CNET Editors' review
Business professionals who spend a substantial amount of time behind the wheel will find a helpful dictation secretary in MyCaption. A simple interface mirrors the application's ease of use. Click to record an e-mail up to 3 minutes in length, or a memo, task, or calendar item. You can opt to review the e-mail message before sending it out. MyCaption then uploads the content to secure, Amazon-hosted servers, where it's transcribed using a combination of machine-based speech recognition and human transcription, and rerouted.
Thanks to human interception during lengthy dictation, e-mails were accurate during our tests. More complex calendar entries were less successful, but if you follow the prompts and keep it short, MyCaption can usually slot your activity in the right day and time on your BlackBerry calendar.
In a nod to corporate security, MyCaption can use a secure connection (SSL) and route through the BlackBerry Enterprise Server. While enlightened in this regard, the dictation program suffers from an underdeveloped online address book system, not to mention Web site. You'll not only need to create a MyCaption log-in to start using the software, you'll also need to spent time setting up an address book on the difficult-to-navigate site. MyCaption can only automatically send messages to you, or to those you've included on this digital Rolodex. The necessity of manually adding contacts is the program's most tender Achilles' heel. The service would be stronger were it able to import contacts from Microsoft Outlook and from the BlackBerry address book.
There are various pricing plans, including a pay-as-you-go model and a subscription package. The $9.99 BlackBerry App World download, for instance, gets you 20 minutes of talk time, about 80 short messages or fewer for longer messages. While MyCaption does have one or two stumbling blocks, these flexible pricing plans and the accurate transcription will appeal to road warriors who have enough time to do a little online configuration before their trips.
Publisher's Description
From MyCaption:
For business users on the go, Voice is the New Keyboard! Speak comfortable-length messages, freely and naturally. MyCaption Email Dictation is highly accurate and secure. With its Voice-to-Text capability, you get higher productivity and convenience. And it synchronizes your e-mails, calendar, note, memo and task entries exactly as if you typed them yourself -- to your Outlook, Google Apps or to Lotus Notes. It works seamlessly with BES (BlackBerry Enterprise Server).
If your Outlook has a toolbar for CRM systems like Salesforce, Microsoft Dynamics, or SugarCRM, your synchronization with CRM will also work, just as before.
What's new in this version: Version 1.4.8.3 supports Convenience Key and Storm and Tour devices.
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Version: MyCaption for BlackBerry 1.4.7.1
Pros
Easy to install, Simple to use. The text is returned within minutes. Highly recommended to all mobile professionals who do not want to waste time typing emails all day. You can edit emails before sending out. Can pause & restart while speaking.
Cons
It needs only one username and yet supports all your email accounts. So might be a little bit confusing initially but once you get used to it, it is very convenient. Supports memos and notes to contacts but not the text messages.
Summary
I have been using this product for over a month now, and am addicted to it. I have never typed an email for past month or so. MyCaption lets you speak for up to 3 minutes, which is more than what i need most of the time.
I have a BlackBerry Bold and I could find no other product for speech-to-text application for Bold. Once downloaded, you can compose a new email, reply to you emails, create a memo, create notes for the contacts in your addressbook - all this without typing a single word!
I like it for its simplicity - they have explained the steps here: http://www.mycaption.com/home/works
Highly recommended to all BlackBerry users! Like me, just check out the Free Trial (http://mycaption.com/main/registration) and you'll fall in love with it!
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