Otter

Otter is an AI meeting notetaker that transcribes live, summarizes meetings, captures action items and answers questions across past calls.

Otter records and transcribes meetings in real time with speaker identification and support for several languages. It can join Zoom, Microsoft Teams and Google Meet calls, or record on Mac, Windows, iOS and Android without a bot joining. After each meeting it writes a summary with decisions, action items and insights, assigns next steps, and for sales teams extracts deal details into the CRM. Otter AI Chat searches across meetings and connected apps to answer questions and draft follow-ups, reports and other content, and meetings can be grouped by team or project in shared spaces. Plans run from a free tier with monthly transcription minutes to Pro, Business and Enterprise, including an Otter Sales Notetaker with live coaching.

Otter at a glance

Best for: Sales, Director, Product manager, Founder, HR, Student
Runs on: Web, macOS, Windows, iOS, Android, Chrome extension, Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Slack, API
Pricing: Free with 300 minutes/month; Pro $16.99/month ($8.33 billed annually); Business $30/user/month ($19.99 annually); Enterprise custom
Released: February 2018
Category: AI productivity tool
Website: otter.ai

Key features

Live transcription with speaker identification
Meeting agent for Zoom, Teams and Google Meet
Bot-free recording on desktop and mobile
Summaries, decisions and action items
Otter AI Chat across meetings and apps
CRM sync of deal details
Audio and video file import

Use it for

Transcribe interviews or lectures
Capture sales call notes and update the CRM
Search what was said across many meetings

Companions

Tools that articles about Otter recommend using with it, each with its job.

ChatGPT — Pulls decisions, owners and deadlines from each transcript.
Claude — Builds timelines and quote tables across many interviews.
Notion AI — Searchable database of summaries and assigned to-dos.
Slack — Posts owners and deadlines minutes after the call.
Grammarly — Polishes the piece you write from the transcripts.
Zapier — Chains Otter, ChatGPT and Notion once the prompt is stable.

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Scribbl — Records meetings without adding a bot to the participant list.
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Jottoo — Bot-free meeting notes with tasks and end-to-end encryption

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