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James Thornton

James Thornton

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braincast_logo_lg.jpgIt’s sometimes strange to think that phones were once intended for speaking into. Now that so many people use their mobiles to text, access the Net or play games, it’s refreshing to see a new technology that embraces your own voice. Braincast is designed to allow you to manage your thoughts by adding voice notes to an online service.

The web app is free to use, allowing you to sign up via a relatively painless registration process, before enrolling up to three of your telephone numbers with Braincast and assigning an email address to each one. The service then assigns your own toll free number and your own RSS feed for you to check your saved messages at any time. For instance if you’re in the city, and a thought crosses your mind that you want to remember for later, speed-dial the Braincast number and leave yourself a message. By the time you get home, you’ll find an email and an RSS item waiting for you. Both will have a link back to a recording of your message (in .wav format) on the BrainCast site.

The service also provides you with a web page for managing your messages. Features include the ability to tag messages, take notes on them, send copies to any email address and remove those you don’t wish to keep. You can even schedule delayed delivery to any phone number you like, allowing you to set up voice reminders on your own phone.

It’s an interesting take on a note-making application, but it’s difficult to see the service really taking off. After all, most new mobile phones allow you to record voice messages and store them on the device itself, meaning there’s no need to access an additional source. What’s more, there are plenty of notes programs that help you keep your tasks, ideas and appointments organized with ease, many of which allow you to synchronize your thoughts via the web.

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