Voice to Text for Sunburn

You forgot sunscreen. Maybe you fell asleep at the beach. Now your hands and forearms look like lobsters, and every tap on the keyboard feels like pressing your skin against a hot stove. It's a temporary problem, but it's happening right now, and you still have work to do. Blurt lets you skip the keyboard entirely. Hold a button, speak naturally, release. Your words appear wherever your cursor is — emails, Slack, documents, anywhere. No painful keyboard contact, no wincing with every keystroke. Just talk and text appears. Give your skin a break while you stay productive.

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The Typing Problem

The keyboard feels like sandpaper on raw skin

Your hands are tender and inflamed. The textured surface of the keys, the friction of typing, even the warmth from your laptop — it all aggravates the burn. What's normally an unconscious action now demands constant awareness of every point of contact.

Your forearms stick to the desk

You rest your forearms on the desk while typing, like you always do. Except now the contact is torture. The skin is tight, sensitive, maybe peeling. Every small movement feels like velcro tearing. You try hovering your arms but that's exhausting after thirty seconds.

Aloe and lotion make your hands slippery

You applied aloe vera to soothe the burn. Smart move for your skin, terrible move for typing. Your fingers slide around the keys. You're making typos you never make. The greasy residue is getting on your keyboard. It's a mess.

The pain is distracting you from actual work

You should be thinking about the email you're writing. Instead, you're thinking about how much your hands hurt. Every keystroke pulls your attention away from the content and back to the discomfort. Your productivity has tanked.

It's embarrassing to explain why you're slow

You're taking forever to respond to messages. Your typing speed has dropped dramatically. Do you explain that you got too much sun? It feels silly. But people are noticing you've gone quiet, and the work is piling up.

How It Works

Blurt is dead simple. No setup complexity, no learning curve. Just voice to text that works.

Hold your hotkey

Press any key combination you choose. One quick tap to start. A small indicator shows Blurt is listening.

Speak naturally

Say what you want to type. Talk at your normal pace. Blurt handles punctuation and capitalization automatically.

Release and done

Text appears at your cursor instantly. No clicking, no copying, no extra steps. Just your words, typed out, ready to send.

Real Scenarios

Beach vacation emails with lobster hands

You're back at the hotel, your hands are bright red, and work emails won't answer themselves. Hold your hotkey with minimal contact, say 'Thanks for the follow-up. I'm reviewing the proposal and will send detailed feedback by Thursday.' Release. Email done without pressing your sunburned palms against the keyboard.

Slack updates while recovering from a weekend outside

Great weekend hiking. Terrible sunburn on your forearms. Now you need to update your team on the morning standup. Hold the button and say 'Making good progress on the integration. Should have the first version ready for review by end of day.' Posted in 3 seconds. Arms stayed off the desk.

Writing with aloe-covered hands

You just applied another layer of aloe. Your hands are slippery and your keyboard is already getting residue on it. With Blurt, you dictate your document naturally. The words flow. Your greasy hands stay off the keys.

Quick replies with sensitive skin

Your hands are peeling and tender. Every keystroke is unpleasant. But your manager needs an answer. Hold, speak 'Yes, I can take the 2pm meeting. I'll prepare the slides beforehand.' Done. No wincing required.

Documentation after a beach day

The code needs comments but your hands need rest. Move your cursor above the function, hold your hotkey, say 'This function calculates the monthly subscription cost including any applicable discounts. Returns the final price in cents.' Comment written without touching the keyboard.

Ticket updates with burned forearms

Forgot to reapply sunscreen during the outdoor team event. Now your forearms are on fire and resting them on the desk is agony. With Blurt, you speak your Jira updates: 'Completed the user authentication flow. Moving to password reset next. No blockers.' Sprint board updated, forearms undisturbed.

End-of-day summary after too much sun

Long day at the pool, longer sunburn on your hands. You still need to send your daily summary. Hold, speak naturally about what you accomplished, release. Summary sent. Your tender skin got a break.

You have built-in dictation on your Mac. Here's why Blurt works better for getting through sunburn recovery.

	Blurt	macOS Dictation
Activation	Single hotkey, instant start	Double-tap Fn key or click icon
Reliability	Consistent transcription every time	Often stops listening or fails silently
Speed	Text appears in under 500ms	2-3 second delay common
Long form	Handles paragraphs without dropping words	Struggles with extended dictation
Punctuation	Automatic and accurate	Requires voice commands like 'period' and 'comma'

Frequently Asked Questions

How quickly can I start using Blurt with sunburned hands?

Under 60 seconds. Download, grant microphone access, set a hotkey. That's it. No account setup required for the free tier. You can start dictating immediately and give your hands a break.

Is the free tier enough for a few days of sunburn recovery?

Probably. The free tier gives you first 1,000 words free — enough for emails, messages, and notes while your skin heals. If you need more, Pro is $10/month or $99/year. Start free and upgrade only if needed.

Can I use Blurt with lotion or aloe on my hands?

Absolutely. Since you're speaking instead of typing, it doesn't matter if your hands are slippery. You only need to hold one hotkey briefly. The rest of your keyboard stays clean.

What if my sunburn is mostly on my forearms, not my hands?

Blurt still helps. When you type, you rest your forearms on the desk — and with sunburn, that contact is painful. Voice typing means you can hold your arms however is most comfortable. No desk contact required.

This seems silly for something that heals in a few days

Maybe. But those few days still have deadlines, emails, and colleagues waiting for responses. Sunburn is temporary, but work doesn't pause. Blurt lets you stay productive without making the discomfort worse. And hey, you might like it enough to keep using it.

Does Blurt work with Windows or just Mac?

Blurt is macOS only. We focused on creating the best possible Mac experience with native menu bar integration and system-level keyboard shortcuts. Windows and Linux versions are not currently available.

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