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February 8, 2010









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Q: When you say, “press any key to being recording”, do you mean ANY key on my BlackBerry?
A: There are a couple of exceptions - the hang up button, the cancel or back button, the alt, shift and caps keys (by themselves). We find that it is easiest to use the space bar. Give it a try!
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Q: Why am I getting a copy of the email reply I created with the Jott for BlackBerry app?
A: We want you to see how the email looks, so we send you a copy. Think of it as the copy that you’d see in the sent items when you are not using “Reply with Jott”.
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Q: How do I uninstall Jott for BlackBerry?
A: On your BlackBerry go to ‘Options’ and select ‘Advance Options’, then ‘Applications’. You’ll see Jott for BlackBerry there, select it and then choose the delete option from the menu.

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Q: When I try and login to Jott for BlackBerry I am returned to an empty login screen, what is wrong?
A: If you are not given any error messages, just routed back to an empty login screen, you will need to ensure the “emulation mode” on your device is set to BlackBerry, not openwave.
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Q: How do I add an RSS feed to my account?
A: You can add any of the Featured Feeds we offer to your account by logging on to your account and clicking the “Add Feeds” button on the right hand side of your inbox. Click “Browse Feeds”, found in the left column of the feeds page and select a category. Click “Add” next to the feed you would like on your account.

Add any other feed you like by selecting the “Add your own feed” option.
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Q: How do I access my feeds from my phone?
A: You call the same Jott number, 866-JOTT-123 (or your local Canadian number), and say “Jott Feeds” or press “6″ when asked, “Who do you want to Jott?”. You will then be asked “Which Feed?” and all you have to do is say the name of the feed you want to listen to.
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Q: Do I have to say the name of the feed every time I want to listen to it?
A: Nope, each feed has a unique number assigned to it. This number can be found next to the feed’s name in “My Jott Feeds”. It can be modified by clicking on the feed and changing the “phone hot key”. Remember don’t assign the same number to two different feeds.
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Q: Does this use my mobile phone minutes?

A: Yes, it does. The time you spend on the phone listening to your RSS Feeds will count as minutes used in your mobile phone plan. Worried about using up all your minutes? Several mobile carrierĂ now offer unlimited plans. If you are a T-Mobile customer, add the Jott alternate number, 347-523-8843, to your “myFaves”. You’ll have all the functionality of Jott available without using up your minutes.

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Q: How do I add a custom RSS feed to my account?
A: Click the “Add your own feed” button in the upper right hand corner of the “Browse Feeds” page and enter the following information:

  • Name = What you’d like to call the feed.
  • URL = The address of that feed.
  • Sounds Like= If the feed name is hard to pronounce, you can spell it out phonetically.
  • Phone Key= The number you assign so you can access the feed by pressing a key on your phone keypad
  • Read Description= Would you like to hear the description of the new post before you hear the entire thing?
  • Read Title = Would you like to hear the title?
  • Read Author= Would you like to hear the author of the post?

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Q: How do I find the feed URL?
A: If you are using IE, right click on the RSS link for that feed and select “Properties”. There you will see the “Address” or the URL of that feed.

If you are using FireFox and have Live Bookmarks set up, right click on the RSS Feed as it appears in your tool bar and choose the “Properties” option. There you will see a “Feed Location” text box containing the URL of that feed.
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Q: I heard Jott has been acquired. Is this true?
A: It’s true! Nuance has acquired Jott, but you will still enjoy the same Jott experience and service without any changes.
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Q: Who is Nuance?
A: Nuance is a leading provider of speech solutions for businesses and consumers around the world - in fact, millions of users and thousands of businesses experience Nuance’s proven applications and professional services every day. Nuance Mobile’s speech and popular T9 predictive text portfolio have shipped on more than 4 billion devices worldwide - to learn more visit http://www.nuance.com/mobiledevices/.
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Q: Will I experience any changes with Jott Assistant, Voicemail to Text or Jott for Salesforce?
A: NĂ, you will not experience any changes or interruptions in service for any of Jott’s offerings, so keep on using them to get more done with your voice everyday!
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Q: Am I still able to download Jott?
A: Absolutely. All of Jott’s services are available for you now at jott.com and via the Apple App Store.
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Q: Who do I contact if I have questions about my Jott service?
A: You can continue to contact Jott in all the different ways possible previously. Visit our Forums http://jott.com/forum/ or fill out a support form at http://jott.com/supportform.aspx
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Q: Can I still use the Jott Forums to submit feedback and have questions answered?
A: Of course. The Jott Forums page has become a community for our customers and provides us with great feedback on what you would like to see added as part of our services. We do not have any plans to disable it.
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Dragon Dictation for iPhone

