Jott - How I love thee....

Jott is one of those super simple tools. It really has one trick, it does it well, and I find myself using it all the time.

Jott is a voice to text transcription service. You call it with your cell phone, and then are asked "Who do you want to Jott?" These have to be set up ahead of time, but you can Jott any email address, your Google Calendar, RememberTheMilk, even Blogger. After you select your Jott, simply speak the message. You're done.

I use it for two things primarily, and it works great. I have an email based ToDo list, and since I drive a lot, I have a lot of time to think. When I have an idea or something I need to do, it's speed-dial 2 on my phone and I speak. When I get home or in front of a computer, there is the reminder, sitting it my ToDo box. I also find it easier to add events to my calendar than using the interface on my smart phone. I find the translations are mostly surprisingly accurate.

Caveat-
I've heard there might be humans involved in checking the translation, so this might not be the place to share your plans for global domination through insider trading and assassination.

Jott is free currently. Not sure how they make money, since I rarely need to go to their web interface and the notes have no ads.

www.Jott.com