Posted on July 21, 2009, at 10:11 am .
The dictation service market for BlackBerry is growing fast. Companies such as MyCaption, Phillips and now BigHand, are offering voice-to-text solutions.
BigHand are leaders in voice productivity for the legal community, and their latest application for BlackBerry, will surely save law firms time and money.
This dictation service application allows users to record, edit, and send voice files using their BlackBerry. The application securely sends the dictation to an outsourced transcription service, with the user able to prioritise important items, track the progress of work, and then receive transcripts back via email.
BigHand’s dictation software is available on a free 30 day trial. During this free trial, you can submit as much content as you’d like to be transcribed by the outsourcing service.
Posted on July 17, 2009, at 11:47 am .
Voice-to-text is an incredible technology that will transform the way we interact with our devices, send emails, write documents and transcribe audio.
SpeechExec for BlackBerry is developed by Phillips, and gives you the ability to record, edit and download dictation files from your device. The software is relatively simple to use, just press the record button, and when recording is finished and you are ready to download files, they will be transmitted to your company’s dictation server via email, FTP/S or HTTP/S.
Some of the core features of SpeechExec include security and efficiency. In order to increase security during file transfer, SpeechExec Enterprise allows for additional, 128bit dictation file encryption. This security feature is independent of RIM software, and therefore unique to the market. Should a device become lost or stolen, BlackBerry users can have their devices remotely wiped and disabled to prevent encrypted files from being played back by unauthorized users. Thanks to high-quality compression – 1 minute recording takes only 100kByte – reduced transmission time and substantially lowered phone costs are guaranteed.
Another feature of this product includes the ability to work offline. As soon as a working connection is available again, users can immediately send the dictation to a transcriptionist anywhere in the world.
If your company does not have a dictation server, I highly recommend using MyCaption. Their voice-to-text technology is very robust, and I have used it under a wide variety of conditions.
Click through for more screenshots of this product
Posted on April 27, 2009, at 1:33 pm .
Mycaption is a wonderful app for those on the go or who don’t care to type. I love the voice to text features of this app, and it works remarkably well. Salespeople, Doctors, Lawyers, anyone who would rather speak than type, slow typists, or those who don’t have the time to type will find this a great product to use. Make sure to enunciate very clearly. I found my first few messages to contain some errors, but after a few uses the errors on subsequent messages were either one or none.
Click through to read more about this great software
Posted on April 21, 2009, at 9:08 am .
MyCaption.com, a provider of voice-to-data applications, announced today the availability of its flagship product, MyCaption, on BlackBerry App World.
MyCaption enables business users to voice-write their email, memos, tasks, contact notes and calendar entries on a BlackBerry. It seamlessly works with productivity applications on a BlackBerry and converts the user’s voice into usable, actionable data in a timely and accurate manner.
Key features include:
Support for BlackBerry Enterprise Server: allows corporations to increase the productivity of their mobile workforce while providing connectivity to enterprise applications through BlackBerry Enterprise Server for Microsoft® Exchange, IBM® Lotus® Domino® and Novell® GroupWise®.
Support for multiple email accounts.
Ample dictation time (up to 3 minutes).
Text Review: an option to edit email text before it is sent.
Customizable dictionary to fit the user’s vocabulary. This service grows with the user, ‘learning’ profession-specific phrases and acronyms.
Try MyCaption on a Free Trial or purchase for $10.
Posted on October 1, 2008, at 9:48 am .
reQallreleased a beta version their memory aid software for BlackBerry today. reQall for BlackBerry helps BlackBerry users stay organized on the go by allowing them to create, edit and share reminders right from their BlackBerry using either voice or text input. To learn more about reQall, visit their reQall for BlackBerry page or download the beta version directly from the link below via your BlackBerry:
http://www.reqall.com/blackberry
Posted on August 1, 2008, at 11:50 am .
As you all know, BlackBerry Cool takes special care keep our readers informed of new BlackBerry software. We also love helping BlackBerry developers by providing feedback on their software, so they can tweak it just right for the BlackBerry Nation. We got an email today from our friends at vlingo that allows us to do both in one shot, so we had to post about it. Check it out:
A month ago we launched vlingo for BlackBerry, a free application that enables you to control BlackBerry phones with the power of your voice. All you need is just one button and a few spoken words to send emails and text messages, search the web, open applications and much more.
We are now asking for your help to improve vlingo and also reach a larger number of users. You don’t need to have tried our product to contribute; we will welcome and pay careful attention to the input of the BlackBerry Cool community. The survey is short (5 minutes) and we are entering respondents in for a chance to win a 1GB iPod Shuffle.
So what do you say, folks? Do you want to help our friends at vlingo and have the chance to win a 1GB iPod shuffle? Just hit the link below and fill out the survey!
(Contest open to US residents only, ending August 8, 2008)
Posted on April 29, 2008, at 7:52 am .
The guys at SimulScribe have changed their name to PhoneTag and added a new feature to their software, which we reviewed a few months ago. The new feature lets you upload your contact list to their website for use in their voicemail transcription app. When the message is transcribed, it will come to you from the email address of the person who recorded it, allowing for a quick email reply. It will also append the user’s name to the subject and spell it correctly in the transcription — so if you know a Tracey, a Tracie, and a Tracy, you’re in luck.
They note that the name change might cause some issues with users’ spam folders, and if you’re one of the few affected you can call them at 1-800-788-0916 or email them.
Posted on March 28, 2008, at 7:38 am .
SpinVox does one thing: turn voice into text, in quite a lot of ways. Using their various products you can get voicemails emailed to you immediately, write to your blog by simply speaking into your phone, speak message and have it sent as text to any or all of your friends, dictate a memo and have it sent straight to your email, and quite a bit more. Their products page allows you to simply tell them what you’d like to do, and they’ll show you what service are applicable. Who knows what new applications of the SpinVox engine will come out of their booth at WES?
Posted on March 13, 2008, at 11:56 am .
A bit behind Rogers maybe, but Telus is now offering a visual voicemail service via SpinVox. This will let Canadians on the CDMA network of choice to read transcribed voicemail messages right on their BlackBerry, in a way similar to SimulSays. If it’s anything like Rogers’ offering, you can expect it to cost around 15$/month.
Posted on August 27, 2007, at 11:35 am .
If you tuned in to our WES podcasts, you might remember the name SpinVox, purveyors of some fine voice-to-text software. Today, Rogers announced that SpinVox’s services would be available to subscribers, notably transcribing inbound voicemail into SMS messages. Part of the reason for Rogers’ support of SpinVox in particular is the multilingual support. Here in Ottawa, it’s bilingual central and easy to see how including French language support is a good business move.
