Jott

Jott and company
Web address www.jott.com
Commercial? Yes
Type of site
 Voicemail service
Registration Required
Available in English
Owner Jott Networks Inc.
Created by John Pollard, Shreedhar Madhavapeddi
Launched April 2006

Jott was a voice-to-text transcription service which allowed 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.

Jott was founded in April 2006[1] and gained $5.4 million in venture capital in May 2007.[2] Investors in the firm include Ackerley Partners and Draper Richards.[3]

As of July 14, 2009, the company was purchased by Nuance Communications.[4]

On April 4, 2011, it was announced that the Jott.com service would be ending on May 3, allowing the company to instead "focus our voice-to-text service investments on carrier and enterprise distribution".[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Think it. Jott it. Do it.: hello world". 2006-08-28. Retrieved 2007-05-17.
  2. ↑ "Venture Capital: E-mail by voice -- It's quite a deal". 2007-05-10. Retrieved 2007-05-17.
  3. ↑ "Interview with John Pollard, CEO of Jott Networks". 2007-01-08. Retrieved 2007-07-18.
  4. ↑ http://jott.com/jott/downloads/july2009-jott-aquired-by-nuance.pdf
  5. ↑ The Jott Team at Nuance (4 April 2011). "Jott service ending on May 3rd, 2011". jott Blog. Jott Networks Inc. Retrieved 5 April 2011.

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