Otter.ai

Meeting transcription and AI notes

Productivity Freemium Has API
Researched · Published · Reviewed
RECATOOLS Score
7.3 / 10
Capability
7
Value for money
7
Ease of use
8
ASEAN readiness
5
API quality
6
Founded
2016
HQ
Mountain View, California, USA
Users
12m+ users
Launched
Jun 2026
Developer
Sam Liang, Yun Fu

Overview

Otter records meetings, transcribes speech in real-time, identifies speakers, and produces structured summaries with action items. Integrates with Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams. Used by 2M+ professionals; free tier gives 300 monthly transcription minutes.

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Pricing

Pricing shown for reference only. These figures reflect RECATOOLS research as of 19 May 2026 and may be out of date or incomplete. This is not financial or purchasing advice — always confirm the current price on the provider’s official website before making any decision.

Free
Free
600 minutes per month transcription, 3 AI summaries

Use cases

Meeting transcription Action item extraction Searchable archive
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ASEAN Perspective

Otter.ai in Southeast Asia

ASEAN-region availability and pricing notes coming soon. Drop the editorial team a note via /contact/ if you can supply local context (Singapore/Malaysia/Indonesia/Thailand/Vietnam).

RECATOOLS Verdict

Otter.ai is a well-established AI transcription and meeting-assistant tool with a live OtterPilot that joins calls, captures notes, and generates summaries and action items. Real-time English transcription quality is strong and the integrations with Zoom, Teams and Google Meet are solid.

It suits individuals and teams running mostly English meetings; accuracy drops for heavy accents, multilingual calls and non-English audio, which matters in ASEAN. The free tier is limited on minutes, and privacy-sensitive orgs should review its data handling before letting a bot auto-join meetings.

Independent AI-assisted assessment by RECATOOLS.

Notable facts

  • Otter.ai processes over 2 million hours of audio per month, making it one of the world's largest automatic speech recognition deployments.
  • The tool's speaker identification feature can distinguish between up to 10 different voices in a single meeting and automatically label who said what.
  • Otter's real-time transcription latency is under 2 seconds — meaning the transcript appears on screen almost as the words are being spoken.

Frequently asked questions

Is Otter.ai free?
Yes. The free plan allows 600 minutes of transcription per month and 3 AI summaries per month.
Does Otter.ai work with Microsoft Teams?
Yes. Otter joins Teams meetings automatically as a bot and produces transcripts and summaries.
Can Otter.ai identify different speakers?
Yes. Otter uses voice recognition to label each speaker differently in the transcript (Speaker 1, Speaker 2, etc.).
Is Otter.ai transcript accurate?
Generally 90%+ accurate for clear audio in a quiet environment. Accuracy drops with accents, background noise, or multiple simultaneous speakers.
Can I use Otter.ai for university lectures?
Yes, many students use Otter to record and transcribe lectures for review later.

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