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Jay Kelly on Jott vs ReQall

"I’ve long been a big, big fan of Jott.com. Jott is a tremendous voice to text transcription service that boasts a ton of super rich features and integration with other sites. A few days ago they announced a move to a tiered pricing structure (while retaining a free service). Bravo for them since the service is WELL worth paying for.

My use of Jott is almost exclusively to leave myself messages, and then manage them in Gmail. The email part of the service will now cost $3.95/month. No big deal and more than worth it.

However, at that announcement, I took a quick look around to see if there were any decent alternatives to Jott.

I have a high degree of loyalty to Jott; so I was more than willing to pay a few bucks a month to support such a wonderful company.

But . . .

I found ReQall...."

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Using Jott with iGTD

Okay- lots of you use iGTD... more and more of you use Jott. 
From TUAW, here's the run down on how to use one to add to-do's to the other:

Jott is a service that allows you to send email and text messages by calling a private phone number. Calling this number allows you to leave a message which then gets dictated and sent to a recipient, including yourself. With the power of Brett's new Jott2iGTD utility and a customized rule you created in Apple Mail, you can leave a message with Jott that is emailed to you, which Mail processes and automatically converts into an iGTD task. Jotting (ha!) down a reminder or idea probably can't get much easier than this, though some setup and file shuffling is involved to get this all running properly.

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Pinger/Jott Combo

I've blogged before about both Pinger and Jott. Just an update on how I am using/loving both...

Right now Pinger is my go-to when I have about 10 things to get out to people, including a number of groups, and I'm on the run or sitting in traffic. I have Pinger on my "favorites" dial it up, say the name of the person or group I need to get a message to and voila'... off it goes. There are times when I want personal contact and small talk with people. There are times I just need to convey some info without getting into too many conversations and sending an email isn't the best option (like when I'm driving)... Pinger to the rescue!

And the coolness factor just went up about ten-fold. For those of you with Macs, Pinger has Apple Address Book integration for easy and syncing. Very nice- makes keeping Pinger up-to-date a snap.

Jott is my mobile Hipster (I realize if you are new to this blog, that sentence makes no sense whatsoever...).

When I'm out and about and need to capture a thought, a to-do, or even send an email to someone I know doesn't get/like Pinger, I use Jott. Dial the number, say the name (if it's a reminder for myself, I just say "self") and speak... Jott transcribes the message and sends an email, with a link to the original voice file. I don't use Jott for getting things to others quite as much, mainly because the transcription tends to be a little hit-and-miss, but for capturing a thought or to-do for myself when I'm in the car or otherwise unable to write something down in my "ubiquitous capture tool", Jott is very, very cool...

Also- I can Twitter with Jott, add to-do's to my Vitalist inbox, add events to Google Calendar (and since I subscribe to that calendar in iCal, those events almost instantly show up on my iCal). It's quickly becoming an indispensable part of my work flow. 

Jott+ Web2.0= Crazy Delicious!

I spent some time rejiggering my system yesterday- I'll tell you more about that tomorrow (I'm ditching gtd app Things in favor (again) of a web/phone app).

In the process, I dug deeper into Jott. It's been awhile since I explored other uses for the service than just sending myself (or someone else) a reminder email.

1st, Jott's transcription has improved dramatically since I first used the service. Dramatically.

2nd, they've added an amazing number of links to other Web 2.0 type services. So now, through Jott, I can Twitter. I can post to my Typepad, Wordpress or Blogger blog. I can add to do's to a whole host of online GTD apps, like Backpack, Vitalist, Remember the Milk, Sandy, etc...
I can drop something onto my Google calendar (and since I can subscribe to a Google Calendar in iCal, that means I can Jott to my iCal, doesn't it?).

If it's been awhile since you checked out Jott, give it another go. It really is a pretty amazing tool. And let me know other ways you are using Jott..