Otter

Award-winning voice-first team collaboration app for meetings and conversations.
Press Releases
New Otter® Chrome Extension Makes it Easier than Ever to OtterPilot™ Your Zoom and Google Meet Meetings with an AI-powered Assistant
Today Otter.ai launched the new Otter® Chrome Extension for Zoom and Google Meet.
Productivity Hacks
How to write a follow-up email from a discovery call
Writing a follow-up email after a discovery call is an important step in building and maintaining relationships with clients or prospects. Here are some tips for writing a successful follow-up email.
Productivity Hacks
Three Ways to Improve Your Sales Cycle
The sales cycle is a critical process for any business, as it involves building relationships with potential customers and guiding them towards making a purchase. However, it can also be a challenging and time-consuming process. Here are three ways to improve your sales cycle and close deals faster.
Productivity Hacks
How you can use AI to uplevel your recruiting efforts at your company
Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to revolutionize the recruitment process, making it more efficient, effective, and data-driven. Here's how to use AI to uplevel your recruiting efforts, including using Otter.ai.
Productivity Hacks
Top Tools for Sales Teams in 2023
When it comes to sales, teams need tools that can help them streamline processes, improve communication, and gain valuable insights to drive success. It's important to consider factors such as ease of use, integrations with existing tools, and cost when selecting the right tools for your team.Here are some of the top tools for sales teams in 2023.
Product Update
Otter’s New OtterPilot™ is the Smart AI Meeting Assistant You’ve Been Waiting For
Otter’s new OtterPilot™ is the smart AI meeting assistant that automates meetings from start to finish.
Press Releases
Otter Surpasses 1 Billion Meetings Transcribed and Launches OtterPilot™: The Smart AI Meeting Assistant to Eliminate Note-taking and Automate Meeting Summaries
Otter.ai is launching OtterPilot™, the smart AI meeting assistant that automates meetings from start to finish to help professionals and teams save time and increase meeting productivity.
Productivity Hacks
Improve Collaboration for your Company All-Hands Calls
All-hands calls are an essential tool for companies to keep their employees informed, engaged, and working towards common goals. However, it can be challenging to ensure that everyone is collaborating effectively during these calls. Here are some ways to improve collaboration during all-hands calls.
Productivity Hacks
How new AI meeting tools can improve collaboration and productivity across your organization
2023 has already seen a lot of new innovations when it comes to AI. It’s more clear than obvious than ever that adopting new AI meeting tools can improve collaboration and productivity across your organization. ‍Here are a couple reasons why you should consider incorporating AI at your company.
Productivity Hacks
Ways to improve your interviewing skills
Improving your interviewing skills can help you to evaluate candidates more effectively and make better hiring decisions. Here are some ways to improve your interviewing skills.
Press Releases
Otter.ai Appoints New Chief Growth Officer as Viral Growth Triples
Today, Otter.ai announced the appointment of Darius Contractor as Chief Growth Officer. Darius joined Otter last year as a growth advisor leveraging expertise gained during leadership roles at a variety of high growth tech companies, including Dropbox, Airtable, and Meta, where he was responsible for user scaling, agile management, rapid iteration, product strategy, and many other aspects of company growth.
Productivity Hacks
The Most Essential Productivity and Meeting Tools for Consulting Agencies
Small consulting agencies need meeting tools that are efficient, cost-effective, and easy to use. Here are some top tools for small consulting agencies:
Productivity Hacks
8 Ways to Up-level Client Communication in 2023
Effective communication in client meetings is crucial for any agency, as you look to build trust, establish clear expectations, and ensure that projects are completed on time and to the client's satisfaction. There are several ways to improve your client communication and meetings.
Productivity Hacks
Transcription Technology that Can Make Your Work Environment More Inclusive
Transcription technology can be a valuable tool for creating more inclusive work environments, particularly for individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing, or who have difficulty speaking or understanding spoken language.
Productivity Hacks
How to Become a Better Interviewer
As an interviewer, it's essential to ask questions that will help you evaluate a candidate's fit for the role and assess their skills and experience. Here are some tips for becoming a better interviewer.
Productivity Hacks
The Future of Meetings
The future of meetings is likely to involve a combination of in-person and virtual interactions. With the rise of remote work, it's becoming increasingly common for people to participate in meetings remotely, using videoconferencing tools like Zoom, Skype, and Google Meet.
Productivity Hacks
4 Ways Otter Can Improve Client Meetings for Agencies in 2023
As technology continues to advance, it's important for agencies to stay current and adopt tools that can help them better serve their clients. One such tool that agencies should consider adopting for client meetings in 2023 is Otter.
