You may find yourself in need of an instant transcription tool for a whole host of reasons. Maybe you’d like to dictate your novel. Perhaps you need a transcription of your latest speech. Or maybe someone with whom you’re working speaks another language or is hard of hearing. Whatever the reason, you have several free choices that will get you …
Nine Reasons I Love Alexa
Just over a year ago, Amazon’s Alexa came to live with us in the form of the original Amazon Echo device. Since then, I’ve gone all in with Alexa, purchasing teeny tiny Echo Dots for different rooms plus an adorable little Echo Spot with a touchscreen face for my nightstand. Here’s the video review I recorded last February for the …
A Gift for the New Year
Dear friends, Every year, we like to give you a great list of apps to print out and keep at your desk as a quick reference. I’m particularly proud of this year’s edition because it’s a highlight of the 450 tools from The Big Book of Apps (which you TOTALLY need, people!). So without further delay, here’s the Quick Reference …
Upgrade Your Inbox with Third-Party Email Apps
One of the best things that has happened to us as professionals is that we can get email on our phones. One of the worst things that has happened to us as professionals is that we can get email on our phones. Even for me, email is one of the most frustrating tasks in my job. But if you use …
Sometimes Being Your Nerdy BFF Is Hard
Hey, guys. Here’s an overshare that reveals some of my inner turmoil. My apologies for the TMI. Every day I’m grateful that you guys let me share cool apps and tech tools that will help you. I strive to be fun, upbeat, helpful and knowledgable. This goal means that I have to keep up with all the news, all the …
Seeing AI: A Helpful App that’s Not Yet Helpful
Microsoft’s heart was in the right place when it created an app called Seeing AI. The concept is that the app uses artificial intelligence (AI — get it?) to “see” the room around you for sight-impaired users. Calling itself a “talking camera,” Seeing AI scans a room for people, documents, text and more. The app can also identify the big …
Four Dumb Things I Did While Setting Up My Smart Home
This past month I’ve been keeping the Amazon delivery drivers in business with numerous purchases to set my home up as “smart.” I wanted to go through the process to be able to tell you guys about the wonder of the new world of home automation. But, umm, well, I don’t think I’m the advocate the smart home industry was …
You’re Already Using AI, and It Can Beat You at Ms. Pac-Man
This week a deep learning company that Microsoft purchased this January revealed that a computer earned the highest score ever achieved on Ms. Pac-Man. On the surface, this victory seems pretty silly. Who cares about a little video game? But what it represents has far-reaching implications for the field of Artificial Intelligence. The company taught a computer to break down …
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