Dictated lists that come back already sorted
Tasks show up whenever they please: in the car after a meeting, on Sunday while you think about the week ahead, as you lock the office door. You write them down wherever you can, a corner of a notebook, a message sent to yourself. When the time comes to act, you first have to find everything, then decipher it.
What KISMO does
You call your KISMO number and say your list out loud, in whatever order it comes to you. KISMO recognizes a to-do list, or a shopping list, and extracts each item, one per line. What comes back isn't a paragraph to reread: it's a structured list, stripped of everything around it, that you can pick up in the editor and check off as you go.
The shopping list works the same way: you dictate it with the fridge door open, and it waits for you, neatly filed, in your account.
What you gain
The idea is captured the moment it passes, and it comes out in a form you can use as is. No more tasks scattered across a notebook, a few messages and your memory. The week's list takes shape on Friday, on the drive home, while everything is still fresh. And since each item sits on its own line, nothing hides in the middle of a sentence: what's done gets checked off, what's left stays visible.
Going further
The editor where you pick up, complete and check off your lists is presented on The note. For longer dictated reports, see field notes and memos.