AppleScript:Voice dictate to Things from ReQall or Jott
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Description
Background
For Use with Dictation Services
ReQall is a ToDo service that transcribes voice messages into text. Another service, called Jott, also does this. Both have iPhone apps, and both can be used by dialing a phone number.
I believe that ReQall is still a free service. It has an excellent iPhone app that will start taking dictation simply by placing the phone to your ear. These services transcribe your voice message into text and email you with ToDo items as the email’s Subject.
A great way to use these services is to dictate text, then have the resulting email imported into Things. (There are other user-contributed scripts that also do this.)
The Problem Thus Far
The problem is that both services add a text snippet to the beginning and end of each ToDo. That’s where this AppleScript comes in.
What this AppleScript Does
This AppleScript does the following:
- strips the extra text
- adds a ToDo to Today
- adds a ReQall Tag
- sends a Growl alert with the ToDo's title
This version of the script is for ReQall, but you can easily substitute the text that Jott uses and change the Tag to whatever you want.
This script is based on the excellent “MailToThings” script (available on this wiki). I'm not sure who to credit.
- Source Code
- N/A
- Download
- Download Mail to ReQall script
- Creator
- Unknown
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