Field notes
chit at work
The same card, a different job in every pocket. chit learns the work of the person carrying it — the projects, the names, what counts as a next step — so a plumber and a loan officer hold the same button and get two different days back. These notes walk through what that looks like, trade by trade.
Field and trades
chit for HVAC
Your techs already say the quote out loud - chit turns it into the ticket before they leave the driveway.
Service plumberchit for plumbing
Every disputed invoice starts with a conversation nobody wrote down.
Electrician / foremanchit for electrical
What the inspector said on-site should not live only in your foreman's head.
Owner-operator / company driverchit for OTR trucking
Detention pay dies without a timestamp. Your drivers already narrate it - capture it.
Route driverchit for last-mile delivery
Every 'driver said / customer said' claim, settled by the recording.
Superintendentchit for construction
Your daily log is your delay-claim defense. Voice makes it actually get written.
Estimator / crew leadchit for roofing
The supplement you forgot to write down is the margin you lost.
Account manager / crew chiefchit for landscaping
Renewal season is won on the walkthroughs you documented in March.
Route techchit for pest control
Cancellations start as a complaint your tech heard and forgot.
Service advisor / master techchit for auto repair
Declined work is next quarter's pipeline - if anyone wrote it down.
Salesperson / BDCchit for used car sales
Your CRM knows the lead exists. It does not know what they said in the car.
Operatorchit for towing and recovery
Every damage claim starts after the car leaves your hook.
Shop leadchit for welding and fabrication
The change the customer 'never asked for' - recorded.
Multifamily maintenance techchit for property maintenance
Turnover season runs on punch lists nobody typed.
Site supervisorchit for commercial cleaning
Contracts churn on the punch items your supervisor heard and lost.
Crew lead / estimatorchit for moving and storage
Claims season is decided during the walkthrough, not the move.
Field techchit for appliance repair
Every second truck roll started with a part number nobody caught.
Techchit for locksmiths and security installers
In security, 'the customer told me to' needs a timestamp.
Site surveyor / crewchit for solar installation
Change orders are born in the survey conversation.
Inspectorchit for fire protection
NFPA reports write themselves when the inspector narrates the walk.
Mechanicchit for elevator service
Callbacks drop when the last visit's notes actually exist.
Pumper / field inspectorchit for oil and gas field services
One-handed capture for hands-full sites: hold the button, say it, let go.
Farm manager / crop scoutchit for agriculture
Scouting notes that survive the truck ride back.
Field mechanic / yard managerchit for heavy equipment and rental
Unbilled damage is a conversation your yard already had.
Shift supervisorchit for manufacturing
The night shift's context should not reset at 6am.
Ops supervisorchit for warehouses and 3PLs
OS&D claims are won at the dock door, in the first five minutes.
Office and professional
chit for residential real estate
Your buyer told you their real budget at the third showing. Where did it go?
Brokerchit for commercial real estate
Six-month deals die on forgotten verbal terms.
Portfolio PMchit for property management
Every owner churn started as a call your PM handled from the car.
Inspectorchit for home inspection
Your report is already spoken out loud during the inspection.
Appraiserchit for appraisal
Your workfile defense, narrated at the property.
Loan officerchit for mortgage
The rate you quoted is a compliance artifact. Capture it.
Signing agentchit for notary signing
One misexplained document is a claim. A recording is a defense.
P&C agent / producerchit for insurance sales
'You never offered me flood coverage' - yes you did, and it's on file.
Field adjusterchit for insurance claims
Every reopened claim is a conversation that was not documented.
RIA / advisorchit for financial advisory
Reg BI runs on documentation. chit captures the conversation your documentation comes from.
CPA / bookkeeperchit for accounting
Scope creep starts on calls nobody memorialized.
Attorneychit for legal
Privileged means your transcription vendor cannot be a co-defendant.
Recruiterchit for recruiting and staffing
The candidate's real number was said in minute four.
AE / SDRchit for B2B sales
Gong ends where the handshake begins. chit does not.
CSMchit for customer success
Churn announces itself in tone months before the email.
Consultantchit for consulting
The insight was said in the hallway after the workshop.
Reporterchit for journalism
Your recorder transcribes. It does not know your beat.
Host / producerchit for podcasters and creators
Show notes should not take longer than the show.
Practice managerchit for healthcare administration
The ops half of healthcare drowns in untracked conversations.
Scheduler / coordinatorchit for home health coordination
Family trust is built on remembered details.
Professor / researcherchit for higher education
Your IRB approved the study, not your transcription vendor.
Studentchit for students
The lecture you half-heard at 8am, back at full fidelity.
PM / researcherchit for product management
Your roadmap is buried in 40 user interviews nobody re-listened to.
Founder / execchit for executive leadership
You made 14 commitments today. chit remembers all of them.
Owner's rep / PMchit for AEC project management
OAC minutes, drafted before you reach the parking lot.
Field architect / engineerchit for architecture and engineering
CA documentation is your E&O policy's best friend.
Code inspectorchit for municipal inspection
Public records start as field conversations.
Case workerchit for social services
Same-day case notes without the 7pm typing.
Plannerchit for event planning
The bride said 'no peonies' exactly once. chit heard it.
Major-gifts officerchit for nonprofit development
Major gifts close on remembered details from meeting two.
Questions and comparisons
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Recording laws differ by state, and several require every party's consent. chit only captures while the button is held — know your state's rule before recording another person.