Jott Is Hot

I’m not sure whether Jott is revolutionary or evolutionary but I do know that I will be using this amazing new service from this day forward.

Jott combines telephony, voice messaging, voice recognition, email and an online-accessible database to create an amazingly simple yet powerful communication medium that every business owner can put to immediate use.

Here’s how this free service works: You call a toll free number and a robotic female voice asks, “Who do you want to Jott?” You respond “Me.” After a tone, you dictate your message to yourself, then pause to indicate you are finished. In a few seconds the voice says “Got it!” and then you hang up. Shortly thereafter you receive an email with a text transcription of your message along with a link to play the original recording.

You can Jott messages to yourself, to individuals and to groups. For example, in less than 30 seconds with a single toll-free call to Jott, a sales manager can inform his entire team that the sales meeting has been rescheduled.

The Jott web site does a great job of explaining how the system works and the ways that people are using it. It’s easy to register and import your entire contact database.

I’m going to be using Jott to send myself reminders, email customers and vendors, schedule meetings - and a thousand other things - every time it occurs to me, even when I’m on the road.