Okay, I broke my rule about always have at least two services to compare when I decide to say something is the next best thing since sliced bread. Because I have to say, why didn’t someone think of this earlier.
I spent about a half an hour this Sunday training Vista to transcribe my voice. It was actually pretty easy and relatively accurate. The last time I tried this was with Dragon Voice about 4 years ago. I gave up that time. I sort of used it like William S. Burroughs would, as a cutup machine. Speak whatever you want into it and you will never know what it types.
It seems that Creabuzz has been nominated for the Mashable Open Web Awards and they are in second place for the best Niche and Miscellaneous Social Networks. And this is a post to get some of you to vote for them. And if you haven’t tried cre8buzz out yet, just comment on this post and I will shoot you an invite.
Cre8buzz is a pretty simple site. You can add pictures, videos, blog posts, and in the site showcase, links and screenshots of your sites. They have forums and a pretty complex rating system. You can rate each and every thing on another Buzzer’s page. The feature I liked was the ability to customize the CSS. But that may be a feature available elsewhere. I don’t get out that much.
Social Tools in My Toolbox
First, I would like to invite all of you to Social Median, a different sort of network. It works like Digg, because stories can be "clipped" and commented on. It works like FriendFeed because you follow other "News Makers" and has groups. And it’s new and for some reason I can’t stay away. Read more... (790 words, 2 images, estimated 3:10 mins reading time)