Press Releases
Otter.ai Achieves SOC 2 Type II Attestation Report
Today Otter.ai is proud to announce that it has successfully completed its SOC 2 Type II audit and received a SOC 2 Type II report, reaffirming its commitment to keeping your information private and secure. This rigorous and independent assessment of its internal controls provides assurance that Otter.ai has the appropriate security measures.
Productivity Hacks
Become a Consultant in 2023 with these 8 Tips
Consultants play a critical role in helping organizations solve complex problems and improve their operations. Starting as a consultant can be a challenging but rewarding career path. Here are some steps you can take to get started.
Productivity Hacks
6 Tips to Make Meetings more Accessible in 2023
Corporate meetings are an essential part of business operations, but they can often be exclusionary for employees with disabilities. By making meetings more accessible, businesses can create a more inclusive and supportive work environment for all employees. Here are some tips for making corporate meetings more accessible.
Productivity Hacks
Conducting a Successful Sales Discovery Call
A sales discovery call is a conversation between a salesperson and a potential customer to learn more about the customer's needs and determine whether the company's products or services can meet those needs. Here are some tips for conducting a successful sales discovery call.
Productivity Hacks
Transcribe Audio to Text in 2023
Transcribing audio to text can be a useful tool for a variety of purposes. It can help with creating subtitles for videos, transcribing interviews for research, or even just making it easier to read through notes from a meeting. There are several different ways to transcribe audio to text, ranging from manual transcription to using automatic transcription software.
Productivity Hacks
Choosing Transcription Software in 2023
There are several factors to consider when choosing the best automatic transcription software for your needs. Here are a few key things to keep in mind.
Press Releases
With increase of over 600% growth in product-use in the last 2 years, Otter.ai is accelerating customer and company growth with new Chief Revenue Officer and VP of People
Today Otter.ai announced the appointment of Zack Cable as Chief Revenue Officer and Treena Diebolt as Vice President of People. In addition Darius Contractor has joined as a growth advisor.
Press Releases
One-third of meetings are unnecessary, costing companies millions (and no one is happy about it)
New Otter.ai study unveils that optimizing meeting attendance, while sharing automatic notes, can boost productivity and cut costs
Productivity Hacks
10 Tips to Maximize Your Working-from-Home Productivity
While many companies have brought their employees back to the office over the past year, remote work is here to stay. In fact, Ladder projects that 25% of all professional jobs in the U.S. will be remote by the end of 2022.
Productivity Hacks
How to Write a One on One Meeting Agenda
Clear communication is the foundation of every healthy relationship, especially in the workplace. According to Gallup, employees whose managers hold regular check-ins are almost three times as likely to be engaged as employees with managers that don’t.
Productivity Hacks
5 Myths & Misconceptions About Workplace Productivity
Productivity is always a hot topic for managers and business owners. That’s understandable—the more productive your employees are, the more your organization gets done, and the more potential you have for growth and success.
Productivity Hacks
7 Best Practices for Using Online Collaboration Tools
According to a survey from Gartner, almost 80 percent of workers used online collaboration tools for work in 2021. That’s a significant increase since the start of the pandemic, and the trend looks set to continue through 2022.
Product Update
Everything to Know about Otter Plan Updates and Price Change
Over the last couple of years, we’ve experienced tremendous change - from our growing user base (that’s you!), to the issues Otter is solving in our now remote and hybrid work environments, to the product itself. 
Productivity Hacks
Free Customizable Team Meeting Agenda Template for All Industries
In past articles, we’ve offered meeting agenda templates for sales team meetings, sprint planning meetings, and more. 
Productivity Hacks
How to Choose the Best Note Taking Software in 2022
From simple web apps to advanced, AI-driven note taking software, students have never had more options when it comes to capturing information. But with these great opportunities comes the great responsibility of sorting through different solutions to find the right one for the job.
Productivity Hacks
6 Effective Meeting Tips for Hybrid Teams
Recent Gallup data confirms what many employees and employers have already begun to suspect: that the COVID-19 pandemic has fundamentally changed the way we work, for the foreseeable future.
Productivity Hacks
6 Productivity Quotes from History's Greatest Speeches
Summer can be a tough time to get things done, as vacations, travel, and other plans naturally pull us away from productivity. But unfortunately, letting off the gas too much in these critical months can leave you falling behind on your big projects and goals (or even your day-to-day responsibilities).
Productivity Hacks
How to Write an Agenda for a Meeting
Writing an agenda for a meeting might seem straightforward: you think through the topics you want to cover, list them in an outline format, and distribute your notes to the group.
