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Education savings accounts, scholarship programs, vocational rehabilitation, Medicaid waivers, and federal accommodation programs all buy speech-to-text software. Here is each program in its own words, and how to buy Blurt with it.

Last updated: August 22, 2026

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How this works, in three sentences

Blurt is a 12-month license: $89, one payment, one person, Mac, Windows, and Chrome. Most programs below treat that as "software" or "assistive technology" and let a family or a counselor buy it once a year. Every purchase comes with a receipt that names the student, which is what reimbursement programs ask for.

Buy the 12-month license · Purchase orders for schools and agencies · Evidence for counselors and SLPs · What it looks like in class

Texas

Texas Education Freedom Accounts (TEFA)

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Buy through: Odyssey Marketplace

Who: Texas children eligible to attend a Texas public school, enrolled in an approved private school, pre-K, or homeschool program. Families apply; accounts are funded by the Comptroller.
How much: 2026-27 awards: $10,474 for a private-school student; up to $30,000 for a private-school student with a Texas public-school IEP on file; $2,000 for a homeschool student. Technology is capped at 10% of the award (about $1,047, $3,000, or $200), which covers an $89 license in every tier.
What the rules say, in the program's own words: “costs of computer hardware or software and other technological devices required by an education service provider or vendor of educational products or prescribed by a physician to facilitate a child's education, not to exceed in any year 10 percent of the total amount transferred to the participating child's account that year”
Texas Education Code 29.359(a)(8), as enacted by Senate Bill 2 (89th Legislature, 2025)
“Computer hardware, software, and other technology required by the student's enrolled private school or homeschool program and used primarily for educational purposes. Eligible technology purchases are limited to 10% of the student's annual scholarship award.”
Odyssey, "What are Eligible Educational Expenses for the Texas Education Freedom Accounts (TEFA) Program?" (updated July 27, 2026)
How to buy Blurt with it: All TEFA purchases go through the Odyssey Marketplace; there is no reimbursement route.
Search the marketplace for Blurt. Blurt is applying as an Educational Products vendor; listings appear after the Comptroller's review. Email support@justblurt.com and we will tell you the moment it is listed.
The 10% technology cap counts all technology purchases together, so check what else is planned for the year.
Good to know: Funds arrive July 1, October 1, and February 1 for private-school students, and in one July installment for homeschool students.
Contact: educationfreedom.texas.gov, Odyssey support: help@withodyssey.com

Texas Parent-Directed Special Education Services (PDSES)

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Buy through: ClassWallet

Who: Texas public-school students (pre-K to 12) with an IEP who have not received a PDSES grant before. First come, first served.
How much: A one-time $1,500 grant per student. No technology cap. Next family application window: spring 2027 (funded accounts can still be spent now).
What the rules say, in the program's own words: “Items and services requested for purchase should be those that the student will directly use to access the educational curriculum. More specifically, items and services requested should serve a direct educational benefit.”
PDSES Purchasing Guidelines, Texas Education Agency / Region 10 ESC, July 2025
“The PDSES program does not allow reimbursements for goods or services. Parents can only use the funds in their online ClassWallet account to purchase goods and services from PDSES approved service providers and vendors.”
PDSES Frequently Asked Questions, SPEDTex
How to buy Blurt with it: Pay through ClassWallet's Pay Vendor portal to an approved Direct Pay vendor. Blurt is applying as a PDSES Direct Pay vendor.
Software is not on the program's excluded list and has no price threshold; a one-line justification ("speech-to-text for written assignments") answers any question about direct educational benefit.
Contact: PDSEShelp@region10.org, 1-855-773-3839

Texas Workforce Commission, Vocational Rehabilitation (TWC-VR)

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Buy through: VR counselor service authorization

