Voice to Text for RSI
Repetitive strain injury makes every keystroke a decision. Is this email worth the pain? Can this Slack message wait? Blurt lets you type without typing. Hold a button, say what you need, release. Text appears at your cursor. For emails, messages, documentation, and everything else that isn't code — your hands get to rest. Users report reducing keyboard time by 50-70%, giving wrists, hands, and forearms meaningful recovery throughout the workday.
The Typing Problem
You measure your day in pain, not productivity
By 2pm, you're calculating. Can I finish this report before my hands give out? Should I save my keystrokes for the code review? Other people think about deadlines. You think about how many words you can type before you need to stop. The work isn't the hard part anymore — the typing is.
Nobody understands why you're slower
Your manager sees the delayed responses. Your team wonders why documentation takes you twice as long. You could explain — again — that every message costs you something physical. But invisible pain is hard to justify. You feel like you're making excuses for a condition nobody can see.
You've tried everything
Ergonomic keyboards. Vertical mice. Standing desks. Wrist braces. Stretching routines. Massage balls. Some things help a little. Nothing helps enough. You've spent hundreds of dollars and countless hours optimizing your setup, but you're still typing thousands of words a day with hands that can't handle thousands of words a day.
Rest isn't an option when your job is typing
The doctor says to take breaks. Your physical therapist says to reduce keyboard time. But your job is keyboards. Email. Slack. Documentation. Tickets. Every role in tech requires constant communication, and every communication requires your already-strained hands. You can't rest without falling behind.
You worry about your career lasting
You're good at your job. You've built skills over years. But you're also watching your physical capacity decline. At 30, you're already managing pain that didn't exist at 25. What happens at 40? At 50? The thought of this getting worse — of having to change careers because of your hands — keeps you up at night.
How It Works
Blurt works in every app — email, Slack, docs, tickets, anywhere you can put a cursor. Your voice does the work. Your hands get to rest.
Hold your hotkey
Press your chosen shortcut. A small indicator shows Blurt is listening.
Talk naturally
Say what you want to type. Blurt handles punctuation and capitalization.
Release and done
Text appears at your cursor. No copying, no pasting, no additional keystrokes.
Real Scenarios
Writing emails without paying for them later
A long email used to mean sore hands by afternoon. Now you hold a button and talk through your reply. Three paragraphs spoken in 30 seconds instead of 3 minutes of typing. Your message gets sent. Your hands get a break. You don't have to choose between communication and comfort.
Slack messages that don't cost you keystrokes
Every Slack thread adds up. A quick question here, a status update there, a longer explanation to your manager. With Blurt, you hold, talk, release. The message sends. Your hands stay rested. You can actually participate in team communication without rationing your keystrokes.
Documentation without the dread
You know the docs need updating. You know the README is out of date. But documentation means typing — lots of it. With voice, you can talk through explanations naturally. The documentation gets written. Future you (and your teammates) will thank present you. Your hands will too.
Ticket updates and status reports
Jira tickets. Linear updates. Standup notes. The administrative overhead of knowledge work adds hundreds of keystrokes daily. Blurt lets you speak your updates: 'Finished the API integration, waiting on design review, should be ready for QA by Thursday.' Ticket updated. Hands untouched.
Taking meeting notes without strain
During meetings, you can hold your hotkey and quietly dictate notes. Key points, action items, decisions made — all captured by voice instead of frantic typing. You stay present in the meeting. Your notes are complete. Your hands get a break during the workday's most keyboard-intensive hour.
Drafting longer documents in manageable chunks
Reports, proposals, strategy docs — the substantial writing that used to mean hours of keyboard time. Now you draft in voice chunks. A paragraph here, a section there. Your thoughts flow naturally while your hands rest between the minimal editing passes you'll need.
Responding to code reviews and PR comments
Code reviews require context. Explaining why you made a decision, addressing feedback, discussing alternatives. All prose. All keystrokes you can now speak instead. 'Good catch. I considered using a factory pattern here but the additional abstraction felt unnecessary for our three use cases.' Spoken, typed, done.
Why people with RSI choose Blurt over built-in dictation
| Blurt | macOS Dictation | |
|---|---|---|
| Activation | Single hotkey, instant start | Click microphone or double-tap key (extra hand movement) |
| Reliability | Consistent accuracy every time | Frequently fails, mishears, or stops working |
| Speed | Text appears in under 500ms | 2-3 second delay, sometimes longer |
| Punctuation | Automatic, natural punctuation | Must say 'period' and 'comma' manually |
| App compatibility | Works everywhere you can type | Inconsistent in some apps |
| Frustration factor | Just works | Adds stress when it fails mid-sentence |
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