The problem
End of the day. You're grimy. You drove home instead of sitting in the driveway for twenty minutes typing on a phone screen. So now it's 9pm and you're trying to remember what you did, what you charged, what that supply run cost, who the client was.
The job is in your head, not in the system. The invoice you should have sent tonight gets sent tomorrow. Or Thursday. The mileage never gets logged. The second trip to Ferguson disappears. By Sunday you're reconstructing the week from receipts and texts, and half of it is wrong.
Paperwork doesn't fail because contractors are lazy. It fails because the moment when the details are fresh is the same moment your hands are dirty and you want to go home.
Why we built it
The hardest part of logging a job is stopping long enough to log it. We built voice logging so you don't have to stop — you talk, and DIRT does the record-keeping. Talk is included on every plan; Solo gets an hour a month, enough for a solo operator logging jobs as they finish.
How it works
Tap the mic from anywhere in the app and start talking. Natural language — no command list to memorize.
"New job. Peterson on Maple. Water heater replacement. Parts $340, labor 4 hours, supply run Ferguson 12 miles."
DIRT builds the job record: client, line items, labor hours, mileage trip. It shows you what it captured before anything saves. You say yes or tap to confirm. Nothing commits until you do.
A typical job takes under a minute out loud. That's the whole point — short enough that you'll do it in the driveway, not "later."
You can add to an existing job the same way: hours, materials, a note about the drywall that wasn't square. The record stays current while the work is still in your head.
What changes for your business
Before
You intend to log jobs every day. You do it for three days, then it piles up. You're doing data entry on Sunday, guessing at numbers, and sending invoices late. Half the extras never make it into the system because you don't remember them cold.
After
You log from the truck before you pull out. The record is there. The costs are on the job. The invoice can go out the same day because the job was never missing.
Common questions
Can I start a new job record just by talking?
Yes. Tap the mic, say the job details — client name, trade, scope, location — and DIRT creates the record. You review what it captured and confirm before anything saves.
What do I actually say to log a new job?
Describe it the way you'd tell someone. "New job, Henderson, kitchen plumbing, 14 Oak Street" is enough to get a record started. You can fill in the rest — hours, materials, notes — as the job progresses.
Can I add hours and materials to a job by voice too?
Yes. After the job, tap mic and say what you spent and how long it took. "Five hours labor, eighty in materials, Henderson kitchen." DIRT logs those as line items on the job record.
Do I have to say everything perfectly or can I be rough about it?
Rough is fine. Say what you know. DIRT will capture what it can and show you the record before saving. You correct anything that's off on the review screen — it's a checkpoint, not a transcription.
What if I say the wrong client name or job type?
DIRT shows you the draft record before it saves. Catch the error there and fix it before confirming. Nothing is committed until you say yes or tap approve.
Is voice job logging faster than typing it in?
Consistently, yes — especially after a job when your hands are dirty and you're tired. The bigger win is that jobs actually get logged at all. Most contractors skip manual entry because it's too much friction at the end of the day.
Can I log a job from the truck while I'm still on the way home?
That's the intended use. Tap mic from the home screen, say the job, confirm the record at a red light or when you park. Details are freshest right after the work is done.
Start free
Try it free.
Every DIRT plan includes this feature — Solo included. No credit card, no trial that expires. Set up in minutes and use it on your next job from the truck.