Jott: Stop thumbing it and start voicing it

As a Realtor you’re always on the go. Whether you’re running to a showing, listing appointment, inspection, etc. Have you ever been in the car and needed to take a note, write down a reminder, schedule an appointment, or end someone an email or text? The problem is in some states it’s illegal to text and drive or even use your phone. More importantly is the danger of trying to write something down or use the tiny little keyboard on your phone to send and email or text message. There have been many times that I have come close to getting into an accident while trying to do these things. Well now there’s Jott. Jott is a free service which allows you to do just about anything using your voice. You can send a text message or email to one or even a group of people at one time. You can even set a reminder using your voice that will send you a text message or email with that reminder at the time you specified. You can also schedule an appointment in your calendar. Here’s how it’s done.

1. You go to Jott.com and create your free account.
2. Add all the contacts that you use most frequently. You can add their email and cell phone for text messaging.
3. Set up Jott Links to add all the services that you use so you can add appointments and even post a blog.
4. Program the Jott toll free number (866-568-8123) in your phone.
5. Then when you’re ready, call the number (use a bluetooth headset for safety) and tell Jott what you want to do.
6. Jott then transcribes your voice into text.

It’s that simple. I have used the service many times and it works well. It even lets you spell out words that you think it may have trouble with. It has saved me many times.

Jott has also just recently added Jott for your Blackberry where you can reply to emails and text messages using Jott so again you don’t have to use the keyboard. You can download the application here. NikNik of MyTechOpinion has written a good post on Jott as well (Take a look).

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