Productivity Hacks
The 22 Best Project Management Tools By Team Size
No two project management tools are created equally. From their specific features to their aesthetic appeal, project management solutions come in all shapes and sizes.
Productivity Hacks
10 Best Productivity Apps for Hybrid Teams in 2022
Hybrid work has emerged as the new go-to work arrangement for many companies as they look to balance the benefits of in-office culture and workers’ desire to stay remote. Transitioning to a hybrid arrangement from either fully remote or in-office work isn’t always easy, but the right tools can help organize and optimize blended teams.‍
Productivity Hacks
How to Choose the Right Productivity Software for Your Company
When COVID-19 hit in 2020, companies everywhere had to rush to put tools into place that would allow their businesses to stay afloat. Yet, given how quickly these changes were made, many companies are now finding that the productivity software they implemented may not be the right fit for the long-term, as work gets back to normal.
Productivity Hacks
How to Increase Buy-In for New Team Collaboration Tools
Team collaboration tools are key to maintaining productivity across work groups. But implementing new digital solutions can be difficult, especially when many teams are now toggling a remote-hybrid schedule. At the same time, many people dislike change—even if it’s for the better.
Press Releases
Meet the new Otter - the one stop for meeting needs for the half billion hybrid work professionals
Today Otter.ai announced the new Otter, releasing a major update to its AI-powered meeting collaboration and note-taking tool
Press Releases
Long-Time Zoom Chief Revenue Officer, Greg Holmes, Joins Otter.ai Advisory Board
Today Otter.ai announced the appointment of Greg Holmes as a strategic advisor to the company. Greg brings over 20 years of experience in sales
Productivity Hacks
Why It's Important to Rethink How to Manage your Energy — and Your Meetings
Summer is winding down, and for most of us, that means the end of vacations and a refocus on work. This year, we’re in an environment that...
Press Releases
Otter Chrome Extension Makes Adding Meeting Notes to Google Calendar Invites Easy
Otter’s Chrome Extension makes it easy to add meeting notes to Google Calendar invite with "Add Otter Meeting Notes" button
Press Releases
Automated Meeting Notes Even Easier with Otter Assistant Now Available on Any Major Video Platform
With over 500 million daily users on Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, as well as Zoom, Otter Assistant is an essential tool for the increasing...
Customer Stories
Featured Ethical Business Strategist — Lucie Chiochetti
When done right, meetings can be the gateway to innovation and progress. Therefore, recording the proceedings of these events is just as important...
Customer Stories
Featured Product Manager — Megan Huynh
Since the onset of the global pandemic, there has been a massive shift in the way businesses conduct their operations. As remote working...
Other
Microsoft Word(DOCX)エクスポートと自動改行付きSRT
Otter Pro と Otter for Business の新機能が追加され、Microsoft Word (DOCX) と SRT の自動改行機能により、Otter からのエクスポートがより簡単行えます
Productivity Hacks
Choosing the Best Audio to Text Converter
Taking notes during meetings can be difficult. It’s hard to keep up with the speed people talk, and it’s even harder to take notes and listen to what people are saying at the same time. You could go back through recordings ( if there is a recording ) but this.
Customer Stories
Featured Film Teacher — Adam Burns
The Coronavirus pandemic caused thousands of classes, seminars, and meetings to shift online. This has become a massive struggle for educators...
Customer Stories
Featured Nursing Student — Veronica Conley
The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in millions of schools being shut across the globe. As a result, education changed drastically, with e-learning...
Customer Stories
Featured CEO — Joanne Brooks
In the pre-pandemic world, virtual meetings and online seminars were a rarity, usually conducted on an experimental basis only. But now, everyone...
Customer Stories
Featured CEO & Board Advisor — James Routledge
Strategic leaders strive to cultivate an environment conducive to the growth of their employees. Meetings are a great way for them to gauge the...
Other
Announcing The Winners Of Otter Stories
We are thrilled to announce the winners of our Otter Stories Video Contest! We received over three hundred video submissions and we were inspired b...
Press Releases
New Chief Design Officer and Advisors Will Continue to Drive Innovation at Otter.ai
Product design veteran, Richard Ward, has been named chief design officer, AI speech trailblazers Adam Cheyer, the co-founder of Siri...
Customer Stories
Featured Educator — Juliet Inyang
Hundreds of conferences were postponed, canceled, or shifted online due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This has become a massive hassle...
Customer Stories
Featured Entrepreneur — Amy Modglin
The 2020 pandemic left everyone locked in their houses, isolated from one another. As the communication landscape rapidly shifted, people had to...
