Otter.ai
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AI Notetaker, Transcription, Insights
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Features
54 features across 27 categories
AI Assistant(1)
Smart AI Meeting Assistant that provides advanced meeting insights and automation
AI Chat(1)
Voice-activated AI that can answer questions about past conversations and help extract key information
Accessibility(1)
Real-time captions during Zoom and Google Meet meetings
Administration(4)
Efficiently manage multiple users in bulk operations
Manage billing for multiple users and teams from one dashboard
Automatically capture all meetings from a domain
Manage team members, permissions, and access controls
Analytics(1)
Track transcription usage, meeting metrics, and team activity
Automation(1)
Send AI Notetaker to meetings for automatic real-time transcription and note-taking
Collaboration(2)
Multiple team members can edit notes and annotations in real-time
Add highlights, text notes, comments, and images during or after meetings
Compliance(2)
HIPAA-compliant infrastructure for healthcare organizations
Automatic email notification when meetings are recorded
Content Creation(1)
Captures and organizes thoughts into structured outlines with key insights and quote extraction
Customization(3)
Pre-built templates for meeting structures and note formats
Customize the name of the AI notetaker bot in your meetings
Learn and recognize custom terms, jargon, acronyms, and speaker names
Editing(1)
Edit text, speaker tags, and time codes in transcripts
Education(1)
Specialized notetaker for lectures with automatic connection to Google and Microsoft Calendar
Export(1)
Export as MP3, TXT, PDF, DOCX, SRT with bulk export capabilities
Integration(5)
Automatically join meetings when connected to Google Calendar or Microsoft Outlook
Automatically syncs meeting insights, notes, and deal details to Salesforce, HubSpot, and other CRMs
Securely connect meeting knowledge to ChatGPT, Claude, and other AI chat tools
Automatic sync of recordings from Zoom and Dropbox
Connect with hundreds of apps through Zapier automation
Localization(1)
Transcription and summarization in English, French, Spanish, and other languages
Organization(2)
Organize meetings by team, project, or topic for better collaboration and searchability
Organize transcripts and notes into folders for better management
Privacy(1)
Option to remove audio from conversations while keeping transcripts
Recording(6)
Ability to record and transcribe multiple meetings simultaneously
Bot-free recording on desktop or Chrome extension
Capture meetings on mobile devices with iOS and Android apps
Control playback speed (0.5x to 3x), skip silence, and sync audio with text
Automatically capture slides from virtual meetings
Replay and rewatch Zoom and Google Meet video recordings
Recruiting(1)
Provides real-time answers during interviews, extracts candidate insights, and syncs to Greenhouse
Sales Automation(3)
Real-time coaching and guidance during sales calls
Specialized AI notetaker for sales teams that automates follow-ups and captures deal details
Handles live demos and meeting bookings directly from your website with personalized video calls
Search(1)
Search by keywords, speakers, date ranges, and other parameters
Security(4)
Detailed logs of user activities and transcript access for compliance
Granular control over who can access, share, and manage recordings
Enterprise SSO integration for centralized authentication
Support for authenticator apps and SMS for enhanced security
Sharing(1)
Share transcripts and notes via private channels and public links
Storage(1)
Access to past meeting transcripts and notes with unlimited storage
Summarization(2)
Automatically generates concise summaries including decisions, action items, and key insights
Extract key terms and visualize them as word clouds from meetings
Task Management(2)
Automatically extracts and assigns action items from meetings
Automatically captures annotations and assigns action items
Transcription(4)
Import pre-recorded audio and video files for automatic transcription
Live transcription of meetings with up to 95% accuracy in multiple languages
Real-time transcription during meeting playback with synchronized text and audio
Automatically identifies and tags speakers in meeting transcripts
Pricing
Basic
- ✓Zoom, MS Teams, and Google Meet AI Chat
- ✓New AI meeting workflows
- ✓3 lifetime audio/video file imports
- ✓Live transcription
- ✓Speaker identification
- ✓Audio recording playback
- ✓Multi-language support
- ✓iOS and Android apps
- ✓300 monthly transcription minutes
- ✓Automated AI meeting summaries
- ✓Unlimited meetings
Pro
- ✓Everything in Basic
- ✓1200 in-app recording minutes
- ✓Advanced AI workflows
- ✓10 monthly audio/video file imports
- ✓Up to 90 mins per meeting
- ✓New Advanced meeting templates
- ✓Unlimited storage
- ✓Team vocabulary & taggable speakers
- ✓Advanced search, export & playback
- ✓New Zapier integration
- ✓2 concurrent meetings
Business
Popular- ✓Everything in Pro
- ✓Unlimited meetings + in-app recordings
- ✓Custom AI workflows
- ✓Unlimited audio/video file imports
- ✓Up to 4 hours per meeting
- ✓Enhanced admin features: activity logs, usage analytics
- ✓3 concurrent meetings
- ✓Prioritized support
- ✓Best Value for medium-sized teams
Enterprise
- ✓Everything in Business
- ✓Unlimited custom AI workflows
- ✓Otter Sales Notetaker
- ✓Custom integrations (CRM, dialers)
- ✓Single Sign-On (SSO)
- ✓Enterprise-grade security & controls
- ✓Domain capture
- ✓HIPAA compliance
- ✓Video replay for Zoom and Google Meet
- ✓Dedicated Customer Success Manager
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