New technologies are popping up all over the web that make it easier and more fun to blog. I recently discovered one such technology called Jott. You can start your own account for free at jott.com
Jott is a remarkable technology that lets you call into your account from your cell phone and record a message. The message is automatically converted to text and stored in your Jott account. If you opt for a paid account, you can have Jott forward the message to an email address or text message destination. Pretty cool.
Cooler still is Jott’s ability to post to a Wordpress blog account. Simply create a Wordpress link in your Jott account and name it the next time you call in. When the operator asks you ‘Who would you like to Jott?’, name the link (‘My Blog’) and then speak your message. Within a few minutes, the Jott system will convert your voice mail message into text, and will post it to your account.
You can see an example of this in the post just below. I called my Jott account from my iPhone and spoke the words ‘Hi, this is my first try at posting to ListPipe from my Jott account‘. Jott converted it to text and posted it within a few minutes. Amazing!
Jott opens up a new world for bloggers who have trouble writing, and prefer to use the spoken word to create content. There are a couple limitations to know about before you get started: A free Jott account will only let you record 15 seconds of content. A paid upgrade will get you up to 30 seconds. Also, while Jott has impressive voice-to-text conversion, it did get a couple words wrong in my testing. Regardless, Jott was able to get it right most of the time without any trouble.
I am pretty impressed, and excited about the possibilities this presents for starting a blog about ‘a day in the life’, where I might call in throughout the day to report my activities. I could imagine a soldier or traveler using this to record a journal on-the-go, or a a salesman using it to post time-stamped updates from the road.
Give it a try; you can start a free account in just a few minutes.
