Voice to Text for Trello
Trello keeps your projects moving with cards and boards. But writing detailed card descriptions, filling out checklists, and leaving meaningful comments takes time you don't have. Blurt lets you hold a button, speak your thoughts, and release. Your text appears instantly in any Trello card, checklist item, comment, or board description. No copying, no pasting, no workflow interruption. Just talk and write.
The Typing Problem
Card descriptions stay empty because typing is slow
You create a card for a new task. You know exactly what needs to happen. The requirements are clear in your head. But typing out a proper description with context, acceptance criteria, and relevant links takes five minutes. So you write a vague one-liner and promise to add details later. Later never comes. Your team picks up cards with no context and spins their wheels figuring out what you meant.
Checklists become bullet-point graveyards
You start a checklist with good intentions. The first few items are detailed. Then typing fatigue sets in. Items become shorter and cryptic. 'Handle edge cases' instead of explaining which edge cases. 'Update docs' without specifying which docs. Two weeks later, you stare at your own checklist and have no idea what you meant.
Comments are too brief to be useful
You just discovered something important about a task. A dependency, a blocker, a decision that affects the approach. You should leave a detailed comment explaining the context. But typing a thorough update takes three minutes, and you have fifteen other things to do. So you write 'blocked on API' instead of explaining why, what you tried, and what needs to happen next.
Board documentation never gets written
Your boards need context. What's this project about? What are the column definitions? What's the process for moving cards? You know you should document this in the board description. But who has time to type out a board manual? New team members figure it out through trial and error, and the same questions get asked repeatedly.
Context switching kills your flow
You're deep in a task when you realize you need to update the card. You switch to Trello, find the card, click into the description, and start typing. By the time you've added three sentences, you've lost your mental thread on the actual work. The context switch cost you fifteen minutes of focus. Sometimes you skip updating the card entirely to avoid breaking flow.
How It Works
Blurt works everywhere in Trello: card titles, descriptions, checklists, comments, board descriptions, and custom fields. Anywhere you can type, you can talk.
Click into any Trello text field
Put your cursor in a card description, checklist item, comment box, or any text area.
Hold your hotkey and talk
Press your chosen key, speak naturally. Blurt adds punctuation automatically.
Release and keep working
Your text appears at the cursor. Add the next checklist item, move to another card, or get back to work.
Real Scenarios
Writing detailed card descriptions while context is fresh
You just finished a planning session. You know exactly what this feature needs: the user story, acceptance criteria, technical considerations, and edge cases. Open the card, hold the button, and talk through it like you're explaining to a teammate. Two minutes of talking produces a description that would take ten minutes to type. The next person who picks up this card has everything they need.
Building comprehensive checklists quickly
You're breaking down a complex task into subtasks. Each checklist item needs enough detail to be actionable. Click into the checklist, hold the button, and speak the first item with full context. Release, click add item, hold again for the next one. You build a thorough checklist in the time it would take to type three vague bullet points.
Leaving contextual comments that actually help
You hit a blocker and need to document what happened. Instead of typing 'API issue,' hold the button and explain: 'The payment API is returning a 429 error on batch requests over fifty items. I've contacted their support and the ticket number is 12345. We can work around this by chunking requests, but that requires refactoring the queue processor.' Your future self and teammates will thank you.
Documenting boards for team onboarding
Your board needs a description explaining the workflow. What does each column mean? What's the process for moving cards? Click into the board description, hold the button, and walk through the workflow like you're onboarding a new hire. Five minutes of talking creates documentation that saves hours of confusion.
Quick status updates during standups
You're in standup and need to update several cards with what you discussed. As each topic comes up, open the card, hold the button, and quietly dictate the update: 'Discussed with design team. They need two more days for the mockups. Pushing target date to Friday.' Cards stay current without taking you out of the meeting.
Capturing requirements from stakeholder conversations
You're on a call with a stakeholder who's describing what they need. They mention requirements, constraints, and preferences. Keep Trello open, and during natural pauses, hold the button and capture key points directly into the card. You end the call with documented requirements instead of scattered notes to transcribe later.
Adding context to card attachments and links
You're attaching a document, mockup, or link to a card. The attachment needs context: what is it, why is it relevant, what should reviewers focus on. Instead of typing a brief caption, hold the button and explain the attachment properly. 'This is the updated wireframe from Sarah. Key changes are on screens three and four. Pay attention to the new checkout flow, it addresses the issues from user testing.'
Trello has built-in features like Butler automation. Here's how Blurt differs.
| Blurt | Trello Butler | |
|---|---|---|
| Input method | Voice: hold button and talk | Rules and commands |
| Output | Your exact words, properly punctuated | Automated actions based on triggers |
| Use case | Writing card content and comments faster | Automating repetitive board actions |
| Flexibility | Works anywhere you can type | Limited to predefined automation patterns |
| Learning curve | None: hold button, talk, release | Requires understanding automation logic |
| Pricing | $10/month or $99/year (separate from Trello) | Limited free, more with Trello Premium |
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