Some people prefer talking over texting.

Posted by admin on January 5, 2009

Does anyone else find it odd that with all of the mobile technology out there people still have difficulty effectively communicating with one another?

Obviously this is not everyone as the tech-savvy motivated crew have it under wraps and they stay connected just fine. Some actually communicate more than necessary as it is not uncommon now to see people updating twitter and the likes while out to dinner or in the waiting room of their doctor’s office.

But there are plenty of professionals that haven’t yet succumbed to a “crackberry” addiction (aka: constant text contact) just yet. So when they are on the go and need something they do what is natural to them and make a phone call.

And as a professional virtual assistant, with a few clients that feel more comfortable talking on the phone than texting, what that can mean for me is a whole lot of incoming phone calls, v-mails, interruptions and quite frankly lost time.

But I recently found a voice-to-text solution that in my opinion blows away many of the others. It is Jott and has been working great for both me and my clients. Once set up it allows non-technical individuals the ability to send e-mails, notes, written appointment requests etc. just by dialing and speaking. No texting or typing required so it is perfect for my clients that spend a lot of time driving or running between meetings. And for me, it makes management of their business operations much more efficient.

In addition to the phone call avoidance feature I noted above, Jott has a whole host of other features that allow you to update your twitter, facebook, outlook and/or google calendars. And it performs text-to-voice feeds so that you can listen to your business, sports and news while on your travels.

In my opinion, it is very economical (actually free for some features) and a tool worth checking out if your virtual business operations are in need of some efficiencies.