Blurt
Push-to-talk dictation on the AssemblyAI Dictation API
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Hold a key, talk, and the words land wherever you're typing. Blurt is a free, open-source Mac dictation app powered by AssemblyAI's Dictation API.
PH · launched Sep 22, 2026 · 78 upvotes (top 2%) · 0 views
Niche: voice dictation software · 224 launches, 16 in the last 7 days ▼ -30% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Workflow automation
- Prosumer
- AI-native
- Commercial product
- Productivity
- Open Source
- GitHub
- Audio
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Could you build this?
Yes Blurt is an open-source macOS utility that binds a global shortcut to capture microphone input, streams it to the AssemblyAI Dictation API, and simulates keystrokes to type the result. This can be vibe-coded in a few days using Swift or Python.
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 524 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #32 of 525 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 320 days after the earliest competitor.
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- TapTalk · ph · 2026-09-07 · 3 upvotes · similarity 0.61
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- VoiceNoodler · ph · 2026-10-26 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.60
- Say the Word · ph · 2026-10-10 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.59
- typevoice · github · 2026-09-20 · 12 upvotes · similarity 0.59
- Murmur · ph · 2026-10-15 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.59
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