With these tools on your side, you and your team members can achieve higher productivity.

 

1. Audext

Whether you're a journalist, interviewer, student, or a company, you should definitely check out Audext, great audio to text converter that can transcribe your recordings in just a few minutes. Why waste hours with your audio transcription, replaying the same part over and over again to make sure you got everything right when you can use an affordable service instead?

What's great about this transcription tool is that you don't need to install any soft on your computer. You can do your work from your browser, on their platform. It supports numerous audio and video formats and after transcription, you can edit the text in their built-in editor if you wish to make any changes. 

 

2. Slack

One of the most widely used business communication platforms for remote teams, Slack is a "virtual office" where employees can connect, both one-on-one and in groups. The workplace is made up of channels, where team members can send messages and share files. You can then use Slack's searchable history to find relevant messages or files you want to revisit.

Slack also allows you to make voice or video calls to any member of your channels, as well as share your screen to discuss specific details with your colleagues. Plus, you can add thousands of apps from their app directory to your workspace. With the apps installed, you can do your work without leaving Slack.

 

3. Zoom

Who hasn't heard of Zoom, right? It's one of the leading video conferencing apps around, enabling anyone to virtually interact with team members when in-person meetings aren't possible. You can choose to meet others either by video or audio-only, or both. There's also a screen-sharing feature you can use for making presentations, giving classroom lectures, and more.

Along with business video meetings and voice calls, Zoom has also proven great for hosting webinars, sharing files, and sending text messages. The company offers four pricing tiers. They even have a Zoom free plan, and while it does come with its limitations, for small businesses, it's more than enough.

 

4. Google Drive

Digital file management is essential in this day and age where we store pretty much everything on the computer. For remote-first companies, it's even more important because employees need access to company files during times when their co-workers can't be reached. Google Drive has been around for years and remains the premier cloud-storage service for consumers, enterprises, and schools.

On Google Drive, you can create and store files, access them from anywhere, and share them with others. You can also choose to make some files available offline to view and edit. There are also dozens of productivity applications that work with Google Drive.

 

5. World Time Buddy

Now here's something incredibly useful for geographically distributed teams. It's often difficult to schedule meetings, but more so when the team is dispersed in all corners of the globe. World Time Buddy allows you to add the locations of your co-workers and then drag and drop the slider to find a time that works for everyone.

 

6. Status Hero

Researchers say it can take up to 23 minutes to recover from a distraction. Just think of what this means for a remote worker who is constantly interrupted by multiple messages throughout the day. Status Hero eliminates this issue by allowing team members to set statuses like "unavailable," "busy," "away," and "available."

Users can also provide a short description of what they're up to so that their co-workers and manager can see what they're currently working on. Their team members can also see how many goals are completed. What's neat about this is that progress can be observed without interrupting the employees' workflow.

 

7. Toggl

This time-tracking app was originally intended for freelancers to make sure they were invoicing accurately. Today, Toggl is also used to track how long it takes to complete certain tasks. Its data visualizations help managers compare profits against time spent on tasks and labor costs. This allows one to see which projects and clients are most profitable.

You can also see how much time each employee is spending on individual tasks. This helps you monitor productivity and see if someone is taking on too much or too little work. All in all, Toggl is a simple productivity software but can prove to be an invaluable tool for making sure tasks are completed with little or no delay.

 

8. Spark

When inboxes become a productivity killer, it may be time to give Spark a go. This intelligent email client collects all the emails from all your accounts and then automatically categorizes them. This way, you can prioritize the emails that matter most and snooze those that don't require your attention right now. You will only receive notifications for important emails.

Spark also allows you to assign emails to team members. Once you delegate an email to the right person, you can discuss the details with them in a private chat. Another cool feature is the ability to a generate link to a specific email from your inbox and share it with anyone along with comments and attachments. This truly comes in handy when you're working remotely.


Do you have any recommendations we have missed from our list? Let us know in the comments section below.