Typing and note-taking can require lots of time that many of us don’t have – a problem that can be avoided by getting your hands on one of these great dictation apps for your smartphone and tablet. Alon Dictaphone is notable for its sleek, professional interface. You can dictate notes and memos swiftly, and record and share important, high-quality sound recordings from your phone or tablet. To save recordings, Alon allows recordings to be uploaded to cloud-based storage such as Dropbox. The app is $4.99 for iOS and $10 for Android. Dragon Dictation uses its ‘NaturallySpeaking’ software to turn speech into text at a rate that’s up to five times…