Customer Stories
Featured Video Producer — Lucinda Emms
Conducting video interviews is no easy task. It takes journalistic skills and critical expertise to ask the right questions at the right time...
How To
Otter.ai for Clubdeck
Transcribe, highlight, & share Clubhouse live!
Press Releases
Send Your Otter.ai Assistant to Zoom Meetings to Maximize Productivity in Hybrid Work Era
Automatically joins your Zoom meetings, takes notes, and shares them with meeting participants to improve team collaboration
Customer Stories
Featured Entrepreneur – Paulina Karpis
Otter became an essential part of brunchwork’s daily workflow after the pandemic hit. Before Covid 90% of their revenue came from in-person events...
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Otterを用いたZoomウェビナーの書き起こし
Zoomウェビナー用のOtter Live Notesは、ウェビナーにリアルタイムの英語文字起こし機能を追加します。参加者は、Otterをブラウザウィンドウや、スマートフォン等のデバイスで確認し、文字起こしの確認や、テキストの強調表示やコメントの追加をすることができます
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Otterを用いたZoomへのリアルタイム字幕表示
Otter for Live Captions for Zoom 機能を用いて、Zoom会議やウェビナーにリアルタイムで英語の字幕を付与することが出来ます。
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コメント機能
コメント機能により、共同編集者と書き起こしデータにメモで注釈を付与する、メッセージ交換をすることが可能です
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New Data Reveal Meeting Changes Needed as Companies Evaluate Hybrid Work Plans
This week Microsoft announced it was inviting more employees back to campus and that their workforce was on “the brink of a disruption” with a move to hybrid work. The software giant shared that while they were evolving their own hybrid work strategy, they knew for sure that “flexible work
Press Releases
Don’t Zoom in too close: 30% of us are wearing PJs in work meetings, some no pants at all!
YouGov/Otter.ai survey reveals how we’ve adapted to working from home (WFH) over the past year since the onset of the pandemic
Press Releases
Otter.ai raises $50 million Series B led by Spectrum Equity to address over a billion users of online meetings
Plans to triple headcount this year to expand go to market capabilities development resources focused on online meetings through AI...
Press Releases
Otter.ai Launches Live Notes and Captions for 100 Million Daily Users of Google Meet
New Live Notes and Video Captions integration is aimed at enhancing business communication and collaboration for the 100 million daily users of...
How To
Choose Who You Share With
How Privacy Works When You Share At Otter.ai, your privacy is paramount to us. We know some conversations are meant to stay between just you or...
How To
How to live transcribe Zoom meetings with Otter.ai and Soundflower on Mac
The easiest way to live transcribe a video meeting on a Mac without playing the sound on speaker mode is by using Otter.ai - here's how...
Press Releases
Otter.ai Launches Virtual Events Collaboration Service
Perfect for events of all sizes, online or offline, including Zoom Webinars...
Press Releases
Otter for Education Transforms Remote Learning
Otter.ai deployed for distance learning over Zoom, as well as other online video lecturing platforms...
How To
Why did my Otter price change?
Here are answers to a few common questions about price changes: How will I know if my price is changing? If your price is changing, Otter will...
Product Update
How to configure SAML single sign-on (SSO) in Otter.ai
SAML-based single sign-on (SSO) gives members access to Otter through an identity provider (IDP) of your choice.
Other
Otter.ai announces Live Notes for Zoom on CNBC Squawk Alley
Otter Live Video Meeting Notes is a new feature that enables Zoom meeting hosts to provide live transcription and collaborative note-taking to all participants, making remote work and learning more accessible and productive.
Press Releases
Otter.ai Releases Secure, Live Interactive Transcripts to Support Remote Work and Distance Learning
Otter.ai Live Notes Available First to Otter for Teams and Zoom Subscribers - Additional Video Collaboration Integrations Coming
How To
Otter.ai Live Notes Demo
Otter Live Notes enables the hosts of Zoom Meetings & Webinars to provide live transcription in a separate browser window. Speakers are identified post-meeting.
Press Releases
Otter.ai Offers COVID-19 Relief for SMBs, Educators and Teams Working from Home
To support SMBs, educators, and teams at large enterprises during the Coronavirus outbreak, Otter.ai is offering two months free service of its...
Press Releases
UCLA Empowers Students with Learning Disabilities with Artificial Intelligence App from Otter.ai
UCLA Students Receiving Academic Accommodations for Note Taking Are Offered Otter Voice Meeting Notes
Press Releases
Teleworkers Use Otter.ai Voice Note Taking Platform to Capture and Share Virtual Meetings
Highly Accurate Shared Meeting Notes and Transcriptions Used for Remote Worker Productivity by Global Businesses
How To
How to unhide your Apple ID email in Otter
How to unhide your Apple ID email in Otter so that you will receive conversations shared to your real email address, and people you share to will recognize it's from you.
