Otter

Otter is an AI meeting assistant for people who need a searchable record of conversations without taking notes by hand. It can join scheduled Zoom, Microsoft Teams, and Google Meet calls through a connected calendar, or record conversations from its web, desktop, iOS, and Android apps. During a meeting and after it ends, Otter produces live transcription, identifies speakers, and turns the discussion into summaries, action items, and searchable notes. AI Chat works within and across meetings, while playback keeps audio and text synchronized for review. The free Basic plan is useful for testing the workflow, but it is capped at 300 transcription minutes each month and three lifetime file imports. Pro raises the allowance to 1,200 in-app recording minutes and ten monthly imports, though each meeting can last only 90 minutes. Business is better suited to teams that need longer meetings, concurrent attendance, admin controls, and prioritized support. Buyers should also account for plan-specific integration access and the need to review automated transcripts when names, accents, or specialist vocabulary matter. For conversation-centered search versus connected work apps, [compare Otter and Read AI meeting search](https://goze.tools/en/articles/read-ai-vs-otter-meeting-search). Planning qualitative research? Use [the customer interview meeting-notes workflow](/en/articles/ai-meeting-notes-customer-interviews) to compare consent, capture, and synthesis requirements. Before rolling out meeting capture, use the [AI meeting notes privacy checklist](/en/articles/ai-meeting-notes-privacy-checklist) to test consent, retained artifacts, sharing, integrations, retention, and deletion.