Voice to Text for UX Researchers
Your attention should be on the participant, not your keyboard. Blurt lets you capture interview observations, synthesis highlights, and research notes while staying fully present. Hold a button, speak your insight, release. Text appears wherever your cursor is — in Dovetail, Notion, FigJam, anywhere. No frantic typing during sessions. No lost insights while you fumbled for words. Just observe, speak, and document in real-time.
The Typing Problem
Typing interview notes while trying to maintain eye contact
The participant just shared something crucial about their workflow frustrations. You want to capture it verbatim, but typing means breaking eye contact and disrupting rapport. You scribble a half-note, hoping you'll remember the nuance later. You won't. The richest insights happen when participants feel heard, not when they're watching you type.
Session observations disappearing between tests
You just watched a user struggle with the checkout flow for three minutes. There were four distinct moments of confusion you need to document. But you're already calling in the next participant. By the time you sit down to write observations, you've forgotten whether the hesitation was on step two or step three. The detail that would convince stakeholders is gone.
Synthesis documentation that takes longer than the research
You've completed twelve interviews and now face the mountain of synthesis work. Affinity mapping, theme identification, insight documentation — all requiring extensive writing. Your brain knows the patterns, you could explain them in ten minutes out loud, but typing it all into your research repository takes three days. The report deadline was yesterday.
Research reports that never get the depth they deserve
Stakeholders need to understand why users behave this way, not just what they did. But writing rich, contextual research reports means hours of typing after already spending weeks on the research itself. So you write bullet points instead of narratives. The 'why' gets compressed into the 'what'. Your research loses its persuasive power.
Stakeholder presentations that require endless documentation
The research readout is tomorrow and you still need to document your methodology, participant profiles, key findings, and recommendations. Each section requires thoughtful writing that takes four times longer to type than to explain verbally. You stay late again, typing what you could say in a fraction of the time.
How It Works
Blurt works in every app UX researchers use — Dovetail, Notion, FigJam, Miro, Google Docs, Confluence. Anywhere you can put a cursor.
Hold your hotkey
Press your chosen shortcut. A small indicator shows Blurt is listening. Your eyes stay on the participant or your notes.
Speak your observation
Say your insight, observation, or note naturally. Blurt handles punctuation and formatting automatically.
Release and continue
Text appears at your cursor instantly. No copying, no pasting, no app switching. Back to observing in seconds.
Real Scenarios
Capturing interview observations in real-time
The participant just described a workaround they use daily — exactly the kind of insight that shapes product decisions. Instead of breaking eye contact to type, hold your hotkey and whisper 'Participant creates manual spreadsheet to track orders because dashboard doesn't show historical data. Mentioned doing this daily for two years. Expressed frustration with workaround.' Observation captured in full detail. Rapport maintained. The insight makes it into your research repository exactly as it happened.
Documenting usability test observations
You're watching a participant navigate the new onboarding flow. They pause on step three, cursor hovering over two buttons. Hold your hotkey: 'User hesitated 8 seconds between Continue and Skip buttons. Mentioned uncertainty about what Skip would skip. Chose Continue but expressed concern about missing something important.' Timestamped observation captured without looking away from the screen. Your usability report writes itself during the session.
Recording synthesis highlights during affinity mapping
You're clustering sticky notes in FigJam and a pattern emerges across seven interviews. Instead of stopping to type a theme description, hold and speak: 'Emerging theme — users consistently underestimate time required for initial setup. Six of twelve participants mentioned surprise at complexity. Maps to onboarding friction identified in previous quarter.' Theme documented while the pattern is fresh. Your synthesis stays in flow.
Drafting research report sections
The methodology section needs writing and you know exactly what to say. Hold your hotkey and speak: 'We conducted twelve semi-structured interviews over three weeks with users who had completed at least five purchases. Sessions lasted 45 to 60 minutes and covered current workflow, pain points, and reactions to three prototype concepts.' A paragraph that would take five minutes to type is captured in thirty seconds. Your report builds momentum.
Writing stakeholder updates between sessions
Your product manager needs a quick update before their meeting in ten minutes. Hold and speak: 'Completed six of twelve interviews. Early pattern emerging around notification fatigue. Users describing feeling overwhelmed by alerts. Three participants mentioned muting all notifications. Will have preliminary findings by Thursday.' Professional update sent in twenty seconds. Back to your next participant.
Refining discussion guides between sessions
The last interview revealed a topic worth exploring deeper. You need to add questions before the next participant arrives in five minutes. Open your discussion guide, hold hotkey: 'Follow-up probe for notification section — can you walk me through the last time you felt overwhelmed by alerts? What did you do? How did that affect your use of the product?' Guide refined without slowing down your session schedule.
Documenting insights for research repository
You've identified a key insight that needs to go into Dovetail with proper context and evidence. Hold and speak: 'Insight — users perceive the premium tier as designed for enterprises, not individuals. Evidence from eight interviews shows consistent language around pricing being for teams. Implication — solo user conversion may be limited by positioning rather than value.' Research repository entry complete with context. Searchable for future projects.
Why UX researchers choose Blurt over built-in dictation
| Blurt | macOS Dictation | |
|---|---|---|
| Activation | Single hotkey, instant and silent | Requires clicking microphone or voice command |
| Discretion | Subtle indicator, won't distract participants | Large dictation popup disrupts session flow |
| Speed | Text appears in under 500ms | 2-3 second delay breaks observation rhythm |
| Reliability | Consistent accuracy for research terminology | Struggles with UX jargon and participant names |
| Workflow fit | Designed for rapid, repeated use during sessions | Built for occasional long-form dictation |
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