December 9, 2009

Yesterday Nuance (who acquired Jott back in July) announced a new iPhone app – Dragon Dictation. And so far it’s been a hit - it’s currently the #3 app in the Apple App Store’s list of Top 25 free apps.

Dragon Dictation brings the power of Dragon NaturallySpeaking to the iPhone, allowing you to speak your message, have it turned into text and put right into your iPhone’s email and text messaging apps. The app also works with the iPhone clipboard, so you can easily paste your spoken text into other applications on the iPhone, like Facebook or Twitter for instance.

You can download the Dragon Dictation app here.

This is very exciting for all of us at Nuance and we wanted to particularly thank those Jotters who helped beta test the app and provided the valuable feedback that made the app what it is today.

Stayed tuned for more iPhone news coming soon.

Jott to Twitter Improvements

November 18, 2009

We just made an update to the Twitter Jott Link which allows you to turn off the audio URL that appears when Jott to Twitter.

We’ve blogged before about why you may want the audio links, but for those folks that would rather not include it in your Tweets – now you can remove it.

If you’ve already setup the Twitter Jott Link, simply browse to the My Links page at http://jott.com/myjottlinks.aspx, edit your Twitter Jott Link and check the “Do not include audio link” checkbox.

Jott to Twitter Audio Link Setting

If you haven’t added the Twitter link, you can do so here: http://jott.com/myjottlinks.aspx?v=social .

We’ve also added this setting to our new Ping.Fm Jott Link, so try it out.

Announcing the Jott Refer-a-Friend program and much more

October 26, 2009

Dear Jotters,

It’s been a while since the last update to the Jott service (over six months!), but last night we made up for it in a big way. This is an incredibly broad release for us, touching many different aspects of the service, and we think you’re going to be pleased.

Read on to learn about all of the great new features we added…

Jott Refer-a-Friend Program
The Refer-a-Friend program rewards you for getting your friends to sign-up for Jott. It’s something we’ve been meaning to do for a long time: since Jott’s growth has come from word of mouth, and this rewards what many of you have already been doing.

Simply invite your friends to join Jott – we make it really easy. We’ll give each of them a free month of service and, better yet, for each new friend that signs up you’ll receive reward credits towards Jott.

Start inviting your friends here: http://jott.com/invite.aspx

For more information, read this FAQ.

Jott Assistant Product Improvements

Voicemail Snapshot
Voicemail Snapshot turns, well, a snapshot of your voicemail into text and sends it to you by email or text message. Best of all, it’s free for Jott Assistant customers.

Set up Voicemail Snapshot here: https://jott.com/selectplan.aspx?v=v

Salesforce Lite Jott Link
On the heels of launching the popular Jott for Salesforce service, we’ve added a Salesforce Lite Jott Link that lets you update your Salesforce.com to-do list w/ your voice. And, like Voicemail Snapshot, it’s free for Jott Assistant customers.

Add the Salesforce Lite link here: http://jott.com/myjottlinks.aspx?v=business

Recurring Reminders
Setting reminders that repeat at daily, weekly, monthly or even yearly intervals has been one of the all-time most requested features – and now it’s available.

Recurring reminders are perfect for birthday, anniversary or weekly meeting reminders.

To set a daily or weekly recurring reminder, just call Jott (1-866-JOTT-123), say “Reminder” and say “every day” or “every Tuesday” when asked “Which day?”.

You can set a bi-weekly, monthly or annual recurring reminder online at Jott.com. Just choose your interval from the “Repeat?” drop-down when setting a reminder.

Set Reminders by Email or SMS (aka I Want Sandy features)
Like a lot of Jotters, we were disappointed when I Want Sandy closed her doors last year. So we’re very happy to add one her best features into Jott – setting reminders via email or text message.

To create a reminder to “Eat lots of turkey” on Thanksgiving, simply send an email to jott@jott.com with the subject:

    Eat lots of turkey @ 11/26/2009 4:00PM

You can create the same reminder by texting the subject above to 40101 (the Jott short code).

For more information, read this FAQ.

Ping.FM Jott Link
Ping.fm lets you update all of your social networks at once. And now, the Ping.fm Jott Link lets you update all of your social networks with your voice.

Add the Ping.fm link here: http://jott.com/myjottlinks.aspx?v=social

Jott Voicemail Improvements

Voicemail 80 plan
For our avid Jott Voicemail customers who’ve been asking us for a larger voicemail plan, we added the Voicemail 80 plan which includes 80 voicemails per month.

Add the Voicemail 80 plan here: https://jott.com/selectplan.aspx?v=v

Voicemail Call History
Your Jott Voicemail email notifications now include a summary of the last 3 voicemails you’ve received from a given caller. This is great if you forget exactly when you last heard from somebody, and makes it a snap to go back to check it out.

Link your Voicemail to Salesforce
For those professionals that essentially live in Salesforce.com, you can now have your transcribed Jott voicemails automatically forwarded to your Salesforce.com account. This is included in any Jott Voicemail package, and is a great way of staying on top of your communications.

To link your voicemail to Salesforce, just add the Salesforce Lite link and update your voicemail settings here: https://jott.com/settings_voicemail.aspx

Jott for iPhone Improvements

Jott for iPhone v3.0
In addition to working with the iPhone OS 3.0, version 3.0 of the Jott for iPhone app is 5x faster (thanks to audio streaming), has a streamlined recording process (1-click to start recording) and sports an improved user experience.

If you haven’t already done so, download the app here.

Anyway, that’s a ton of new stuff, and there is more on the way.

Best,
John, Shree and the whole Jott team

Scheduled maintenance: Monday, 10/26 @ 8pm Pacific

October 23, 2009

Just a quick heads up that Jott service will be unavailable on Monday night (October 26th) starting at 8PM Pacific, while we upgrade our systems and release some exciting new features.

We expect the maintenance to take one hour (until 9PM Pacific), during which time you won’t be able to create Jotts (from the phone number, website or iPhone and BlackBerry apps). However, any voicemails that you receive during that time will still be recorded, but you will not receive the notification until the maintenance is complete.

We apologize in advance for any inconvenience.

iPhone, Outlook, Express Outage

September 28, 2009

Dear Jotters,

We experienced an issue with one of our systems that may have affected your use of Jott for iPhone, Jott for Outlook and Jott Express from approximately 5pm last night to about noon today, Pacific Time. All other Jott services we not affected.

Providing you with outstanding service is our goal every day, and we apologize for this unplanned outage. Everything possible is being done to ensure this does not happen again. All systems are back up and running now and you should not experience any more delays. Once again, many apologies for this outage.

All the best,
- John, Shree & the rest of the Jott Team

Jott acquired by Nuance!

July 14, 2009

Dear Jotters,

You may have already gotten wind of this, but I am thrilled to announce that Jott is now part of Nuance Communications, an innovative company which has established itself as the world leader in speech and imaging solutions.

You might not know it, but Nuance’s technology will literally ship on a billion phones this year, and they are trusted by a very broad array of customers, from huge cell phone makers, to Doctors dictating patient records.

The obvious question: “Why did you sell?”

When Shree and I started Jott back in 2006, we wanted to build a service that millions of customers would use because it solved real problems — simply and enjoyably. Thanks to you, we made a great start.

In our conversations with Nuance we heard and noticed some very important things:
• they had an expansive vision for what we could do together, both in terms of reaching many millions of customers, but also in terms of innovation that was still to come.
• they loved Jott, holistically, from how we build products to how we communicate with the people who use them.
• they had an incredible set of people and technologies that we wanted to plug into. And,
• they really loved the team, and wanted us come in and work on some key businesses.

Shree and I knew immediately that Nuance could help us meet our goals, and visa versa.

It’s never easy for founders to make a decision like this, and it wasn’t easy for us. We’ve lived and breathed this business. But this is a great outcome for everybody, and I’m super excited about continuing the Jott tradition, getting to work with incredible new technologies, and helping you all get more done.

All of Jott’s services, including Jott Assistant, Jott Voicemail and Jott for Salesforce, will remain available, and existing customers will experience no interruptions in service.

Thanks for your support. We couldn’t have done it without you, an absolutely first rate team, and the support of our family and friends.

John and Shree

New QuickBooks integration

April 30, 2009

We’re very excited to announce the first version of our integration with QuickBooks today. Now you can add items to your QuickBooks to-do list and set reminders using Jott. Jott for QuickBooks is available to all Jott Assistant customers starting immediately. So go check it out and let us know what other QuickBooks functionality you’d like to have Jott-enabled.

Also, stay tuned for some major upgrades in the next month to the Jott Assistant service including a new, much improved (thanks to your feedback) version of Jott for iPhone.

Jott for Salesforce launches

March 19, 2009

We’re excited to announce an amazing service that let’s you use your voice to directly update your Salesforce accounts and opportunities. Jott for Salesforce is insanely simple to set up and works seamlessly with the Salesforce workflow you have today: no downloading, upgrading, dragging, dropping, cutting, pasting, etc. It’s Jott, and thus works with any phone, and any carrier. It makes the time-consuming task of entering data into your CRM on the go as simple as making a phone call.

As usual, the voice experience on the phone doesn’t mess around: it gets you in and out as quickly as possible so you can get on with your life. If you want, there are easy shortcuts that speed things up even more. Oh, and the voice-to-text transcription is still the best there is. So give it a try today (we’re currently offering a month-long free trial for the service). Whether you’re happy living in Salesforce, or want to minimize your time with it, we think you’ll love this latest addition to the Jott family.

(You might notice that it is more expensive than other Jott services, so we want to get out in front and tell you why that is…)

In the last year, we’ve developed several custom voice-to-text input solutions (including CRM) and have a lot of experience in how they’re used. Because our solutions make complex and tedious inputs almost effortless, they get used a ton…and that makes them a little more expensive to deliver and support (the customer ROI is still amazing). The good news is that if you want to use both Jott Assistant Pro and Jott for Salesforce, you don’t have to buy both. That’s right: when you sign up for Jott for Salesforce, you get Jott Assistant Pro included for free.

If there’s functionality you’d like to see added, please let us know. There’s a LOT more on the way soon, so stay tuned.

Thanks all!

- The Jott Team

PS — If you’re interested in a custom integration for other applications, please let us know.

What’s in a name (change)?

March 18, 2009

As the number of services that Jott offers expands, we’ve been faced with
a quandary: can both the overall website, and one of the services, be
called “Jott”? Should we risk customer confusion about what’s included
with what, or do we give each service a separate name?

This wasn’t nearly as easy a decision to make as we thought. We are
going for the latter and choosing “Jott Assistant” as the product-soon-
to-be-formerly-known-as-Jott (eat your heart out Prince). For
existing customers, don’t worry: the product will continue to be the
best mobile productivity assistant around and will continue to improve
all the time, you will just see it re-branded as Jott Assistant here
and there.

An interesting side note - we all believe internally that the name
change raises the bar a bit. We’ve always focused on providing a
quality service that makes your life easier, but now there’s a pretty
direct comparison (an assistant) that we have to live up to. While we
won’t be able to make coffee anytime soon (that’s a skunk works
project that’s testing well in Seattle), our assistant works 24 hours
a day, never forgets, complains or takes sick days, and can be yelled
at without repercussions – all for a few nickels a day.

New customers, if you were looking for “Jott” don’t change the
channel: you’ve found it in “Jott Assistant”. But you should also
check out the free trials of “Jott Voicemail” and “Jott [wait for it]”
– services to help you improve your life and your business.

You’ll notice all of these changes over the next several days.

Thanks a lot!

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