Text To Speech
    Freemium
    Free Trial
    Sponsored

    Otter AI

    Text To Speech

    Otter.ai is an AI meeting assistant that joins Zoom, Google Meet, and Microsoft Teams to transcribe conversations in real time, identify speakers, and generate summaries with action items. It also imports recorded audio and video, supports live captioning, and offers AI chat across meetings. The product targets individuals and teams who need searchable, shareable meeting notes.

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    Features & details

    Full overview from our catalog (read-only reference).

    Category (short)
    Text To Speech
    Category
    Text To Speech
    Pricing (CSV)
    Free Trial
    Directory pricing
    Freemium
    Sponsored note
    no
    Target audience
    Marketers & growth teams
    Best for
    remote teams with heavy meeting volume, sales reps needing CRM-linked call notes, individuals who want automatic transcription and summaries, Not ideal for: users needing broadcast-grade transcription accuracy on poor audio or deep video editing workflows
    Pricing notes
    Verified July 2026 at otter.ai/pricing: Basic free (300 transcription minutes/mo, 30-min max per conversation, 3 lifetime file imports). Pro $8.33/user/mo annual ($16.99/mo monthly), 1,200 minutes/mo, 90-min meetings, 10 monthly imports. Business $19.99/user/mo annual ($30/mo monthly), unlimited in-app recordings, 4-hour meetings, unlimited imports. Enterprise custom (SSO, SCIM, API, HIPAA add-on). Student/teacher 20% discount on Pro with .edu email.

    Pros & cons

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    Pros

    • strong Zoom, Meet, and Teams bot integration
    • generous free tier for light users
    • AI chat and templates on paid plans
    • export to multiple formats

    Cons

    • minute caps can bite heavy users
    • advanced integrations locked to Business+
    • transcription quality drops on noisy calls

    Review notes

    Context from the listing review and editorial research.

    Otter is widely regarded as one of the easiest ways to get meeting notes without manual effort. Users praise accuracy on clear audio and collaboration features; complaints include minute limits on free/Pro tiers and occasional speaker-ID errors on overlapping speech.

    Extended features

    In-depth description and capability notes.

    Live transcription — real-time notes for Zoom, Meet, Teams, and in-app recording AI summaries — automated outlines, action items, and keyword highlights Speaker identification — tag speakers and track talk time AI Chat — query across meetings and transcripts (limits by plan) Meeting templates and workflows — structured notes for sales, interviews, and standups Integrations — Salesforce, HubSpot, Zapier, Otter MCP server (plan-dependent) Mobile and desktop apps — record, playback, export to PDF, DOCX, SRT

    Use cases

    Sales teams use Otter to capture call notes and sync highlights to CRM. Product and engineering teams rely on it for standup summaries and searchable decision logs. Students and journalists use it to transcribe interviews and lectures without manual note-taking.