Two cool iPhone apps: one you want, one you need

Tech Blog ^ | 12/8/2009 | http://blogs.chron.com/techblog/archives/2009/12/two_cool_iphone_apps_one_you_want_one_you_nee_1.htm

[Swordmaker]

Got an iPhone? If so, you download some apps because they're cool and useful.

Others, you get not because you necessarily want them, but because you really do need them.

Here's one of each.

Dragon Dictation - Free, Nuance. PC users know about Dragon Naturally Speaking, considered one of the best voice recognition programs available. This app uses Dragon's technology to turn speech into text very quickly.

It's drop-dead simple: Launch the app, tap a button and start talking, then hit Done. A sound file is sent to a remote server, converted and the text sent back to your phone. You can then transfer it into a text message, e-mail or the iPhone's clipboard, where it can be pasted into other apps, including Facebook or your Twitter client.

It's fastest if you have a good Wi-Fi connection, but you'll still get your results quickly on 3G - within a few seconds. It's certainly faster than painstakingly tapping on the iPhone's virtual keyboard.

. . .

For sending quick messages, this is a great app, and one I'll use quite a bit.

[Spotted at TUAW.]

Mark the Spot - Free, AT&T. For iPhone users, whining about AT&T's congested network is the new national past-time. Now, you can actually do something about it.

Mark the Spot lets you report problems with your iPhone's service directly to AT&T. If you have a dropped call or failed call, problem with a download, poor voice quality or no coverage at all, you can send a notification to AT&T.

[Swordmaker]

Dragon Dictation

AT&T Mark the Spot App

[Swordmaker]

Two very useful and cool FREE iPhone apps... PING!

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If you want on or off the Mac Ping List, Freepmail me.

[Daffynition]

Can you make that three?

[Swordmaker]

What a cute and discerning kitty... yours?

[Daffynition]

Naw. I'm not so sophistiCATed. I'm more into tickle me Elmo Emo. ;)

[Isabel C.]

Two cool iPhone apps: one you want, one you need

"Cool" has become such an overused, generic word. Everything seems to be labeled "cool" nowadays. It's like calling everything amazing or beautiful. It really starts to lose its true meaning after awhile so that when something really is amazing or beautiful, nobody pays much attention because they've heard those words used way too often.

[Airwinger]

I say we bring back “Groovy”

[Star Traveler]

Does the kitty come with that app? :-)

[Star Traveler]

The Dragon Dictation, is (as you say) free, but only for a while. So, try it out now to see how it works for it. I think it’s fantastic. I just got it yesterday and tried it. the accuracy is great.

I don’t have the other one, but it’s a good idea if AT&T will use all the reports from users to correct things.

[Star Traveler]

Some previous Apple articles posted on Free Republic...
at least by Star Traveler

• Who Can Kill the iPhone?
• Apple's iTunes overtakes Amazon in overall music sales
• Apple iPhone expected to drive mobile phone industry toward fancier touch screens
• Apple devotees rush stores for iPhone
• Mac users 'ecstatic' about new Apple Store
• Jobs Is Back, Apple's Still Standing, Life Goes On
• Out with Treos, in with iPhones
• Letters from Microsoft: An Employee Tosses His Zune
• Apple's 99-Cent Apps Are Too Cheap, Microsoft Says
• ONE IN FOUR SONGS IN U.S. BOUGHT ON iTUNES
• "APPLE HAS CHANGED THE WAY THE GAME IS PLAYED", says MSFT Win Mob chief
• iPhones Cause People To Talk Less
• GROKLAW’S EXCELLENT TAKE ON THE RECENT PSYSTAR SHENANIGANS (Apple Computer)
• PSYSTAR HIT WITH $5K FINE FOR DISCOVERY ABUSE (Apple Computer)
• INTEGO SPOTS MALWARE BLOCKER IN SNOW LEOPARD (Apple Mac OS X)
• Parallels to make switching to the Mac easier, safe and painless
• THE IPHONE & STEVE BALLMER: IT’S TIME FOR HIM TO EAT SOME SERIOUS CROW
• An in-depth look at Psystar’s legal defeat at the hands of Apple
• Has Palm finally given up on the great cat/mouse/iTunes chase of ‘09?
• Jobs’ Personal, Terse Reply to Developer [Apple Computer]
• Android goes for iPhone weak spot: porn apps [Porn is iPhone Killer?]
• Mac sales projected to grow 26% in 2010, outpacing PC market
• Apple's iPhone On Its Way To Becoming The Microsoft Windows Of Mobile
• Is Apple the Mobile Walmart?
• Apple's Base Stations Have Three 802.11n Streams [Faster WiFi on Apple]
• Analysis: Apple Embraces The Cloud, Positions Mobile With Lala Deal [Extends iTunes]
• Forget The iPhone: The iPod touch Is Where It’s At
• >All Hail the iPod touch
• Apple Bans Another Developer, 1000+ Apps Pulled [Developer scamming reviews]
• Lala purchase may hint at the coming of the rumored iTunes Replay service
• Dragon Dictation comes to the iPhone. Wow. [iPhone Talk-to-text]
• Apple can be copied, but can it be beat?