Who: Texans with a disability that is a barrier to work (dysgraphia, dyslexia, ADHD, autism, motor impairments), served under an individualized plan for employment. Students who are VR-eligible, not only "potentially eligible".
How much: Purchases of $10,000 or less need no bids. An $89 license needs no special approval.
What the rules say, in the program's own words: “Technologically advanced products not shown to be effective by independent clinical evidence are not likely to meet customers' vocational needs in a cost-effective manner and should not be purchased with VR funds.”
TWC Vocational Rehabilitation Services Manual, Part C, Chapter 15 (Rehabilitation Technology Services), effective July 1, 2025
“Non-Competitive Purchases: Purchases of goods and/or services from a single vendor that cost $10,000 or less. These purchases do not require competitive bids.”
TWC Vocational Rehabilitation Services Manual, Part D, Chapter 3 (Purchasing Goods and Services), effective March 2, 2026
How to buy Blurt with it: Ask your VR counselor for speech-to-text software as rehabilitation technology. Give them the evidence brief and the best-value sheet from our Evidence page; the manual tells counselors to check independent evidence and best value before buying.
No vendor enrollment is needed. The counselor issues a service authorization; Blurt invoices against it and delivers the license code to you.
Contact: State program specialist for assistive and rehabilitation technology: PSART@twc.texas.gov

Texas Medicaid waivers: HCS, TxHmL, CLASS

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Buy through: Program provider or DSA, after a speech-language pathologist's recommendation

Who: People enrolled in the Home and Community-based Services (HCS), Texas Home Living (TxHmL), or Community Living Assistance and Support Services (CLASS) waivers. The program provider buys; Blurt invoices the provider.
How much: Adaptive aids up to $10,000 per plan year (HCS and TxHmL), or $10,000 per plan period combined with dental (CLASS).
What the rules say, in the program's own words: “258 a personal computer or accessory necessary for the individual to communicate independently (SP)”
HCS Program Billing Requirements, Appendix VII, Billable Adaptive Aids, Communication Aids (revision 24-1, effective January 1, 2024)
“(10) personal computer or software for purposes other than to augment expressive and receptive communication (for example, educational purposes);”
HCS Program Billing Requirements, Section 6130(b), Items and Services Not Billable (the software carve-out: software that augments communication is not excluded)
“appropriate software to address the needs listed above (limited to three per year) (OT, PT, SP)”
CLASS Provider Manual, Appendix I, Adaptive Aids, Computers and Appropriate Accessories (revision 20-2)
How to buy Blurt with it: A licensed speech-language pathologist writes the recommendation (HCS and TxHmL: item 258; CLASS: appropriate software). Our Medicaid justification template on the Evidence page is written for that recommendation: it describes Blurt as augmenting expressive communication in writing, never as "educational".
HCS and TxHmL still require three bids under $500 unless the provider has an HHSC-approved annual vendor; CLASS requires bids only at $500 and above. We answer bid requests.
HCS and TxHmL exclude tablets and tablet apps. Blurt runs on Mac, Windows, and Chromebook computers.

Florida and other states

Florida Family Empowerment Scholarship for Students with Unique Abilities (FES-UA)

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Buy through: Step Up For Students MyScholarShop, or buy direct and request reimbursement

Who: Florida students with a qualifying disability under section 1002.394, Florida Statutes.
How much: Varies by district and grade; for most students it is roughly $10,000 to $11,000 a year (Step Up For Students publishes a table by district, not an average). Reimbursements can take up to 60 days to review.
What the rules say, in the program's own words: “Speech or voice recognition programs”
FES-UA Purchasing Guidelines 2026-2027, Assistive Technology Devices (listed as eligible; "Frequency of Purchase: Once per year"), July 1, 2026
“The following items are eligible for single use/student pricing only. Reimbursements for multi-user access subscriptions will be prorated to only cover the student's cost.”
FES-UA Purchasing Guidelines 2026-2027, Educational Software/Subscriptions
“Parents or guardians who choose to pay for eligible tuition and fees, items, or services out of pocket may apply to have those expenditures reimbursed from their student's scholarship account.”
Step Up For Students, 2026-27 FES-UA Family Handbook, How To Request Reimbursement
How to buy Blurt with it: Speech recognition programs are on the pre-approved list, so no pre-authorization is needed.
Buy the 12-month license at justblurt.com/license, then submit the receipt (it names the student) as a reimbursement request in the parent portal. Blurt is applying to MyScholarShop as well.
One license covers one student, which matches the single-student pricing rule.
Contact: Step Up For Students, 1-877-735-7837

