Reply to BlackBerry emails with voice - Jott does voice recognition on BlackBerry

Posted by Will on Tuesday, April 8th, 2008 at 3:44 pm under BlackBerry, RIM, Applications, Announcements

With all the push-emailing and that industry-setting QWERTY keyboard on RIM’s BlackBerry handsets, we can see how all those thumbs out there could start to get worn out. If you haven’t already injured your thumbs with all that tap-tapping, Jott wants save your thumbs from eventual injury.

The new Jott application is aimed at BlackBerry 8800, 8300, and 8100 smartphones and adds a “Reply with Jott” option to all email menus. With an on-screen prompt and a couple voice commands, Jott allows users to reply to emails with voice-dictated emails. Jott works over Bluetooth headsets as well.

Jott does voice recognition for BlackBerry

Jott claims that voice-replies to emails are 3 to 5 times faster than tapping out the message with your thumbs - so you might be better off shooting out all those emails by voice rather than typing. It also opens up the possibility of replying to emails while driving or with a handful of, say, groceries.

To download the Jott application for your BlackBerry, point your BlackBerry browser to www.jott.com/bb and download the app.

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    • 2 Responses to “Reply to BlackBerry emails with voice - Jott does voice recognition on BlackBerry”

    • David says:
      April 10th, 2008 at 12:32 pm

      Using Mobivox’s “Send Message” you can dictate emails or sms without downloading any applications. All you have to do is register as a Mobivox user (which is free) and add contacts to your address book. Mobivox also makes your first five sent messages free…I’ve used the service and it works well. I’ve included the hyperlink to Mobivox’s product page (http://www.mobivox.com/features/#g).

    • Brooke says:
      April 28th, 2008 at 11:30 am

      You do not have to download anything to use Jott. You DO have to download the Jott for BB app.

      Jott works the same way, you add contacts to your contact list, and then call into Jott and send a voice message (or you can send Jotts from their website). Jott then sends out a text and an email to your contact and currently it is TOTALLY free.

      Jott for BB allows you to reply to emails and the contacts you are replying to do not have to be in your Jott contact list. Jott for BB is also free.

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