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GetHuman
Tired of pressing options (4, 7, 2, 2) to get a LIVE person on the phone when dialing a large company? www.gethuman.com is a list of user tested numbers and/or options that fast track you to a human. Extremely helpful when you’re frustrated.  (You can always just try pressing zero a few hundred times, or screaming, either sometimes will take you right to someone (or hang up on you).)
Free 411
Stop calling 411 for $1 (or more) a call. Try 1-800-FREE-411. This free service, by Google, finds your listing and even offers to send a TXT message with the number. Here’s a demo: http://www.google.com/goog411/index.html
Google’s TXT Services
Send a text message to GOOGL (46645) like, “Chinese restaurants, Times Square” or “Weather 29649″ or “Define plethora” or “directions from 29649 to Atlanta, GA” and you’ll get a text message right back.
Jott
Don’t forget about Jott.com. I emailed once already about this (http://www.digitaloffice.com/tips/?p=9) and it really is a hidden jewel. Dial Jott and it will send your transcribed chat to yourself or others. Easy for reminders!
Tags: 411, Cell, Directions, Google, Phones, TXT, Weather
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When it comes to free directory assistance, you have LOTS of choices. They differ in some important ways, so try them all out and see which one(s) you prefer. You may end up with more than one in your directory…and you may want to try them all every so often just to see what’s new! Grin!
I prefer the ones that have operators to help when the automation doesn’t recognize me, that are fast and ACCURATE, and that also don’t restrict me to only business searches – sometimes I need to find people, too!
1-800-YellowPages (800-935-5697)
1-800-2ChaCha (800-224-2242)
1-800-411-SAVE (800-411-7283)
1-800-555-Tell (800-555-8355)
1-800-Call-411 (800-225-5411)
1-800-Call-Dex (800-225-5339)
1-800-Free-411 (800-373-3411)
1-800-Goog-411 (800-466-4411)
1-800-Info-Fast (800-463-6327)
1-800-The-Info (800-843-4636)
I prefer to talk to real people when I need directory assistance. I use 800-411-SAVE as the don’t have automation and can find business, people, and goverment listing in both the US and Canada.