
Second, spoken notes often took too long to process, in some cases up to 5 minutes. First, there were many times when reQall didn’t recognize that I’d put the phone up to my ear and, short or typing the text by hand, the only way around the problem was to quit the app and reopen it.

ReQall’s pro account offers direct Outlook and Google Calendar integration, location-based organization, Push notifications, enhanced e-mail capabilities and the option to automatically link reQall events with data stored in Evernote. ReQall’s Web-based service, which is available either in a free standard account or a pro account that costs $3 per month (or $25 if you opt for an annual subscription). The initial “p” was the only incorrect letter, it was supposed to be “t,” but I’m happy to chalk that one up to bad diction on my part. reQall sent me a message that was almost 100-percent phonetically correct-“pee cee dash five four ess one four”-but once reQall finished typing my note I was surprised to find that reQall had nailed it: PC-54PS14. For example, I spoke the model number for a Panasonic plasma television into reQall so that I could remember it later. ReQall can decipher some pretty obscure information and returned results that were better than I expected. Once added to your to-do list, the reQall service will send messages via e-mail, SMS, and the reQall app to remind you when something is due.

Say “buy bagels for Alex tomorrow,” and you’ll have bagels added to a shopping list and a to-do added to your to-do list for tomorrow. Say, “tomorrow,” and reQall will put that task on your calendar for tomorrow.

Say “note,” and what you say will be added as a new note.

Say “buy,” and whatever items you say after that will be added to a shopping list. reQall does this by listening to keywords you’ve spoken. reQall then organizes your message into one of four categories: Time sensitive tasks, things, people, and places. Once analyzed, reQall can interpret about ten keywords. reQall uploads your audio to its servers, converts the message to text and analyzes what you’ve said. What happens next is something just short of a miracle.
