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Nuance Shutting Down Jott Voice-to-Text Service

If you use Jott.com, you might want to jot down May 3 on your calendar. That’s the date on which Nuance is shutting down the voice-to-text service it bought a couple years back. The company has posted details on the shutdown as well as how users can download their data. Jott.com will be free for its final month, and paying customers will get refunds for any unused months.

Connecting With Your Inner Earpiece

The new Jawbone Icon synchs with a PC to expand its voice-command capability and add personality to your Bluetooth device.

Making Voice Mail More Like Email

We test Pinger, a free messaging service that tries to make voice mail a little more like email, or like a cellphone text message.