Jott – The New Way of Texting, Emailing and Blogging?

So you’re driving to an appointment, trying to finally eat lunch at 4pm and you still have to send 14 emails before the end of the day and you’re behind on this week blog….what do you do? You sign up for Jott. Jott is still in it’s Beta form, but it’s public and it’s free.

Jott Networks, Inc. has created a service that allows you to convert your voice into a text and/or an email. All you do is sign up, import your contacts (I found this to be the hardest part of the whole thing), call Jott, say the person’s name you want to Jott and then speak. Surprisingly, this works better than you’d think.

I’ve used this while I’m driving, with my Aliph Jawbone ear piece. To see how this works, check out the video below.

And while my experiences with Jott aren’t always this smooth, it does surprise me more often than disappoint me, in terms of its accuracy and ease.

If your contact has both email and texting capabilities, make sure you pick the right one when you Jott. If you want to send an email, select the email address, or the phone number if you want to text them (pretty obvious, but I just wanted to clarify).

One of the best functions of Jotting, is the ability to create groups. By creating a group, you can email and/or text a predetermined group at once. For example, if you’re part of a team, or you want to text your family, or whoever, you can go online, make a “XXXX” group and then Jott them. This way you don’t have to send individual texts/emails. After all, what good is technology if it doesn’t make something easier, better and/or faster?

One function I have yet to try is blogging with Jott. This is a newer feature and for my next blog, I’ll try Jott it. I have my reservations, but we’ll see how it goes. Feel free to try this yourselves and share your experiences with everyone next week.

Oh yeah, keep in mind that when you Jott someone, your voice is recorded and the recipient can listen to it. This way, if Jott made a mistake translating your speech, the recipient can call a number(if they received a text), or just click “play” in the email they received and listen to your actual message. The only weird part is, do you speak like a text? Or do you just speak normally and send a more formal text?