Otter.ai

Otter.ai is the AI meeting assistant that automatically joins your Zoom, Google Meet, and Microsoft Teams calls to record, transcribe, and summarize everything — so participants can be present in the conversation instead of frantically taking notes. With over 10 million users across education, business, and media, it’s become the default transcription layer for distributed teams.

The transcription accuracy is strong across accents and speakers, with automatic speaker labeling that attributes each line to the correct person. Live transcripts appear in real time during the meeting, letting participants catch missed words, paste quotes instantly into documents, or share context with someone who joins late.

Otter’s AI meeting summary extracts action items, key decisions, and next steps automatically, delivering them to your email or Slack within minutes of the meeting ending. You can search across all your meeting transcripts to find what was decided about any topic across months of conversations — invaluable for distributed teams and managers handling many recurring meetings.

OtterPilot joins meetings autonomously even without you attending, and can answer questions mid-meeting in a shared Otter notepad visible to all participants. The AI chat feature lets you ask questions about the transcript: “What did Sarah say about the Q3 budget?” returns the relevant passage with timestamp.

Otter Basic is free with 600 minutes/month and 3 AI transcriptions. Pro ($16.99/month) extends to 6,000 minutes with advanced AI features. Business plans add team management, Salesforce integration, and custom vocabulary.