Voice to Text for Sketch
Typing interrupts your design flow. Whether you're naming artboards, adding text layers, documenting symbols, or writing design annotations, the keyboard pulls you away from visual thinking. Blurt lets you speak directly into Sketch. Hold a button, say what you want to type, release. Text appears instantly at your cursor. Your hands stay on the trackpad, your mind stays on the design.
The Typing Problem
Naming artboards kills your creative momentum
You've just finished laying out 24 screens for your mobile app flow. Now comes the tedious part: naming each artboard. Login-Default, Login-Error, Login-Loading, Dashboard-Empty, Dashboard-Populated. Every name requires you to stop designing and start typing. What should take minutes stretches into half an hour of keyboard work.
Text layers require constant context switching
You're building a landing page mockup. Headlines need copy. Buttons need labels. Body text needs content. Every text layer forces a mental shift from spatial design to word entry. You want to say 'Get started for free' and keep arranging elements. Instead, you click, type, click, type, losing your visual flow each time.
Symbol descriptions never get written
Your design system has 200 symbols. Each one should have documentation explaining when and how to use it. But typing out 'Primary button for main CTAs, use sparingly, includes hover and disabled states' for every symbol is exhausting. So the descriptions stay empty, and teammates misuse components.
Design annotations take longer than the design itself
The design is finished, but now you need to add specs for the developers. Margin notes, color callouts, interaction descriptions. You know exactly what to communicate, but typing it all out feels like writing a novel. The annotation layer becomes an afterthought because typing is such a chore.
Layer organization becomes an overwhelming task
Your Sketch file has grown to 500 layers across dozens of artboards. Finding anything is impossible because layers are still named 'Rectangle 47' and 'Text Copy 12'. You know you should rename them properly, but the prospect of typing hundreds of descriptive names makes you put it off indefinitely.
How It Works
Blurt works anywhere you can type in Sketch. Text layers, artboard names, symbol descriptions, layer names, annotations. If there's a cursor, Blurt works.
Click into any text field
Text layer, artboard name, symbol description, layer name in the sidebar. Anywhere you'd normally type.
Hold your hotkey and speak
Press your chosen shortcut and say what you want to type. Blurt handles punctuation automatically.
Release and continue designing
Text appears instantly. No delay, no extra steps. Your hands never left the trackpad.
Real Scenarios
Rapid artboard naming across entire flows
You've designed a 30-screen onboarding flow. Instead of typing each artboard name, hold your hotkey and speak: 'Onboarding Welcome Screen.' Next artboard. 'Onboarding Account Type Selection.' Next. 'Onboarding Email Entry.' What would take 20 minutes of typing is done in 3 minutes of speaking.
Text layer content while wireframing
You're sketching a product page layout. Click the headline layer, hold, speak: 'The fastest way to ship design systems.' Click the subhead. 'Used by 10,000 product teams worldwide.' Click the CTA. 'Start your free trial.' Real copy in your wireframes, not placeholder text, without breaking your flow.
Symbol documentation that actually exists
Your button symbol needs a description. Hold and speak: 'Primary action button. Use for the main CTA on each screen. Maximum one per view. Includes default, hover, pressed, and disabled states. Minimum width 120 pixels.' Symbol documented in 10 seconds. Next symbol.
Design annotations for developer handoff
You're adding specs to a design. Click to add an annotation, hold your hotkey: 'This card should animate in with a 200ms ease-out transition when the user scrolls it into view. Stagger each card by 50ms.' Detailed interaction specs without the typing fatigue.
Layer organization at the end of a project
Your file is a mess of 'Group Copy 5' and 'Oval 23'. Time to clean up. Click each layer name in the sidebar, hold, speak: 'Hero section background gradient.' Next layer. 'Navigation bar container.' Next. 'Primary CTA button.' Organized layers without carpal tunnel.
Style and color documentation
You're documenting your color system. For each shared style, hold and speak: 'Brand primary blue. Use for CTAs, links, and interactive elements. Passes WCAG AA contrast on white backgrounds.' Every style documented, accessible guidelines included.
Quick iteration notes during design reviews
Your team is reviewing the designs. You spot something that needs changing. Click to add a note, hold your hotkey: 'Increase padding between these cards to 24 pixels. The current 16 feels too cramped on larger screens.' Feedback captured instantly, review keeps moving.
Why Sketch designers choose Blurt over built-in dictation
| Blurt | macOS Dictation | |
|---|---|---|
| Activation | Single customizable hotkey | Double-tap Fn or click microphone |
| Response time | Text appears in under 500ms | 2-3 second delay, sometimes fails silently |
| Design terminology | Handles 'artboard', 'kerning', 'bezier' correctly | Struggles with design and technical terms |
| Workflow integration | Works without disrupting Sketch focus | System UI appears, breaks concentration |
| Reliability | Consistent transcription quality | Inconsistent, requires retries |
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