djByron [Dan Byron]husband, father, christian, musician & technophile ( but not a dj )

I just wanted to give a shout out to one of my favorite on-line tools, Jott.com. I use this tool almost every day and just wanted to pass it along! First of all, here was my original predicament. I have an iPhone but one of the things it doesn’t have is a voice recorder. Now I’ve had voice recorders in the past, but one of the downsides of using a voice recorder on a portable device is that after you record something, you have to remember to go back and listen to them (go figure). Here’s where the beauty of Jott comes in. First of all, note that this is a FREE service and free is always good. So what is Jott?

It’s basically a voice free voice recorder that translates your speech into text and then emails it to one or more people.

Here’s how it works.

1. Sign up for a free account at Jott.com
2. Add a phone number to your profile. In most cases this will be your cell phone as you’re going to want to “Jott” while your out and about.
3. Add people to your address book. This is not necessary but can be useful if you want to send messages to other people.
4. Begin jotting!
   • Call the toll free Jott number from the phone that you just added to your profile.
   • An automated voice will ask “who do you want to Jott?”
   • You will either say “me” or speak the name of a person in your Jott address book.
   • After you hear a beep you can begin speaking your message clearly.
   • Jott will then transcribe your voice message and email it to the specified person.
   • A copy of your Jott will also be sent to your email address and will be kept on-line in your Jott profile too!

So how do I use it? My main use for Jott is to send myself reminders. Say I’m out on the road and I remember I need to take out the trash when I get home. I call the toll free Jott number, say “me” when it prompts me “who do you want to Jott” and then speak “take out the trash”. When I get home and check my email there waiting in my inbox is a message telling me to “take out the trash!” This is an awesome free service that has helped me more than I can tell you.

There are some other sweet uses for Jott but I’ll save that for another post.

http://www.jott.com/