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What does it do?

  • Speech Recognition
  • Meeting Transcription
  • Lecture Transcription
  • Interview Transcription
  • Collaborative Editing

How is it used?

  • Use web or mobile app to transcribe speech to text in real-time.
  • 1. Start recording w/ app
  • 2. Review & edit text
  • 3. Share for collaboration
  • 4. Search terms & export
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Who is it good for?

  • Researchers
  • Journalists
  • Interviewers
  • Meeting Attendees
  • Lecturers

What does it cost?

  • Pricing model : Subscription
  • Free version : Yes
  • Starting monthly price : If billed monthly $16.99
  • Starting annual price : If billed yearly $9.17

Details & Features

  • Made By

    Otter.AI
  • Released On

    2016-05-16

Otter.ai is an AI-powered transcription tool that converts spoken words into written text in real-time. It is designed to assist with transcribing meetings, interviews, lectures, and other spoken content.

Key features:
- Real-time transcription of spoken words into text
- Speaker identification and labeling
- Searchable transcripts
- Highlighting and annotation of important sections
- Audio playback synchronized with text highlighting
- Collaboration tools for sharing and editing transcripts
- Integration with calendar apps for automatic meeting transcription
- Export options including PDF, DOCX, and SRT
- Available on mobile devices and web browsers
- Custom vocabulary for improved accuracy

How it works:
1. Users start a new recording or upload an audio file.
2. Otter.ai transcribes the speech in real-time as the audio plays.
3. Users can review, edit, highlight, and comment on the completed transcript.
4. Transcripts can be shared with others for collaboration.
5. Users can search within transcripts and export them in various formats.

Integrations:
- Zoom for automatic transcription of meetings
- Google Calendar for syncing and transcribing scheduled meetings
- Microsoft Calendar for syncing and transcribing scheduled meetings

Use of AI:
Otter.ai utilizes generative AI models trained on large amounts of speech data to understand and accurately transcribe spoken language. The AI can handle various accents, dialects, and specialized vocabulary.

How to access:
Otter.ai is available as a web application and mobile app for iOS and Android. It also offers an API for developers to integrate its transcription capabilities into their own applications.

  • Supported ecosystems
    Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, Google Colab, GitHub, iOS, Android, Apple, Zoom, Google, Microsoft, Android, Google, iOS, Apple, Dropbox, Zoom, Google, Microsoft, iOS, Apple, Android, Google
  • What does it do?
    Speech Recognition, Meeting Transcription, Lecture Transcription, Interview Transcription, Collaborative Editing
  • Who is it good for?
    Researchers, Journalists, Interviewers, Meeting Attendees, Lecturers

PRICING

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Pricing model: Subscription
Free version: Yes
Starting monthly price: If billed monthly $16.99
Starting annual price: If billed yearly $9.17

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