day, your hands never rest. By Friday, you're feeling it. The mechanical keyboard helped, but you're still typing thousands of words daily — code, Slack, documentation, release notes. You're wondering how sustainable this is for another decade.
How It Works
Blurt works in every app mobile developers use — Xcode, Android Studio, GitHub, Jira, Slack, App Store Connect. Anywhere you can put a cursor.
Hold your hotkey
Press your chosen shortcut. A small indicator shows Blurt is listening.
Talk naturally
Say your release notes, code comment, or bug report. Blurt handles punctuation.
Release and done
Text appears at your cursor. No copying, no pasting, no extra steps.
Real Scenarios
Writing App Store release notes in minutes
Your build is uploading to TestFlight and you need release notes before it finishes. Instead of typing, hold the button and talk: 'This update adds dark mode support, fixes a crash when opening notifications, and improves scrolling performance in the feed. Thanks for your feedback.' Release notes done in 10 seconds. Submit and move on.
Explaining tricky platform-specific code
You just wrote a workaround for that Android fragment lifecycle issue. Cursor above the code, hold button, say 'This handles the edge case where the activity is recreated after process death. We restore state from SavedStateHandle instead of arguments to avoid the crash on Android 12.' Comment written while the context is fresh.
Detailed PR review feedback
The PR changes the networking layer and you have concerns. Hold and speak: 'I like the refactor overall, but I'm worried about the retry logic here. If the server returns a 429, we should back off exponentially instead of retrying immediately. Also, consider adding a timeout to prevent hanging requests.' Thoughtful review in 15 seconds instead of 3 minutes of typing.
Bug reports with proper reproduction steps
You finally reproduced that intermittent crash. Hold the button and capture everything: 'Crash occurs when user backgrounds the app during photo upload, then returns after 30 seconds. The upload task is deallocated but the completion handler still fires. Steps to reproduce: start upload, background app, wait 30 seconds, return. See attached stack trace.' Complete bug report while you remember the details.
Quick Slack replies during debugging sessions
You're deep in LLDB trying to figure out why the collection view crashes. PM asks 'Is the fix going in today's build?' Hold, say 'Still investigating, looks like a cell reuse issue. Will update in an hour', release. Back to debugging in 3 seconds. Your mental stack survives.
Updating Jira tickets with technical notes
The ticket needs implementation notes before you forget. Hold and speak: 'Fixed by moving the API call from viewDidLoad to viewWillAppear. The previous approach caused a race condition when the view controller was reused from the navigation stack. Added unit test to prevent regression.' Ticket updated while the solution is still in your head.
Responding to App Store reviews
A user left a thoughtful review mentioning a bug. You want to respond but typing on App Store Connect is tedious. Hold button, say 'Thank you for the detailed feedback. We identified the issue you described and it will be fixed in version 2.3.1 next week. We appreciate your patience.' Professional response in seconds, not minutes.
Why mobile developers choose Blurt over built-in dictation
| Blurt | macOS Dictation | |
|---|---|---|
| Activation | Single hotkey, instant start | Click microphone icon or double-tap control |
| Speed | Text appears in under 500ms | 2-3 second delay before transcription |
| Technical terms | Handles iOS/Android terminology well | Struggles with SDK names and framework terms |
| Reliability | Consistent accuracy across sessions | Often fails silently or mishears |
| Workflow fit | Hold-and-talk matches developer workflow | Start/stop toggle interrupts flow |
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