Speak Your Notes with Jott
I’ll admit it–my memory sucks. And I know I’m not the only one. I write notes on my hand only to find they’ve washed off when I check for them later; I leave reminders in notepad, email, or my task list and forget them once I’m away from a computer; I send myself a Wakerupper reminder, but the reminder doesn’t tell me what I’m supposed to be remembering; I ask someone to remind me to do what I know I’ll forget to do and they end up forgetting too. It goes on and on. But with Jott, hopefully it won’t go on any longer.
Jott is mobile note-taking service and, ironically, you don’t have to jot down a thing to use it. After signing up for the service, you can start Jotting by calling a toll free number, saying who it is you want to send a Jott to, and leaving a voice message of up to thirty seconds long. Jott transcribes the voice to text and emails and/or text messages whoever you want the Jott to go to. To ensure that you remember the really important things, you can create reminders and prioritize certain Jotts. Jott can also be used to post to blogs and sites such as Twitter. It’s important to speak clearly when leaving a Jott for it to be adequately transcribed. Low confidence Jotts will only post as voice recordings.
When it comes to usefulness, I’d say Jott is a step up from services like Wakerupper and Twitter. In addition to creating text messages from voice recordings, Jott also makes the recording available to listen to. You can Jott to yourself, someone else, a group of people, to a folder, or to a link. And if you are at your computer, you can choose to Jott from the website rather than your phone. As far as mobile blogging goes, despite the fact that it doesn’t transcribe voice to text I would still go with Utterz since it doesn’t limit you to thirty seconds and allows you to post video and photos. Plus, it can take a while for the voice to be transcribed to text.
Overall, Jott is worth a shot, but I’m not sure if it’s something I would use regularly. Try it out for yourself at jott.com.
Watch this video to get a better idea on how to use Jott.
