Jott voice-to-text revisited

do in Jott Express is automatically synced with your Jott account online, as well as with Jott for iPhone (a free application available from Apple's App Store). I like Jott Express, but I don't think it's vastly useful or reason alone to upgrade to a paid plan.

Worth It?

The free Jott Basic plan is too basic for me, so I signed up for a year of the $4/month plan Jott. (Currently, you can get two months free when signing up for one year of either Jott or Jott Pro). I don't mind paying that amount, because Jott is a fantastic service for people on the go. It helps you easily create reminders, e-mails, calendar entries, and memos hands-free, using the one tool you usually have with you: a cell phone.

If Jott Pro were only $8 a month instead of $13, I'd have opted for that plan. I'd love the ability to record for up to 30 seconds, as only Jott Pro allows. But somehow, $13 per month seems too high to me. Jott Pro might be worth the extra money to BlackBerry users, however, because it includes the utility for dictating and sending e-mail directly on a BlackBerry.

At a minimum, I recommend trying Jott Basic for a few weeks. But I warn you: You might get hooked, decide that Jott Basic is too basic, and end up subscribing to a paid plan.

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