Oh how I love these two programs. I can sent voice messages via Jott to my Remember the Milk task list that's integrated with my Google Apps Email. I'm in heaven!
Did I mention that they are both free???
Jott alone is fantastic. And the best part is...
(Gratuitous self promotion alert)
I did research for the beginnings of that voice recognition software WAY back when at Carnegie Mellon University. It was called the Sphinx Project.
It's nice to see that it actually works, and very well too!
Below is a public service announcement for those products. Do yourself a favor and check them out.
REMEMBER THE MILK Task List
Remember the Milk is a handy task list that goes together with GMail and Google Calandar. You will need to sign up to use Remember the Milk separately from your Google Account. It's fine to use the same user name and password if you wish. You can sign up for Remember the Milk here.
Firefox Plug In for Remember the Milk and Google Apps Email
This plug-in is a Firefox extension that allows you to manage your tasks in Gmail (complete, postpone, and edit tasks), add new tasks and connect them with your emails, contacts, and Google Calendar events, automatically add tasks for starred messages or specific labels, and much more!
You will need to install this for Firefox.
Video: Remember the Milk Plug-in in use
There is no sound, just follow along with the arrow mouse cursor.
Jott is a voice to text service, and it's free. It's like your own personal assistant. Find out more about Jott's many uses here.
At this link you can learn how to use your Phone to add things to Google Calendar.
You can also have your Gmail read to you by phone.
Or you can use Jott to add to your Remember the Milk Task list. There are two good articles here and here.
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