reQall (pronounced like the word “recall”) is a voice-enabled personal productivity software program. It’s a free program you can use to help manage your time and tasks. It integrates mobile devices (via voice messaging) with e-mail, Web, text messaging, instant messaging, online calendars, and RSS feeds to create a unified memory tool. I’ve been using it for a few days now and thought I’d share my experience.

It has some cool features like creating to-do lists and shopping lists. I can call reQall on my cell phone anytime I think of something and record it. With my voice-activated phone, I just have to push one button, say “call reQall.” Then when the system answers, I say “”buy eggs.” Tomorrow, I can call and say “buy milk and bread.” Then, the next time I’m at the store, I call reQall and say “shopping list,” and it will read back to me “eggs, milk, and bread.”  

I can also call reQall and say “meeting tomorrow with Jeff at three thirty,” and it will recognize the day, time, and subject of the meeting. It will then organize all my meetings by day and time on a friendly Web page. I can call reQall anytime and have it read me today’s meetings. The Pro version ($2.99/month or $24.99/year) will even add the meetings to Outlook. However, I don’t really use this feature much. Since I usually have computer access, I just use Outlook to enter my meetings and to-do lists. However, if I’m away from my computer, I can call reQall and record a message about the meeting and retrieve it later.  

My favorite feature is recording messages when I think of things when I’m away from my computer. I can then retrieve the audio anytime by phone or Web. reQall also automatically transcribes the voice to text, so when I return to my computer I can retrieve the messages from my e-mail or from the reQall site as text and copy information about meetings into my calendar or copy profound thoughts into a Word document. It does an amazing job with voice-to-text transcription. My first test was a rambling 28-second message, which reQall transcribed perfectly (except for one “is” that should have been “was”).

The system also lets me decide how and when I want to be reminded of meetings or tasks. For example, it can send me an e-mail at a certain time each day with all my to-dos for the day. Or I can have all my audio messages automatically transcribed and sent to me by e-mail, text messaging, or instant messaging.

Watch the video below to learn more.


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