Alabama CHOOSE Act

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Buy through: ClassWallet

Who: Alabama students in grades K5 to 12 at a participating school or in a home education program. For 2026-27, household income up to 300% of the federal poverty level; from 2027-28 there is no income test. The first 500 tax credits each year are reserved for special-needs students.
How much: $7,000 per student at a participating school; $2,000 per homeschooled student (capped at $4,000 per family). Purchases go through ClassWallet; there is no reimbursement to families.
What the rules say, in the program's own words: “Educational software and applications may also include software and applications for special-needs students such as dictation software, braille translation software, and other assistive software programs.”
Alabama Department of Revenue Rule 810-28-1-.06(1)(g), Qualifying Educational Expenses
How to buy Blurt with it: Pay an approved education service provider through ClassWallet with an invoice that shows the provider, the student's name, the parent's name, the date, the service, and the amount. Blurt's receipt carries all of those.
Out-of-state providers are approved routinely (most approved providers are outside Alabama). Blurt is applying; the Department of Revenue decides within 14 days. Email us and we will tell you when Blurt is listed.
Good to know: The $500 yearly cap in the parent guide is on technological devices (hardware). Dictation software sits in its own section.
Contact: chooseact.alabama.gov

North Carolina ESA+

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Buy through: ClassWallet Marketplace only

Who: North Carolina students with a disability. Students whose IEP eligibility lists autism, hearing impairment, moderate or severe intellectual disability, orthopedic impairment, or visual impairment qualify for the higher tier.
How much: Up to $9,000 a year; up to $17,000 for the designated disabilities (2026-27).
What the rules say, in the program's own words: “Computer accessories that enable people with disabilities to access, interact with, and use computers (modified or alternate keyboards, pressure-activated switches, touch screens, special software, voice to text software)”
NCSEAA Parent Guide to Allowable Expenses 2026-2027, Educational Technology Examples
“The ClassWallet marketplace is the only place you can purchase products with ESA+ funds.”
NCSEAA Parent Guide to Allowable Expenses 2026-2027, Where Can I Buy Products?
How to buy Blurt with it: Products can only be bought inside the ClassWallet Marketplace, and the program's app-reimbursement exception covers mobile apps only, not desktop software. Blurt is working on a ClassWallet Marketplace listing; until it is live, NC ESA+ funds cannot buy Blurt. Email us to be told when it is.
Contact: k12.ncseaa.edu

Arizona Empowerment Scholarship Account (ESA)

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Buy through: ClassWallet (marketplace, pay vendor, debit card, or reimbursement)

Who: Arizona students with an ESA. Students with a disability can also buy goods associated with the disability once supporting documentation is on file.
How much: Set by the student's category; check your ClassWallet balance.
What the rules say, in the program's own words: “Educational software & apps”
Arizona Department of Education, ESA Parent Handbook 2025-2026, Chapter 3, allowable expenses for all students, page 24
“Account Holders who are seeking to use Empowerment Scholarships for associated goods and assistive technology or services must provide the Department with 1 of the following: Documentation of the ESA student being enrolled in a course of study that supports the child's disability or other educational need with which the good or service is associated, or The most current IEP, MET Report, or 504 plan from a public school, or independent educational evaluation obtained for ESA purposes, which indicates the need for the good or service, or A letter from a qualified examiner, qualified service provider, or certified special education teacher indicating the need for the good or service.”
Arizona Department of Education, ESA Parent Handbook 2025-2026, Chapter 3, Students with a Disability, pages 29 to 30
How to buy Blurt with it: Educational software is an allowable expense for every ESA student. Buy the 12-month license at justblurt.com/license and submit Blurt's receipt for reimbursement in ClassWallet, or ask us about Pay Vendor.
If you are buying it as assistive technology under the disability tier, put one of the three documents above on file first (an IEP or 504 plan, or a letter from a certified special education teacher, is enough).
Contact: azed.gov/esa

At a glance

Program	Can it pay for Blurt?	What the program says
West Virginia Hope Scholarship	Yes	The parent handbook lists "Technology equipment needed for an educational program, including but not limited to computers, printers, smartboards, and required software" and "Any assistive technology or other equipment/supplies necessary to accommodate a Student with a disability" as qualifying expenses (Parent Handbook, updated June 25, 2026).
Ohio Medicaid waivers (DODD)	Yes, through a certified provider	Since January 1, 2026 the assistive-technology rule says equipment "may include the cost of software applications or monthly recurring fees (such as a subscription)", up to $5,000 per waiver eligibility span (Ohio Administrative Code 5123-9-12, effective January 1, 2026).
Iowa Students First ESA	Yes, through Odyssey	Iowa Code 257.11B names "software" as a qualified expense, and the Department of Education's list shows "Other Software (e.g., online access fees, computer software, learning software)" as eligible with verification; the excluded "educational subscriptions" are subscription boxes. Purchases must go through the Odyssey Marketplace.
Tennessee (IEA and Education Freedom Scholarship)	No	Both handbooks say account holders "may not use ... funds to purchase internet services or any type of software" unless it is part of an approved technology bundle.
Arkansas, New Hampshire, Indiana, South Carolina (ClassWallet)	Likely, confirm	Educational software is generally allowed; confirm your program's current list, then pay through ClassWallet.

