Speak it.
It's written.
Hold one key, anywhere on your Mac, and just talk. Blurt turns voice into text the way it should be — strips the ums, sets the punctuation, and lays clean, finished words exactly where your cursor sits. No window. No friction. On Apple Silicon, it runs right on your Mac.
By the numbers
One key. Three beats.
Then it's just words.
If you can hold a key, you already know how to use Blurt — push-to-talk dictation with a built-in AI editor that, on Apple Silicon, runs entirely on your Mac.
Small app. Remarkably articulate.
It cleans up, it doesn't just transcribe
Removes filler words, fixes punctuation, breaks paragraphs, and obeys spoken commands like “new line” or “make that a list.”
Works in every app you already use
Mail, Slack, your code editor, Notes, the browser address bar — if it has a text field, Blurt types into it.
Speaks your language
Auto-detects what you speak — English, Russian, German and dozens more — and formats it correctly. No language to pre-pick.
A waveform that knows its place
A tiny, click-through pill floats at the bottom of the screen. It never steals focus, never gets in the way.
Your key, your call
Push-to-talk on Right Option by default — remap it to Left Option, a Command key, Control, or Fn.
See exactly what it heard
Every dictation shows the raw transcript beside the cleaned-up result. Type a messy sentence below and watch the clean-up run live — then copy the result.
Your voice stays yours.
On Apple Silicon, Blurt transcribes and cleans up your words right on your Mac by default — your audio and text never leave the device. Prefer the cloud? Bring your own OpenAI key and your audio goes straight to OpenAI under your account, or let the managed Cloud plan handle it. No analytics, no telemetry, ever.
Questions, answered.
Is Blurt free?
Yes. Blurt is free to use. On Apple Silicon it transcribes on-device, so there's nothing to pay and no key to add. You can optionally bring your own OpenAI API key and pay OpenAI directly for what you use, or subscribe to the managed Cloud plan if you'd rather we handle transcription for you.
How is Blurt different from Apple's built-in Mac dictation?
Apple Dictation transcribes raw speech and times out. Blurt produces finished text: it removes filler words like um and uh, fixes punctuation, breaks paragraphs, and obeys spoken commands like "new line" and "make that a list". There's no timeout — you hold the key for as long as you like.
Does Blurt work in any app on my Mac?
Yes. Blurt is system-wide, not browser-only. If an app has a text field — Mail, Slack, Notes, VS Code, Word, your browser's address bar — Blurt types clean text right where your cursor sits.
Where does my audio go? Is Blurt private?
It depends on the mode. On Apple Silicon, Blurt transcribes on-device by default, so your audio and text never leave your Mac. If you add your own OpenAI key, your audio goes directly from your Mac to OpenAI under your account. On the managed Cloud plan (and the cloud option on Intel Macs), your audio is uploaded to Blurt's server, which relays it to a transcription provider (Groq by default for batch, Soniox for real-time streaming, or OpenAI) and returns the text without keeping the audio. Blurt includes no analytics or telemetry. Full detail is in the privacy policy.
Do I need an OpenAI API key?
Not on Apple Silicon — on-device transcription works with no key and no account. A key is optional: bring your own and your audio goes directly from your Mac to OpenAI under your account, with your key stored only in the macOS Keychain. Or skip keys entirely with the managed Cloud plan.
Which languages does Blurt support?
Blurt auto-detects the language you speak — English, Russian, German, and dozens more — and formats the result correctly. You don't have to pre-select a language before you start talking.
Does Blurt run on Intel Macs, and what are the requirements?
Blurt runs on macOS 15 (Sequoia) or later. On Apple Silicon it transcribes on-device. Intel Macs can't run the on-device models, so they use the cloud option. The app is about 7 MB and lives in your menu bar.
How do I start dictating with Blurt?
Hold the Right Option key (remappable) anywhere on your Mac and just talk. When you let go, clean, punctuated text appears at your cursor within about a second. On Apple Silicon there's nothing to set up — it works on-device out of the box.
Stop typing. Start blurting.
A Mac dictation app with a built-in AI editor that lives in your menu bar. Out of your way in sixty seconds.