Voice to Text for Zoom
Zoom calls demand your full attention. But responding in chat, capturing meeting notes, and answering Q&A questions all require typing. Every moment you spend looking at your keyboard is a moment you miss what's happening on screen. Blurt lets you speak your messages instead. Hold a button, say what you need, release. Your text appears in the chat window, your notes document, or your Q&A response field. Stay engaged in the meeting while still communicating everything you need to say.
The Typing Problem
Typing in chat means missing the conversation
The presenter shares a critical insight and you need to share it with your team in chat. But by the time you type it out, you've missed the next two points. When you look up, the conversation has moved on and you're lost. You can either document or pay attention, but never both.
Q&A responses take too long to compose
Someone asks a question in the Q&A panel during your webinar. You know the answer immediately but need to type it out. By the time you finish a thoughtful response, three more questions have piled up. Attendees wait. Engagement drops. You fall further behind with each typed answer.
Meeting notes are always incomplete
You're responsible for documenting what happens in the meeting. But people talk faster than you can type. You capture fragments. Half-formed ideas. Incomplete action items. After the meeting, your notes require another 30 minutes of memory-based reconstruction to be useful to anyone.
Your camera reveals every glance at the keyboard
On video, everyone sees when you look away from the screen. Type a quick chat message and your eyes drop to the keyboard for 15 seconds. Your manager notices. The client notices. You look disengaged when you're actually trying to contribute. The perception problem is as real as the attention problem.
Back-to-back calls leave no time to send follow-ups
Your calendar is solid blocks of Zoom calls. When one ends, you have 90 seconds before the next one starts. Five action items to delegate, three clarifications to send, one summary to share. You can either type one message or make it to your next meeting on time. Never both.
How It Works
Blurt works anywhere you can type during a Zoom call. Meeting chat, Q&A panels, direct messages, external note-taking apps. If you can put a cursor there, Blurt can insert text.
Hold your hotkey
Press your chosen shortcut while in any text field. A small indicator shows Blurt is listening.
Speak naturally
Say your message, note, or answer. Whisper if you're unmuted. Blurt handles punctuation automatically.
Release and send
Text appears instantly. Hit enter to send. Your attention never left the meeting.
Real Scenarios
Responding to Q&A during webinars
You're hosting a webinar with 200 attendees. Questions flood the Q&A panel. Instead of typing each answer, hold Blurt and speak: 'Yes, the integration works with Salesforce and HubSpot. Setup takes about 15 minutes with our guided wizard. I'll share the documentation link in the chat.' Answer delivered in 6 seconds instead of 30. You clear the Q&A backlog while still presenting.
Capturing meeting notes in real-time
The product manager describes the new feature requirements. With Blurt, you speak the key points into your notes app: 'Requirements include user authentication via SSO, dashboard with three widget types, and export to CSV and PDF formats. Target launch Q2.' Your notes are complete sentences, captured in real-time, without missing the next requirement.
Sending chat messages while presenting
You're sharing your screen and someone asks a question in chat about the data on slide 7. Hold Blurt and whisper 'Good question. That data comes from our Q3 customer survey. Sample size was 1,200 respondents. Full methodology in appendix B.' Your answer appears in chat. You keep presenting. No awkward pause. No fumbling with windows.
Private messages to colleagues mid-meeting
Your colleague is about to agree to an impossible timeline. You can't say it out loud. Hold Blurt, whisper 'That deadline is too aggressive given the API delays, push back to March', and send as a private message. They get the context. The negotiation shifts. No one else knows.
Quick acknowledgments without unmuting
The team lead asks if everyone understands the new process. Instead of unmuting and saying 'yes' while risking background noise, hold Blurt and say 'Makes sense, I'll update my workflow by end of day tomorrow.' More specific than a thumbs up. Faster than typing. No audio disruption.
Rapid follow-ups between meetings
You have 90 seconds before your next call. Three action items to delegate. Hold Blurt, say 'Sarah, can you pull the competitive analysis by Thursday?' Send. Next chat. 'Mike, let's sync on the pricing model tomorrow at 2.' Send. All follow-ups complete in 40 seconds. You make your next meeting.
Documenting decisions for async teammates
Half your team is in different timezones and couldn't attend the live call. After the meeting, speak a summary into Slack or your team channel: 'Key decisions from the call: we're moving forward with vendor B, timeline is 8 weeks, budget approved at 45K. Full notes in Notion.' Your async teammates wake up informed.
Why Zoom users choose Blurt over built-in dictation
| Blurt | macOS Dictation | |
|---|---|---|
| During meetings | Works silently while you're on calls | Picks up meeting audio and transcribes it |
| Activation speed | Instant with custom hotkey | Requires clicking or double-tap Fn key |
| Whisper recognition | Captures quiet speech accurately | Often fails on whispered input |
| Punctuation | Automatic punctuation and formatting | Requires saying 'period' and 'comma' |
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