Voice to Text for Walking and Commuting
Your commute is dead time. Walking to meetings, sitting on the train, waiting for the bus — minutes and hours that slip away while your inbox grows and your to-do list stacks up. Blurt transforms that wasted time into productive writing time. Draft emails while walking to lunch. Capture ideas on your morning commute. Write entire articles on the train home. Hold a button on your MacBook or use your AirPods, speak naturally, and text appears ready to send. No typing required. No stopping to fumble with your phone. Just talk and write.
The Typing Problem
You spend hours commuting but have nothing to show for it
The average commute is 27 minutes each way. That's nearly an hour daily, five hours weekly, two hundred hours yearly — all spent staring out windows or scrolling social media. Meanwhile, your inbox is overflowing and you're staying late to catch up on emails. The irony is painful: you have plenty of time, just not at your keyboard.
Good ideas come while walking but vanish before you can write them
Something about movement unlocks creativity. The best ideas strike while you're walking to a meeting, strolling through the park, or pacing during a phone call. But by the time you sit down to type, that brilliant insight has evaporated. You remember you had something good, but the specifics are gone. The idea that could have been a great article is now just a vague memory.
Typing on your phone while walking is awkward and dangerous
You've tried drafting emails on your phone during walks. Thumbs pecking at a tiny keyboard while dodging pedestrians. Autocorrect mangling every third word. Nearly walking into traffic because your eyes were on the screen. It's not productive — it's stressful and potentially hazardous. There has to be a better way.
You arrive at work already behind on messages
Your commute could be an opportunity to clear your inbox before the day begins. Instead, you arrive at your desk, open your laptop, and face a wall of unread messages. The first hour of your workday is spent catching up instead of moving forward. Your actual work doesn't start until 10am. The commute time that could have solved this problem was wasted.
Creative writing time disappears once you're at your desk
You have a blog post to write, a newsletter draft, a personal project. But at your desk, there's always something more urgent — Slack messages, meetings, the never-ending email chain. The writing gets pushed to 'later' which never comes. Meanwhile, your daily commute sits there unused — perfect quiet time for drafting, if only you could type while walking.
How It Works
Blurt works on your MacBook or with wireless earbuds like AirPods. Capture text while walking, commuting, or anywhere you can speak.
Hold your hotkey or tap your AirPods
Press your chosen shortcut on your MacBook, or set up a tap gesture on your AirPods to trigger Blurt. A subtle audio cue confirms recording has started.
Talk naturally while you move
Walk, ride, or commute while speaking your email, idea, or content. Blurt filters out background noise — train sounds, street traffic, wind — and captures your voice clearly.
Release and your text is ready
When you finish speaking, your words appear as formatted text. Edit if needed, or send immediately. What would have taken 10 minutes of typing took 2 minutes of talking.
Real Scenarios
Drafting emails on your morning walk to work
The fifteen-minute walk from the train to your office is prime email time. Hold your hotkey, speak your response to that client proposal, release. By the time you reach your desk, three emails are drafted and ready to review. Your day starts ahead instead of behind. The commute that used to be wasted is now your secret productivity weapon.
Capturing ideas during train or bus commutes
The rhythm of the train jogs something loose. A solution to that problem you've been stuck on. A perfect opening line for your presentation. Instead of hoping you'll remember it later, hold your hotkey and speak it immediately. The idea is captured verbatim, ready to develop when you're at your desk. No more lost insights.
Writing newsletter drafts while walking the dog
Your newsletter is due tomorrow and you haven't started. But you walk the dog for 30 minutes every evening anyway. This time, bring your laptop in your bag or use your AirPods connected to your phone. Walk, talk, and write. By the time you're home, you have 800 words of rough draft to polish. The newsletter practically writes itself.
Responding to Slack while walking between meetings
Back-to-back meetings with a five-minute walk between buildings. Your team is waiting for a response. Instead of trying to thumb-type on your phone while navigating hallways, hold your hotkey: 'Looking good, let's go with option B. I'll review the details after my two o'clock.' Sent before you reach the next meeting room. No stopping, no fumbling.
Processing meeting notes on the walk back to your desk
The meeting just ended and your head is full of action items, decisions, and follow-ups. In two minutes, you'll be back at your desk with a new email demanding attention. Use the walk: 'Meeting notes: We decided to push the launch to March fifteenth. Sarah owns the vendor contract. I need to update the roadmap by Friday.' Your notes are captured before the context fades.
Writing blog posts during your subway commute
Forty minutes on the subway, twice a day. That's over six hours weekly of potential writing time. With Blurt and your AirPods, you can draft an entire blog post during your commute. Speak your thoughts naturally, let Blurt handle formatting, and edit when you're home. Your side project finally gets the time it deserves — time you already had.
Brainstorming content while jogging or at the gym
Exercise gets your blood flowing and ideas come faster. But stopping mid-run to type is a flow-killer. With Blurt, speak your brainstorm while you jog: 'Content ideas: comparison post between our product and competitor X, customer story about the healthcare company, how-to guide for the new feature.' Your content calendar fills up while you burn calories.
Why commuters choose Blurt over built-in macOS Dictation
| Blurt | macOS Dictation | |
|---|---|---|
| Background noise handling | Advanced noise filtering for outdoor use | Struggles with traffic, wind, and crowds |
| Activation | Single hotkey or AirPods tap | Requires clicking microphone icon |
| Speed | Text appears in under 500ms | 2-3 second delay, often loses connection |
| Accuracy while moving | Consistent transcription quality outdoors | Accuracy drops significantly with movement |
| Long-form content | Handles extended dictation sessions | Stops listening after short periods |
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