Otter.ai is an AI meeting assistant that turns speech into text in real time. It is made by Otter.ai, a company based in Mountain View, California, founded by Sam Liang and Yun Fu. The Otter app launched in 2018.
Otter can join Zoom, Google Meet and Microsoft Teams calls on its own, record them and produce a live transcript. After the meeting it writes a summary and a list of action items. Users can search past meetings and ask questions about them in a chat. It also records in-person meetings through its mobile app. Otter can also send notes by email after each call and sync them to tools such as Slack and Salesforce. Teams can share transcripts, add comments and highlight key moments.
There is a free Basic plan with monthly minute limits. Pro, Business and Enterprise plans add more minutes, longer meetings and admin features. Sales teams, journalists, students and remote workers are common users.