Agencies and ABLE accounts

DoD Computer/Electronic Accommodations Program (CAP)

FederalConfirm with the program

Buy through: CAP request through your accommodation point of contact

Who: Department of War civilian employees with disabilities and wounded, ill, and injured service members. Employees of other federal agencies get CAP's needs assessment but buy through their own agency.
How much: CAP pays for the accommodation. Dragon speech recognition is one of the products and training services CAP already provides.
What the rules say, in the program's own words: “The Computer/Electronic Accommodations Program (CAP) is the Department of War's centrally funded reasonable accommodation program that provides assistive technology (AT) and services to DoW civilian employees with disabilities and wounded, ill, and injured Service members.”
cap.mil, About CAP
How to buy Blurt with it: Ask your CAP point of contact to request Blurt as an accommodation. CAP's catalog items are bought under blanket purchase agreements; how CAP buys a product that is not yet on the catalog is a question for cap@mail.mil, and we will confirm it here.
We are requesting a vendor demonstration with CAP (cap.mil/vendor-demo-request). Blurt's accessibility conformance report and local-only configuration statement are on this site.
Contact: cap.mil

ABLE accounts

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Buy through: Your ABLE account's debit card or withdrawal

Who: People whose disability began before age 26 (age 46 from 2026 under the ABLE Age Adjustment Act) with an ABLE account.
How much: Qualified disability expenses come out tax-free. Keep the receipt.
What the rules say, in the program's own words: “Qualified disability expenses include those for education, housing, transportation, employment training and support, assistive technology, personal support services, health, prevention and wellness, financial management, administrative services, legal fees, expenses for oversight and monitoring, and funeral and burial expenses.”
IRS Publication 907, Tax Highlights for Persons With Disabilities (for 2025 returns), ABLE Account, Distributions
How to buy Blurt with it: Buy the license at justblurt.com/license with the ABLE card, and keep Blurt's receipt (it names the user) with your records.

School districts

Texas districts can buy speech-to-text with the dyslexia allotment as a Section 504 aid, on a purchase order under $100,000 with no bids. The Texas Dyslexia Handbook names speech-to-text as an example of a regular education aid. See Purchasing and the evidence brief.

Your receipt

Every Blurt license comes with a receipt page you can print or save as a PDF. It shows the seller (Blurt, made by SDEREKS, LLC), the item, the date, the amount paid, the purchaser's email, and the student's name you entered at checkout. That covers what ClassWallet Direct Pay programs ask for on an invoice: provider name, student's first and last name, what was bought, the date, and the amount. Odyssey programs record the purchase inside the marketplace, so no receipt changes hands there.

Need a receipt re-issued with a different student name, or a copy sent to a program? Email support@justblurt.com.

Is Blurt the right tool? An honest note

Blurt is speech-to-text. It needs speech it can recognize.

Non-speaking students need AAC, not dictation. Augmentative and alternative communication devices and apps are the right category; ask your speech-language pathologist. Blurt will not help a student who does not speak.

Atypical speech needs a specialized recognizer. Standard speech recognition, including Blurt's, is built on typical speech. If a student's speech is hard for standard recognition to understand (for example dysarthria, some apraxia, some cerebral palsy), look at Voiceitt, a recognizer trained for atypical speech. We would rather point you to the right tool than sell you the wrong one.

Blurt fits students who speak clearly but struggle to get words on the page: dyslexia, dysgraphia, ADHD, many autistic students, and motor or fine-motor difficulty with handwriting and typing. Try it free for two weeks before anyone pays.

Program rules change. Every quote above is copied from the document named and dated next to it; where we have not yet read a program's own wording the card says so. Confirm with the program before you rely on it. Blurt is not affiliated with any program listed here.

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