Press Releases
Otter.ai expands in Japan in partnership with NTT DOCOMO
Otter.ai to Bring AI-Powered Meeting Note Collaboration Service to Japan in partnership with NTT DOCOMO
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Otterのよくある質問|英語音声の文字起こしアプリOtter
Otterのよくある質問ページです。Otterは英語音声の文字起こしアプリです。英語音声を精度高くリアルタイムでテキスト化。英語会議や海外出張でのイベント、英語動画や洋画での英語の勉強などビジネス・プライベート様々なシーンで活躍すること間違いなし。
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A Year In Review 2019
in 2019, 1 million+ member joined Otter community, ottered over 150 million minutes of conversations. Otter.ai is for automatic meeting notes.
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Otterご利用ガイド|英語音声の文字起こしアプリOtter
Otterのご利用ガイドページです。Otterはの英語音声の文字起こしアプリです。英語音声を精度高くリアルタイムでテキスト化。英語会議や海外出張でのイベント、英語動画や洋画での英語の勉強などビジネス・プライベート様々なシーンで活躍すること間違いなし。
Product Update
Otter’s new Highlight Summary feature turns your meeting notes into a summary that you can share
One of the most requested features is now available! This simple but effective feature ‘ottermagically’ creates a summary of all your highlights...
Product Update
Microsoft Word (DOCX) Export and SRT with Automatic Line Breaks
Exporting from Otter just got easier with Microsoft Word (DOCX) and auto-cut SRT support – new exclusive features in Otter Premium and Otter for Te...
Press Releases
Otter.ai Named Frost & Sullivan's Entrepreneurial Company of the Year for Real-Time Meeting Assistance Services
Otter.ai Named Frost & Sullivan's Entrepreneurial Company of the Year for Real-Time Meeting Assistance Services.
Customer Stories
Featured Student - Jo-Ann Christina
Jo-Ann Christina started using Otter as a way to capture notes and details during courses. A truly dedicated student, she had found that...
Customer Stories
Featured Student - Michaela O'Neill
Michaela O'Neill needed help. Asperger’s Syndrome kept her mind wandering and losing focus during class. She knew she needed to pay attention...
Press Releases
College Students Use Artificial Intelligence-Powered Note Taker
Tens of thousands of students at universities across the country are using Otter.ai to stay on top of classes, reading lists, group assignments...
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How do you Otter?
Submit your Otter Stories before October 31st and get a chance to win 1 year free premium services of Otter. Sign up now.
How To
Collaborate, Manage, and Search Media Files with Otter and Dropbox Integration
You can collaborate, manage and search media files with Otter and Dropbox Integration. For more Info, Sign up here.
Press Releases
Otter.ai Integrates with Dropbox to Collaborate, Manage, and Search Video and Audio Files
Otter Voice Meeting Notes Streamlines Workflow, Saves Time, and Reduces Cost for Customers in Advertising, Broadcasting, Publishing...
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The New York Times, Nicholas Fandos swoons over Otter.ai
Nicholas Fandos covers the Capitol, where “a lot of energy goes into being in the right place at the right time.” Some in-house resources help. How do New York Times journalists use technology in their jobs and in their personal lives? Nicholas Fandos, a reporter in Washington who covers Congress,
Otter Podcast
Jeremy Caplan on Otter and AI for Journalists
Jeremy Caplan, Director of Education for the Tow-Knight Center for Entrepreneurial Journalism at the City University of New...
Otter Podcast
Dale Beaumont recommends Otter at Youpreneur Summit
Dale Beaumont is a dynamic and compelling business educator, speaker, entrepreneur and author, Dale...
Press Releases
Otter.ai Adds Custom Vocabulary to Otter Voice Notes AI App for iOS, Android and Web
Otter Addresses the Challenges of Jargon, Acronyms and Names to Increase Accuracy
Press Releases
Otter.ai Showcases AI-Powered Live Transcription at USDA Event in Support of Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD)
Otter Embraced by Deaf, Hard-of-Hearing and Disability Community, Students with Accommodations, and Corporate and Government Users Seeking...
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Otter.ai Selected for AI-Powered Zoom Live Transcriptions
Zoom demonstrates live transcription capability powered by Otter.ai at Enterprise Connect
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Otter.ai Announces Otter for Teams, Bringing AI-Powered Collaboration Assistant to Businesses
Artificial intelligence and speech experts from Google, Yahoo and Facebook launch first enterprise version of award winning Otter app