I asked my colleagues, our readers and environment. From this I have selected 9 tools for this list, to make a flying start in 2024.
1. A transcript in no time (and with no money)
A tip we found via LinkedIn, thanks to Gert-Jan Schaap! With the tool Good Tape you can transcribe an audio fragment in no time. Or as Gert-Jan describes it himself:
Message from Gert-Jan Schaap on LinkedIn
And yes, as you can read above: the tool is also good at ‘understanding’ and developing Dutch language.
Do you only need a tool like this once in a while? Then you can get by just fine with the free version. You can transcribe phone number database3 recordings (90 minutes each). Do you want more? Then you can try the paid version for 9 euros per month, after which it goes to 15 euros per month. But the time you save with this, you will earn back in no time.
Save a webp file as jpg or png
When you download an image from the internet, it is sometimes saved as a WebP file. This is a special image format for the web. It is used to put high-quality images online in a smaller file size. Very useful (and recommended) for websites.
The annoying thing is: sometimes you just want a png or jpg. If you download a WebP image (for example via Google) and want to add ukraine business directory it to your Google Docs file or to your post on LinkedIn, you will see that this does not work. Are you struggling with this? Then the tool ‘ WebP / Avif image converter ‘ is useful!Screenshot of Chrome extension WebP/Avif image converter, one of the tools.
After installing this Chrome extension, a new button will appear in your ‘right mouse button menu’. Via ‘Convert there is something wrong with humanity and save image as’ you can then choose the desired file format.
Talk to a report via ChatPDF
You probably already know ChatGPT, but do you also know ChatPDF ? This is a tip from my colleague Tineke Pauw. “This is a tool that I am very enthusiastic about. Upload a PDF, for example of a white paper or a study, and ask questions about the document on the screen. You communicate with the AI tool as you are used to from ChatGPT. You not only get an answer, but also references to where the AI gets the answer from. This way I can very quickly find research figures and check whether what the AI says is correct. I have already saved a lot of time, because I can search for research figures more quickly and ask further questions about them. And it works very easily.”