Santa Barbara-based Cogi , on online service which records and transcribes conference calls and other phone calls, told its users today that it has launched a new, pre-paid account option for users. According to Cogi, its pre-paid time--which can be purchased in increments of $12--allow users to try out the service without a long term commitment. Cogi also offers a monthly The service charges 10 cents a minute for recording conversations, and 99 cents per 30 second highlight. a month.

The Los Angeles technology crowd turned out in full for last week's Twiistup 5 event--a showcase for startups looking for exposure and funding--with over 1,000 attendees at a private aircraft hangar at the Santa Monica airport. The winner of the judge's choice award was Cogi , a Santa Barbara-based firm which develops a service for transcribing conference calls and meetings; TotSpot , which operates a social networking site that allows families to create private sites for their children, was awarded "Fan Favorite" for the most votes from the crowd. Cogi was co-founded by Robert Dolan, former co-founder and CEO of Callwave; Mark Cromack, co-founder of CrystalVoice Communications; and Palmer Jackson, who also was at Callwave.

Santa Barbara-based Cogi , a startup which allows people to capture and transcribe conference calls and conversations, announced today that it has released a new, iPhone application. The app costs $1.99, and Cogi said that users can also subscribe to other, Premium service options which add transcription and other features to the software. Tags: cogi iphone application conference The firm said the app allows users to record and share meetings, interviews, lectures, and more on their iPhone, and to share those with others via a web browser. The firm said the new

A new Santa Barbara-based startup, Cogi , said today that it has launched a new service focused on helping consumers and professionals take notes on their phone calls or meetings. Cogi said it will charge $29.95 Cogi's service works by dialing into an access number via speaker phone for conference calls, by connecting Cogi into conference call numbers via a computer application, or The firm--which was founded by Robert Dolan of Callwave, Mark Cromack of CrystalVoice, and Palmer Jackson of Ideocore--allows users to record important phone calls and in-person meetings, and transcribes "key points" of those meetings into digital form.

Santa Barbara-based Cogi (www.cogi.com) recently launched a phone-based service which allows users to transcribe conference calls and meetings. For readers who haven't heard of Cogi, can you explain what your service does? Mark Mark Cromack: First and foremost, the concept behind Cogi is brought out in its name, which is short for cogent idea. The firm's founders are all experienced entrepreneurs, and come from Callwave, CrystalVoice, and Ideocore. We sat down with president and co-founder, Mark Cromack, to hear more about the company. For

Santa Barbara-based RightSignature , online, software-as-a-service for collecting electronic signatures, took "Best of Show" at VentureNet Wednesday, after a day of presentations by thirteen Southern California startups. VentureNet, which is put on by the Technology Council of Southern California, included keynotes by Kelly Perdew of Rotohog and Zorik Gordon of ReachLocal, plus capital presentations from Cyber-Rain, FlipGloss Media, Viewdle, Social Approach, Ad.ly, Zadspace, RightSignature, Cogi, YouMail, ExpenseBay, AffordIt.com, SharesPost, and TrueCar. socalTECH.com was a media sponsor of the event. ...Tags:

This video will show you the sartups that will show off at the next Twiistup , an event which highlights promising startups. was one of the judges who selected this group of startups, so I wanted to tell you who they are and what they do. Cogi - Cogi set out with a simple goal – give professionals a way to effortlessly recall and track everything in their important conversations through the use of an intuitive, browser-based service that seamlessly transcribes I In this video you’ll see:

Twiistup 5 –the brainchild of Mike Macadaan–lets startups show off their products to the crowd in a very non-conference setting (this time, a private hangar at the Santa Monica airport). Cogi , a service which helps you capture meetings and phone calls in text transcripts, scored the judge’s award (I was one of the judges);  the other firms were Causecast , eHow , FixYa , GoGreenSolar , Meebo , RoboDynamics , TheScene , Totspot , Viewdle , and Yammer . ...Tags: In what was a remarkable turnout–given the horrible economy we’re in–there were more than a thousand people at last night’s Twiistup 5 event.