I’ve posted in the past about Jott, a voice-to-text service that allows you to call a number, speak a message, and have it delivered anywhere with a text transcription to your emailbox. Besides the incredible usefulness of this (as anyone who gets great ideas while in the grocery checkout will attest), Jott is just great at voice-to-text transcription. Jott takes my too-fast, slang-ridden Philly accent and seems to get it right every time. It amazes me.
Jott describes their transcription process as automated, but with a human backup. If your message is a bit too colloquial for the automated process, it’s routed to their quality assurance team for a patch-up before delivery.
In addition to its excellence with voice-to-text accuracy, Jott has recently rolled out additional services that integrate with more of the tools you already use:Jott Voicemail: Takes your mobile phone voice mail and sends you an email (or SMS) with the message text, so you can read what the message is about before calling back. Jott Voicemail has a separate fee, but if you are a heavy voice mail user – it’s worth it!
Jott Assistant: Dictate notes to be emailed to you, or speak new calendar appointments, reminders, tasks, or email messages to colleagues or groups. Jott links with your favorite web apps and social networks, including social networks like Twitter, Facebook, and web apps including Google Calendar, Toodledo, Remember The Milk, Smartsheet, 30 Boxes, Heap CRM and more. There’s too many to name here… check the Jott site for details.
Jott for Blackberry: Get an email on your BB and don’t feel like typing a response? Respond with your voice! Click “reply with Jott” speak your email reply… and your recipient will get an email…. and will not be the wiser that you didnt type the reply. My initial tests of the service were so accurately transcribed, I feel confident in using it without fear of an <ahem!> unfortunate misinterpretation.
More Tools: Jott also has tools for the iPhone, SalesForce, Outlook and even QuickBooks!
Jott offers very reasonable plans including pay-as-you-go for as little as $6.95, or a Pro Plan for $12.95/month. There’s a one-week free trial. Check it out!
Hi Diane –
Yep – cant beat it – certainly better than texting and driving!
Wow, this sounds so cool. What a great way to capture all of those ideas I get while spending so much time driving in the car.