Comments on: jott delivers voice-to-text at last!

By: joe

joe — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 06:38:56 +0000

Human services are scalable if you keep adding more humans :-)

By: Kelly Goto

Kelly Goto — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 09:17:09 +0000

SM - it does make a difference leaving a message knowing others are listening. It’s disappointing for sure to know that the service is potentially not scalable and the quality will most likely go down (as will the speed of the transcription) once the service becomes more popular. It reminds me of KOZMO the 7-Eleven service at your door that delivered diet coke, a magazine and chocolate for FREE any time in the city. Then as the service became more popular, the courier service declined, became slow and sloggy and finally you had to pre-schedule ‘windows’ of time for delivery. Eventually the company failed completely - human services aren’t scalable.

By: SM

SM — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 11:15:35 +0000

Loot at their UK Patent.
They clearly state that humans transcribe !!!!!!

http://v3.espacenet.com/textde.....=GB2420943

By: Bobhoppe

Bobhoppe — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 02:13:23 +0000

I use the services offered by Spinvox. Im very impressed with the speed and accuracy of their service … As far as internet applications, spinvox’s speak a blog is a very cool blogging tool. I played around with it and it is scarily accurate. I believe that they also use software to convert your voice instead of human transcription.

By: Kelly Goto

Kelly Goto — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 23:29:03 +0000

I just posted an update - I was a bit “too” amazed at the accuracy of the transcription. My mom isn’t even that good. Also, there was a significant lag time between leaving the message and getting the email/post. So I did a search and found out others were wondering the same thing - and Jott’s CEO admitted to a ‘mix of human and technology’ in the transcription process. I was wondering how this could work so well on a mobile device when friends (in the know) have said accuracy (for mobile blogging as an example) is still pretty far down the road.

By: e-Speaking

e-Speaking — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 01:07:02 +0000

You aren’t limited to just text and email. What about the possibility of using the service to interact with web-based applications. For example, you could use Jott’s technology to enable you to connect to a web server and access web-based applications. Initiate processes. Execute CGI/ASP scripts. Use it to connect to your house’s computer system to perform home automation tasks.

http://www.e-Speaking.com

By: psmith

psmith — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 14:13:58 +0000

If you want voicemail to text in the U.S. I’m using a service called SimulScribe and it’s pretty good. I never have to listen to my voicemail because I read it on my phone and I have unlimited voicemail storage.