Voice to Text for Perplexity
Perplexity shines when you ask detailed, nuanced questions. But typing out complex research queries with full context takes forever. Blurt lets you speak your questions naturally and pastes them directly into Perplexity. Hold a button, explain what you need to know, release. Your complete query appears ready to send. Research 3x faster. $10/month or $99/year with a free tier to try it out.
The Typing Problem
Research questions need context that's tedious to type
The best Perplexity answers come from detailed queries. 'What are the trade-offs between PostgreSQL and MongoDB for a real-time analytics application handling 10 million events per day with complex aggregations?' That's the question in your head. Typing it out? You'll probably shorten it and get a worse answer.
Follow-up queries break your research flow
Perplexity gave you sources, but you need to dig deeper. 'Can you compare what those first two sources say about the latency implications, and also check if there are any benchmarks from the last six months?' Natural to say. Tedious to type. Your research momentum dies with every keystroke.
Multi-part questions get simplified when typed
You want to ask about three related aspects of a topic. By the time you've typed the first part, you've forgotten exactly how you wanted to phrase the third. Speaking lets you capture the full scope of what you're investigating in one natural flow.
Providing source context requires too much typing
You found a paper or article and want Perplexity to analyze it against other sources. Explaining what the source says and what you want compared takes paragraphs. Your voice can convey all that context in 20 seconds.
Deep research sessions strain your hands
You're on your third hour of research, asking question after question. Your wrists ache. Your typing slows. But your mind is still sharp and full of questions. Voice lets your brain keep working while your hands rest.
How It Works
Blurt sits in your menu bar and works with Perplexity in any browser. Hold your hotkey, speak your research question, release. Done.
Focus on the Perplexity search bar
Click into the query input where you'd normally type your question.
Hold your hotkey and speak
Press your chosen key. Ask your complete question naturally, including all the context, constraints, and specifics you want Perplexity to consider.
Release and search
Your spoken words appear as text in the search field. Hit enter to get your answer with sources, just like you typed it.
Real Scenarios
Complex research questions with multiple constraints
You're researching a technical decision. 'What are the best practices for implementing rate limiting in a distributed system using Redis, specifically for an API that needs to handle burst traffic while maintaining fairness across different API key tiers?' Spoken in 12 seconds. Typing would take a minute. And you wouldn't lose any of the specifics.
Follow-up queries that build on previous answers
Perplexity gave you an overview. Now you need depth. 'The second source mentioned eventual consistency issues - can you find more recent discussions about how companies have solved this in production, especially any case studies from fintech or healthcare?' Voice keeps your research session flowing without pause.
Asking for source comparisons and analysis
You want Perplexity to synthesize multiple viewpoints. 'Compare what the academic papers say versus what the industry practitioners recommend for this approach, and note any areas where they disagree or where the research hasn't caught up with practice.' Complex meta-questions become easy to ask.
Exploring topics you don't know the jargon for yet
You're learning something new and don't know the right terms. Speaking lets you describe what you're looking for in plain language. 'I'm trying to understand that thing where machine learning models forget what they learned before when you train them on new data - what's that called and how do people prevent it?' Natural exploration by voice.
Research while reading sources
You're reading one of Perplexity's cited sources and a new question emerges. Your eyes stay on the article while you speak your follow-up. No context switch to the keyboard. 'Based on what this source is describing, would that approach also work for streaming data or is it only for batch processing?'
Multi-part questions for comprehensive answers
You want the full picture. 'Can you explain both the technical implementation and the business considerations for this approach, include any common pitfalls teams run into, and suggest what I should evaluate first if I'm considering this for a startup with limited engineering resources?' One breath, complete question.
Rapid iteration on search queries
First search wasn't quite right. 'Actually, narrow that down to just open-source solutions, and focus on ones that have been actively maintained in the last year with good documentation.' Quick refinements by voice let you converge on exactly what you need without retyping entire queries.
Different ways to query Perplexity. Here's how Blurt compares.
| Blurt | Manual Typing | |
|---|---|---|
| Speed for detailed queries | Speak 150+ words per minute | Type 40-60 words per minute |
| Query completeness | Full context captured in natural speech | Questions get shortened to save typing |
| Follow-up speed | Instant follow-ups as thoughts occur | Each follow-up requires retyping |
| Research session length | Minimal fatigue, longer sessions | Hand fatigue limits productivity |
| Multi-tasking | Ask questions while reading sources | Stop reading to type |
| Price | $10/month or $99/year | Free (but slower and less thorough) |
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