Otter.ai

What is Otter.ai?

Otter.ai is an AI meeting assistant that records conversations and turns them into searchable transcripts. It can join online meetings automatically, transcribe in real time, label who is speaking and produce summaries with action items afterward. It is used by professionals, sales and recruiting teams, students and journalists who spend a lot of time in meetings, interviews or lectures. Instead of taking notes by hand, you can focus on the conversation and search or share the transcript later. Otter also lets you ask questions about a meeting in a chat, and import existing audio or video recordings for transcription.

Key features of Otter.ai

• Live transcription

  Converts speech to text in real time during meetings and recordings.

• Meeting assistant

  Joins scheduled Zoom, Google Meet and Microsoft Teams calls to record and transcribe them.

• Automatic summaries

  Creates meeting summaries and lists of action items after the call.

• Speaker identification

  Labels different speakers in the transcript.

• Meeting chat

  Lets you ask questions about what was said in one or more meetings.

• File import

  Transcribes uploaded audio and video recordings.

How to use Otter.ai

1. 01Sign up at otter.ai and connect your calendar if you want it to join meetings automatically.
2. 02Let the Otter assistant join a Zoom, Google Meet or Microsoft Teams call, or press record in the app for in-person conversations.
3. 03Follow the live transcript during the meeting, or upload an existing recording.
4. 04Review the summary and action items afterward, and share or export the notes.

Use cases of Otter.ai

• Team meeting notes

  Capture decisions and action items without assigning a note taker.

• Interviews

  Record and transcribe user, job or press interviews for later review.

• Lectures and classes

  Get a searchable transcript of a lecture to study from.

• Sales calls

  Review what a customer asked and share notes with the team.

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