Voice to Text for Raycast
Raycast is the fastest way to control your Mac. But typing quick notes, creating snippets, annotating clipboard history, and chatting with AI still requires your keyboard. Blurt lets you hold a button, speak your thoughts, and release. Your text appears instantly in any Raycast input field. No workflow interruption. Just talk and let Raycast do what it does best.
The Typing Problem
Quick notes that aren't actually quick to create
You're deep in focus mode when an idea hits. You invoke Raycast to jot a quick note, but now you're typing out a paragraph. The thought was three sentences in your head. Typing it takes forty-five seconds. By the time you finish, your flow is broken and the next idea has evaporated. The quick note wasn't quick at all.
Clipboard history items lack context for later
You copy a code snippet, a link, or a piece of text. Two hours later, you're scrolling through Raycast's clipboard history trying to remember why you copied it. Was this the API endpoint for production or staging? Was this the version that worked or the one with the bug? Without annotations, your clipboard history becomes a graveyard of context-free fragments.
AI chat prompts take longer to type than the response takes to generate
You invoke Raycast AI to help with a task. The prompt in your head is nuanced: specific context, constraints, desired output format. But typing it all out is tedious. You simplify the prompt to save time, get a mediocre response, then spend another round clarifying. The whole exchange takes five minutes when a precise first prompt would have taken one.
Snippet creation feels like administrative overhead
You just typed the same response for the third time this week. You know you should create a Raycast snippet for it. But opening snippet settings, typing the content, choosing a keyword, and saving feels like work. So you don't. The fourth time, you type it again. The friction of snippet creation defeats the purpose of having snippets.
Floating notes window sits empty because typing breaks focus
Raycast's floating notes are perfect for capturing thoughts while working. But opening the window and typing pulls you out of whatever you were doing. You need your hands on the keyboard for your main work. Switching to note-taking mode, even briefly, fractures your attention. The floating notes feature goes unused.
How It Works
Blurt works everywhere in Raycast: quick notes, AI chat, snippet creation, clipboard annotations, and any extension with text input. Anywhere you can type, you can talk.
Focus any Raycast input field
Open Raycast and navigate to quick notes, AI chat, snippet creation, or any text input.
Hold your hotkey and speak
Press your chosen key, say what you want to capture. Blurt handles punctuation automatically.
Release and execute
Your text appears in Raycast. Press Enter to save the note, send the prompt, or create the snippet.
Real Scenarios
Capturing fleeting ideas as quick notes without breaking flow
You're coding and suddenly realize how to solve a problem you've been stuck on for a different project. Don't lose it. Invoke Raycast's quick notes, hold your Blurt hotkey, and speak: 'The caching issue in the API might be solved by adding a version hash to the request headers. Check the middleware implementation tomorrow.' Release, press Enter, back to your code. The thought is captured in five seconds. Your flow continues uninterrupted.
Annotating clipboard history for future context
You're researching solutions and copying code snippets from different sources. As you copy each one, open Raycast clipboard history, find the item, and use Blurt to add a voice annotation: 'This is the pagination implementation from the Stripe docs. Works with cursor-based pagination only.' When you return to your clipboard history tomorrow, every snippet has context attached.
Detailed AI prompts without the typing tax
You need Raycast AI to help refactor a function. The context is complex. Invoke Raycast AI, hold Blurt, and speak your full prompt: 'Refactor this function to use async/await instead of callbacks. Preserve the error handling but add retry logic with exponential backoff. The maximum retry count should be configurable. Keep the function signature the same for backwards compatibility.' A precise prompt delivered in fifteen seconds. The AI response is exactly what you need on the first try.
Creating snippets in the moment you need them
You just typed out a polite decline message for the second time today. Don't let there be a third. Open Raycast snippet creation, hold Blurt, and dictate: 'Thanks for thinking of me for this. Unfortunately, I don't have bandwidth to take this on right now. I'd suggest reaching out to the team lead who might be able to help prioritize this.' Add a keyword, save. The snippet exists before the friction could stop you.
Floating notes that capture thoughts hands-free
You're reviewing a design in Figma and thoughts are coming fast. Open Raycast's floating notes window, position it in the corner. As insights hit, hold Blurt without moving your hands from the trackpad: 'The button placement feels off. Users might miss the secondary action. Consider adding a tooltip on first visit.' Your hands stay on the design. Your thoughts land in the notes.
Searching with natural language queries
You need to find that file from last week's project but can't remember the exact name. Invoke Raycast's file search, hold Blurt, and speak: 'The PDF with the quarterly revenue projections from December.' The search captures your intent. Natural language finds what rigid keywords would miss.
Composing extension inputs without context switching
You're using a Raycast extension that requires text input, maybe a translator, a note-to-self scheduler, or a quick email draft. Instead of typing, hold Blurt and speak your input. The extension receives your words. You never had to mentally switch from thinking mode to typing mode.
Raycast has built-in AI features. Here's how Blurt differs.
| Blurt | Raycast AI | |
|---|---|---|
| Input method | Voice: hold button and talk | Keyboard: type prompts and commands |
| Primary use | Fast text input for any Raycast field | AI-powered responses and actions |
| Output | Your exact words, properly punctuated | AI-generated content and answers |
| Best for | Quick notes, snippets, clipboard annotations | Asking questions, generating content |
| Works together | Yes, voice-dictate prompts to Raycast AI | Yes, receives voice-dictated prompts |
| Pricing | $10/month or $99/year | Included in Raycast Pro |
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