[tubebender]

My grandson signs off his phone calls with ‘peace’. I say ‘see ya later alligator’...

[Star Traveler]

Some more previous Apple articles posted on Free Republic...
these by Swordmaker

• Parallels 5 boasts huge speed improvement
• Bizarre lawsuits connect Apple with Sarah Jessica Parker, Lil' Wayne
• Amid Transition, Rivals Are Descending on Apple
• First iPhone [Jailbroken] worm discovered - ikee changes wallpaper to Rick Astley photo
• Apple releases Mac OS X 10.6.2
• Is Snow Leopard the new Vista?
• Apple tablet could cement Jobs' legacy
• Apple releases Safari 4.0.4 for Mac and Windows
• PEDRAZA VS. MACINTOSH: WORMS IN THE APPLE
• Microsoft Patents Sudo?!!
• Apple Crushes Clone Maker [Psystar] in Court
• Apple Wins Like a Champ - Psystar is Toast -- What? You're Surprised?
• AT&T, Apple Accused in suit of misleading consumers
• Tests: Windows PC "crapware" adds 2 minutes boot time Apps on Win 7 PCs still slow vs Apple
• iPhone owners demand to see Apple source code
• Apple Set to Propose Damages in Psystar Case
• Another iPhone worm, but this one is serious
• Apple Moves for Permanent Injunction in Psystar Case
• Nearly half the money spent at US retail on desktop PCs goes to Apple
• Failure to launch: Would-be ‘Mac cloner’ Psystar sold just 768 PCs with Apple’s Mac OS X installed
• The Apple Tax Revisited
• Apple moves to kill second Psystar lawsuit
• Psystar, Apple enter partial settlement to cease clone Mac sales
• Psystar agrees to pay Apple $2.7M in settlement
• The great iPhone death watch
• Apple releases Java for Mac OS X 10.6 and 10.5 updates
• Apple Told To Pay Patent Troll OPTi $21.7 Million (AAPL)
• Verizon Droid ad calls Apple iPhone "tiara-wearing digitally clueless pageant queen"
• Attention Apple legal: Kuhgar tries selling Dell Mini 10v preloaded with Mac OS X Snow Leopard
• The Causality Behind Apple's Success
• Windows 7 Family Pack Dissapears For the Holidays
• Apple sued for infringing digital camera patent with iPhone
• Apple and Google and Microsoft sued over icon issue
• Danish Police Department depending on Macs to manage the Environmental Conference
• VisiCalc creator Dan Bricklin: From killer app to iPhone app
• Google releases Google Chrome for Mac beta
• Apple releases FOUR updates... time to see if your Mac is included by clicking on Software Update
• Apple Argues to Include Rebel EFI in Psystar Injunction
• THE MURDER OF MY NEW COMPUTER
• Two cool iPhone apps: one you want, one you need

[tubebender]

What does the staff of Rush Limbaugh use to convert phone calls to text so Rush can see what the caller is saying when his Cochlear Implant doesn’t pickup the audio? I think I heard him say it was a Court Recorder?

[Star Traveler]

I didn’t know he had trouble with his implant...

[tubebender]

Occasionally he has trouble hearing a caller due to various reasons and has to rely on his monitor to see what the callers is saying. It doesn’t happen too often...

[Swordmaker]

"Cool" has become such an overused, generic word. Everything seems to be labeled "cool" nowadays. It's like calling everything amazing or beautiful. It really starts to lose its true meaning after awhile so that when something really is amazing or beautiful, nobody pays much attention because they've heard those words used way too often.

OK... these are two really boffo, useful and useful apps that will be effective in making your iPhones a better tool...

[TChris]

Just got my Verizon Droid a couple of days ago.

Love. It.

[Swordmaker]

Just got my Verizon Droid a couple of days ago.
Love. It.

Glad for you... enjoy it.

[Niteflyr]

I say we bring back “Groovy”

Oh gawd I hope not!! :o)

[BurbankKarl]

they are doubling the data charge for iPhone...will post the article now.