Over on WTFDA's TV and FM DX list, I have been plugging a free 'net resource called orb.com that streams files from your PC to anywhere you want, as long as they are connected to the web. This could be a laptop, a Xbox 360, web enabled phones and so on. They can stream live images from a webcam, so I thought of pointing the cam at your DX TV and DX'ing remotely.
That made me recall another great free resource - Jott. I am very forgetful. If I am DX'ing away from my logbook, I may hear a call or a slogan and if I try to entrust it to my brain, it will fail disally. Enter Jott. Jott is a service whereby you register and register your phones (cell, home, work or whatever). You also set up during the regestration process email recipients. When you call the toll free # it knows that it's you. The system will say "Who do you want to jott?" I say "myself" and it says "go ahead" and there is a beep. I might say something like "1290 Jones High School Fleabags Basketball on Wxxx." Through speech-to-text technology, an email is sent to me with what I said translated into text. I have used thius for DX and for many other things, such as business expense recoding. 73, Dave Hascall Indianapolis _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: [email protected]
