Jott is one of my favorite on-the-go productivity services. The voice-to-text transcription service is a convenient tool for recording memos, reminders, and ideas with your cell phone (or any phone, for that matter) while you’re in motion. Using a combination of technology and people, Jott quickly transcribes your musings and e-mails them to you.
That’s just one way to use Jott. Now there’s another: Jott Networks recently added a voicemail-to-text transcription service to its portfolio. Called Jott Voicemail, the new service costs $10 per month for up to 40 message transcriptions (after that, it’s 35 cents per transcription).
With Jott Voicemail, calls that come in when you’re unavailable or on the phone are redirected away from your provider’s voicemail service and sent to Jott. Once received, your messages are transcribed into text and e-mailed to you (and/or sent by test message). The e-mail includes the transcribed text; an MP3 file of the …