Otter.ai
FreemiumAI meeting assistant that joins your calls, transcribes conversations live, and produces shareable notes, summaries, and action items.
✨ Key Features
Live transcription with speaker labels
Auto-generated summaries
Action item extraction
Joins Zoom, Meet, and Teams
Searchable meeting archive
Chat with your transcripts
Pros
- Accurate out of the box
- Saves an hour of notes weekly
- Easy sharing with teammates
Cons
- Minutes capped on lower tiers
- Speaker labels occasionally drift
📝 About Otter.ai
Otter.ai is the meeting notetaker that shows up so you do not have to scribble. It joins Zoom, Google Meet, and Microsoft Teams calls, transcribes in real time with speaker labels, and hands you a tidy summary with action items before you have closed the laptop.
The searchable archive becomes a memory of every customer call and standup, and you can chat with past transcripts to recall who promised what. The 2026 releases lean further into agents that can answer questions live during meetings.
It fits anyone whose calendar is a wall of back-to-back calls, from recruiters to consultants to students recording lectures. The free plan covers light use with a few hundred monthly minutes, while Pro and Business tiers add headroom, integrations, and admin controls.
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