Voice to Text for Solutions Architects
You spend half your day translating technical complexity into client-ready documents. Proposals, SOWs, architecture decisions, meeting notes. Blurt lets you capture your expertise at the speed of thought. Hold a button, explain the solution like you would to a colleague, release. Your words appear wherever your cursor is — in Confluence, Google Docs, email, anywhere. Stop typing what you could say in seconds.
The Typing Problem
Writing proposals after marathon discovery sessions
You just finished a three-hour client workshop. Your whiteboard is covered with architecture diagrams and notes. Now you need to turn all of that into a 15-page proposal by tomorrow. The knowledge is fresh in your head — you could explain it perfectly out loud — but typing it all out will take the rest of your day. Your brain is full of solutions, not the energy to document them.
Technical specs that no one wants to write
The architecture is clear in your mind. You've already explained it three times in meetings. But the spec document sits empty because translating that mental model into written form feels like starting from scratch. You know every integration point, every data flow, every edge case. Writing it down character by character makes you want to schedule another meeting instead.
SOWs that take longer than the actual scoping
Scoping the project took two calls. Writing the Statement of Work takes two days. Every deliverable needs precise language. Every assumption needs documentation. Every exclusion needs careful wording. You're a solutions architect, not a technical writer, but half your job has become documentation.
Documenting architecture decisions before you forget them
You just made a critical design choice — why you chose event-driven over request-response, why the data lives in this region, why that integration uses webhooks instead of polling. In six months, someone will ask why. If you don't document it now, the reasoning disappears. But stopping to type a decision record breaks your architecture flow.
Client emails that require precision and diplomacy
The client asked a question that needs a careful answer. You need to explain technical constraints without sounding like you're making excuses. You need to manage expectations while keeping the relationship warm. Every word matters. You could dictate the perfect response in two minutes, but typing and editing and retyping takes fifteen.
How It Works
Blurt works in every tool solutions architects use — Confluence, Google Docs, Lucidchart, Miro, Slack, email. Anywhere you can put a cursor.
Hold your hotkey
Press your chosen shortcut. A small indicator shows Blurt is listening.
Talk naturally
Explain the architecture, dictate the proposal section, describe the integration. Blurt handles punctuation.
Release and done
Text appears at your cursor. No copying, no pasting, no extra steps.
Real Scenarios
Dictating proposal sections after client calls
The discovery call just ended. The client's requirements are fresh in your mind. Instead of staring at a blank Google Doc, hold your hotkey and talk through the proposed solution: 'The recommended architecture uses a microservices approach with three core domains. The customer service handles user management and authentication. The order service manages the transaction lifecycle. The inventory service provides real-time stock visibility.' A full page drafted in 90 seconds, not 30 minutes.
Writing architecture decision records on the fly
You just chose PostgreSQL over MongoDB for this use case. Hold the button and capture your reasoning: 'Choosing PostgreSQL for the transaction data store. The relational model better fits the complex queries required for reporting. ACID compliance is non-negotiable for financial data. The team has deeper Postgres expertise, reducing onboarding risk.' Decision documented before you move on to the next one.
Adding annotations to architecture diagrams
Your Lucidchart diagram needs explanatory text boxes. Instead of clicking and typing for each annotation, hold your hotkey and dictate: 'This API gateway handles authentication, rate limiting, and request routing to downstream services. All external traffic enters through this single point.' Annotation done in seconds. Move to the next component.
Responding to client questions with nuance
The client emailed asking why the timeline is longer than expected. You need to explain technical complexity without sounding defensive. Hold and speak naturally: 'The additional three weeks account for the legacy system integration. Their current API lacks pagination, so we need to implement batching to avoid timeouts. This is a one-time investment that ensures reliability.' Diplomatic, precise, done in 20 seconds.
Capturing meeting notes in real-time
You're in a stakeholder meeting and a key decision just happened. Instead of frantically typing while missing the next point, hold your button and quietly dictate: 'Stakeholders agreed to phase two scope reduction. Removing real-time sync feature. Will implement daily batch instead. Saves four weeks.' Notes captured without losing the conversation thread.
Writing SOW deliverables without the blank page problem
The Statement of Work needs twelve detailed deliverables. You know exactly what the client is getting. Hold and dictate each one: 'Deliverable four: Integration architecture document. Includes sequence diagrams for all system interactions, error handling specifications, and retry logic definitions. Acceptance criteria: client technical review and sign-off.' One deliverable down, eleven more dictated in the next few minutes.
Explaining technical constraints to non-technical stakeholders
The business sponsor wants to know why the estimate is higher than they expected. You need to translate architecture into business impact. Hold and speak: 'The complexity comes from the data migration. Your current system stores customer records across three databases with no common identifier. We need to build a matching algorithm to consolidate these before the new system can launch.' Clear explanation captured without dumbing down the technical reality.
Why solutions architects 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 vocabulary | Handles architecture terms accurately | Struggles with API, microservices, Kubernetes |
| Reliability | Consistent accuracy across long dictations | Often fails silently on longer passages |
| Workflow integration | Works identically in every app | Inconsistent behavior across applications |
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