Made for your Mac. Not stuck on it
Blurt lives in your Mac's menu bar: hold fn to dictate anywhere, or let it record your calls with no bot in the meeting. It transcribes on Apple silicon, and, unlike Mac-only apps, syncs your notes to any Windows or Linux machine you also use.
- 01The client wants an update on the proposal, but nobody has called them yet.
- 02They've asked for an NDA, and the team thinks one may already exist.
- 03Sam wants the client's exact wording before anyone replies
Looking for a
MacWhisper alternative?
MacWhisper is excellent at transcribing files on a Mac. Choose Blurt if you want bot-free meeting notes with summaries, and your notes on Windows or Linux too.
| Mac app | Bot-free meeting notes | Transcribes locally | Dictation | Also on Windows / Linux |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| blurt. | With summaries | Both, synced | ||
| MacWhisper | Recording; summaries with your own key | |||
| Granola | Windows | |||
| Wispr Flow | New (Notetaker) | Windows | ||
| Talat |
Last updated September 2026, from each company's published features. Spotted something out of date? Tell us and we'll fix it.
Quiet, quick,
and always one key away.
Blurt sits in your menu bar and stays out of the way until you need it. Then it's instant.
Fast on Apple silicon
Local transcription uses the GPU in M-series chips, so an hour-long meeting is transcribed in minutes, on battery, offline.
Hold fn, anywhere
Dictate into Mail, Notes, Slack, Xcode or Cursor. Hold fn, talk, release. Clean text lands at your cursor.
No BlackHole needed
Records system audio with macOS's own audio capture, so there are no virtual devices or loopback drivers to install.
Lives in the menu bar
Ready status, one-click recording and your next meeting, always at the top of the screen. No Dock clutter unless you want it.
Knows your calendar
Apple Calendar, Fantastical, Google or Microsoft 365. Blurt offers to record when a meeting starts and names everyone.
Files too
Drop in a recording, voice memo or video and get the same clean transcript and summary as a live meeting.
Drop in a recording.
Get meeting notes.
Blurt transcribes files locally, like you're used to, and then goes further: speakers, chapters, a summary with sources, and next steps. Everything lands in the same searchable archive as your live meetings.
Transcribing on this Mac · no upload
Mac-only apps
stay on the Mac.
If work hands you a Windows laptop, or you keep a Linux machine for building things, Blurt comes with you. One archive, synced and encrypted, only if you turn sync on.
“A client asked me to kick the Otter bot out of our call. With Blurt there's nothing to kick out, and my notes are better than they've ever been.”