I love JOTT.
JOTT’s a little service, a free service, that transcribes your audio messages into emails sent to you or your team or your family or spouse or anyone in the world.
Ok. So what?
Ideas and solutions and epiphanies don't queue up for the sound of your noteblook rustling or your keyboard's clacking or your computer booting up. They usually come at the darndest times: driving home for lunch or at the end of a day, out for walk, out for a run, running errands, running through the airport, driving through traffic, going to sleep...basically anywhere but while you're at your desk.
Now, with JOTT you can dictate that idea into an email that's waiting for you when you get to your desk.
So what?
What if you have an urgent message for your team. You can call your JOTT number, speak your message and JOTT will transcribe it and deliver to the emails of your team.
So what?
What if you've waited days for a solution to a vexing problem. Maybe it's a solution to that innovation breakthrough that will drive your company's revenues for the next year. JOTT yourself. Call your JOTT number and dictate that idea. You'll have an email waiting for you when you get to your office.
So what?
What if you’re driving home and you remember all the things you need to do when you get home. Well, you call your JOTT number from your cell phone (using hands-free calling, right?), speak your memory. JOTT transcribes what you say into an email. You have that email waiting for your when you get home.
For those reasons, I'd say JOTT was a small business resource. Small businesses can't afford personal assistants to remind you or be there to take dictation when inspiration hits. JOTT's always there. And it's free.
But now they've outdone themselves and it's why I list them as a Social Media Resource of the Week.
Lifehacker reports: JOTT Reads Feeds to Your Cell Phone. Yes. That's right. You can subscribe to your favorite newsfeeds using JOTT. Then JOTT will READ those same feeds to you over your cellphone.
So what?
Say, you're sitting in traffic...or you're sitting in an airport and the wifi's not available...or you've exceeded your 2-hour daily limit on free wi-fi at Starbucks...or you're at the dentist office...you can JOTT your feeds, tell it which feed and...JOTT will read them to you.
I love JOTT.
I don't use it often these days. That's because I don't travel so much right now. But it's there when I need it and every time I use it I find another feature added. And this feature, JOTT reading feeds, makes me love JOTT even more, even if I never use the feature. It's so freakin' cool.
Whisper: You may be able to create a feed of your gmail....and JOTT could read your email to you. Cool! Empty email inboxes anyone?
Links: Lifehacker
Want someone to read your email to you? Jott will if you hack it just a bit: http://tinyurl.com/5nfpa6
Posted by: Dan | June 09, 2008 at 12:36 PM