Dial2Do Follows in Jott’s Footsteps and Goes Pro

Free voice command service Dial2Do has gone pro and made most of it’s features pay only. There is a free account still available, but the only thing you can do with it is listen to and record reminders. Other features like email, text messaging, using your favorite social media applications, connections to various productivity applications, and listening to news are disabled for free accounts. We actually touched on Dial2Do when we talked about Xpenser.

This is almost exactly the same move Jott made when they went pro. Both services will run you about $4/month or $40/year (Jott is actually slightly cheaper by $0.50/yr). If you’ve already been using Dial2Do, you were probably given a 12 month pro account for free. This should give you more than enough time to figure out if $4/month is a reasonable price to have almost your whole life one phone number away.

One of the most valuable benefits you can gain from using a service like Dial2Do is the ability to tweet or text hands-free while driving. I know you do it and it’s fine (I won’t tell anyone) but you know it’s dangerous. I have friends who have been in accidents because some other driver was texting. I’ve had countless near-misses because someone was paying more attention to their phone than to the road. Dial2Do, in combination with your speakerphone or headset, lets you tweet and text all you want without taking your eyes off the road.

Personally, I always prefer to type rather than talk, but there are definitely those situations where that’s either not possible, dangerous, or possibly rude. With Dial2Do, you gain the power of getting things done on the go. This frees your hands for stuff like driving, and also helps you express yourself more freely if talking out loud helps your thoughts flow better.

If you don’t already have a Dial2Do account, you can still get a free 30-day pro account and give it a try. Let us know how it goes in the comments.