… some kind of pocket-sized voice recorder that captures brief spoken messages. Then, when i connect it to my computer and download the recordings, the speech-to-text software transcribes them and pops up the results in a text file for save/edit/cut-and-paste. No harder than getting pictures from a digital camera, no fussing with starting up Dragon Dictate or copying files, just a seamless transfer of spoken notes to textual ones. Surely they’ve got this technology by now?
That way i could capture all the brilliant thoughts and turns of phrase that come to me while making coffee, and retain them long enough to get them into my blog …