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Blurt
AssemblyAI's open-source Mac dictation app that sends each utterance to AssemblyAI's API for transcription and LLM polish, using your own key.
v0.1.64 released 2026-10-14; last push 2026-10-23 (gh api). iOS app in development. (checked 2026-10-25)
In Voice dictation apps
Where it stands apart
- Can it run entirely on your own device or infrastructure, without the maker's servers? no, it needs the maker's servers (14% of 21 others)
- Where does speech recognition happen by default? in the cloud only (15% of 20 others)
- Which open speech models can it run on your device? none (cloud only, or only its own or the system's built-in model) (18% of 17 others)
- Is 'your voice never leaves your device' the headline promise? no, not a focus (14% of 21 others)
What it shares with most of the community
- Is it actively maintained? active (100% of 21 others)
- Do you need an account to use it? no account (68% of 19 others)
- Who is it for? non-developers (76% of 21 others)
- Does it also record meetings or calls? no (52% of 21 others)
Nearest neighbors
- Murmur 80% of 15 shared answers match
- ProofFlick 80% of 15 shared answers match
- Wispr Flow 60% of 15 shared answers match
Every answer
| Question | Answer | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Is it actively maintained? | active | source 2026-10-26 |
| How is the main thing licensed? | permissive open source (MIT/Apache/BSD) | source 2026-10-26 |
| How is it mainly sustained? | company with a paid product, tier, or ads Built by AssemblyAI; free app that drives use of its paid speech API. | source 2026-10-26 |
| Can it run entirely on your own device or infrastructure, without the maker's servers? | stands apart no, it needs the maker's servers Needs AssemblyAI's cloud for every dictation. | source 2026-10-26 |
| Do you need an account to use it? | no account No app account, but an AssemblyAI API key. | source 2026-10-26 |
| Who is it for? | non-developers | source 2026-10-26 |
| Which shared standard or format does it mainly build on? | none of these (its own format or interface) AssemblyAI's own dictation API. | source 2026-10-26 |
| Where does speech recognition happen by default? | stands apart in the cloud only | source 2026-10-26 |
| Which open speech models can it run on your device? | stands apart none (cloud only, or only its own or the system's built-in model) | source 2026-10-26 |
| Does it use an AI model to clean up or rewrite your dictated text, and where does that run? | AI rewrite in the cloud only | source 2026-10-26 |
| If you use cloud speech or AI, how is it paid for? | only with your own API key (you pay the provider) | source 2026-10-26 |
| What is the main way users pay the maker? | nothing | source 2026-10-26 |
| Where does it run? | Mac only | source 2026-10-26 |
| Does it also record meetings or calls? | no | source 2026-10-26 |
| Is 'your voice never leaves your device' the headline promise? | stands apart no, not a focus | source 2026-10-26 |
Sources
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- GitHub · github.com/AssemblyAI/blurt · read 2026-10-25
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