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Set up Blurt

Requires macOS 14 (Sonoma) or newer.

The download is always the latest version, and Blurt keeps itself up to date automatically after that.

On macOS

  1. 1

    Open the downloaded file

    When the download finishes, click Blurt.dmg in your browser's downloads, or open your Downloads folder and double-click it. A small installer window opens showing the Blurt icon and an Applications folder.

  2. 2

    Drag Blurt into Applications

    In that window, drag the Blurt icon onto the Applications folder and let go. That's the whole install. You can close the window and delete Blurt.dmg afterwards.

  3. 3

    Open Blurt

    Open Finder ▸ Applications (or Launchpad) and double-click Blurt. Look at the top-right corner of your screen: a mic icon appears in the menu bar. There's no dock icon and no big window, and that's normal. Blurt lives in the menu bar.

  4. 4

    Let Blurt walk you through the rest

    The first time it opens, Blurt guides you through a quick email sign-in and each permission it needs (Microphone, Speech Recognition, Accessibility, Input Monitoring). Every one has a Grant button that opens the exact settings screen, so you just flip the switch for Blurt.

  5. 5

    Start talking

    Click into any text box, hold your trigger key (Fn by default), say what you want, and release. Your words land right where your cursor is.

Skipped the guided setup?

You can grant the two by-hand permissions anytime: System Settings ▸ Privacy & Security ▸ Accessibility → switch on Blurt, then the same under Input Monitoring. Afterwards click "Re-check permissions" in Blurt's menu bar menu (or quit and reopen Blurt).

Fn key tip

Set System Settings ▸ Keyboard ▸ "Press 🌐 key to" → Do Nothing, so macOS doesn't fire its own Dictation under Blurt. (Or pick a different trigger key in Preferences ▸ Activation.)

Using it

  • Hold your trigger key (Fn on Mac) = push-to-talk (inserts on release).
  • Double-tap your trigger key = hands-free toggle (tap-tap to start, tap-tap to stop).
  • Single tap = ignored, so no accidental triggers.

Staying up to date

Blurt checks for updates once a day and lets you know when a new version is ready. One click installs it: on Mac from the menu bar icon ▸ "Check for Updates…", on Windows from the tray icon ▸ "Check for Updates".