I'm phoning this in, this blog and I'm just interested to see how it works. I'm using Jott, a tool I discovered recently through my Twitter network and I think it has a great potential if people can call in their thoughts and have it transcribed into words. Then, the writing process changes entirely. You could actually compose your ideas and speak them aloud as opposed to writing them down. listen
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Was following your twitter stream, so I was interested to see how it worked for you. I created a "jottblog" months ago called and was frustrated by both lenght of message allowed and transcription accuracy. But it is getting better, that's for sure.
If curious: http://res.realestateshows.com/jott/
Liz,
I love JOTT and use it for reminders to myself all the time. Didn't realize it has a 30 second limit.
I listened to your audio sample and it is incredibly accurate speech to text, even placing the punctuation correctly.
Has great potential for our students who struggle with writing or organizational issues.
I love Jott, too. I use it myself, and I've blogged about the potential organizational applications of such a service.
I'm not sure how I feel about incorporating this into the writing process. I think this type of software on a local network could be helpful in an AT capacity for students with special needs, but I'd be wary of having the general population rely too heavily on this sort of thing in the writing process. I wonder if it would convolute the process too much...
@Karen - I clicked thru to your blog, and am very interested - I'm finishing up my Ed.S. and certification in school psychology, and assistive technology is an interest of mine. I'll be popping you into my reader and dropping by to comment - looking forward to it!
Here is the problem with Jott. Even if the service started to use unlimited time, and students could write down whole papers through speech it stops the "thinking" process.
Writing uses higher reasoning skills to obtain clearer thoughts. I suppose Jott could help create rough and first drafts, however I doubt that it would help students reason out arguments.
Jott seems helpful for just that, the "jotting" down of quick ideas and thoughts to save for later use.
All of this though comes admittedly from a writer who doesn't want his skill to become obsolete, so maybe I just don’t want to see its potential.
I've been following your blog since last spring. I love this new Jott. I used it to send myself and others reminders. 30 seconds is not a a long time, but I'm trying it for on the spot observations. Recently I discovered digg.com. Have you heard of it. I posted a news article about the Jamaica Plain "light King" that I found. By th way, you really have to see this light show to belive it. Well worth the drive to JP.
Cool the way great minds think alike. ;-)
Thanks for the kind words Liz.
Cheers!
Darren
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