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http://www.jott.com

What is Jott?

Jott is a voice-to-text transcription service which allows its users to call a toll-free telephone number and speak for up to 30 seconds. The speech is then transcribed to text using a combination of software and human transcribers who work in a “sterile environment which also includes medical dictation.” The message can be sent back to oneself, turned into a reminder, sent to a contact or group, or sent to a third-party “Jott link” such as LiveJournal. Transcribed messages can be delivered to recipients via email, text message, or both. (read more a Wikipedia)

What you may not know about Jott

You can subscribed to different Jott feeds that when you call the Jott phone number you can listen to updates such as sport scores, your friends Twitter updates, world news and more.  The free Jott service allows you to use this feature.

Here’s a quick video on Jott:

http://www.playinghere.com

What is PlayingHere?

PlayingHere.com is a local live music calendar.   They’ve compiled thousands of concerts across the United States in nearly every city imaginable.  This goes above and beyond your ticketmaster search for concerts.  With PlayingHere you can find hundreds of local music anywhere at anytime.  If you are looking to go out tonight to see a live band, but don’t know where the hotspots are?  PlayingHere.com will show you.

What you may not know about Playing Here

PlayingHere.com has a subscription service that allows you to subscribe to your local city and/or favorite venues.  What this will do is send you a weekly email with all of the upcoming concerts in the area.  Remember this includes much local talent, and can almost guarantee there’s some artist playing live just around the corner from you.  Find out who it is with PlayingHere.com

Here’s a quick video on Playing Here: