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Hands-free texting/e-mailing while you drive?

Clark wants to share news of a website that could save your life. Have you noticed how many people text or e-mail while they drive? This is a very dangerous practice. When you're traveling at freeway speeds, you can go 20 yards in the 1 second it takes you to glance down at your handheld device. There are even some states with DWT (driving while texting) laws now on the books. One day Clark nearly ran off the road while reading an e-mail. So now he only looks at his e-mails when he's come to a complete stop. But what if you're so addicted to your Crackberry that you just have to text and e-mail while driving? Try Jott.com, a free, ad supported service. Here's how it works: After registering your contact list, you call up an 800 number and say the name of the person you want to text or e-mail. Then you begin speaking your message and Jott translates it into the written word. One caveat: It might be good to mention in your e-mail that it's a voice translation. The first test that Clark sent was almost completely accurate -- except for the words "sen" (send) and "motocue" (Moto Q). Clark is very excited about Jott, but he's already wondering if it will wind up in his Internet graveyard!

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  • Jott
    I love Jott! I mostly use it to keep my Google Calendar up to date (you call into Jott and say "May 13th 7am flight to New York" and Jott will put it in your GCal for you, so great).

    But I did want to make one correction, Jott is not an "ad supported service". Currently it is totally free and it has zero outside advertising on its site.

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