Real-time AI transcription and meeting notes — Otter joins your Zoom, Meet and Teams calls, transcribes in real time and generates AI summaries with action items
💰 Free plan · Pro from $16.99/mo · 🆓 Yes — free plan · 👥 Professionals, students and remote teams
Otter AI is a real-time transcription and AI meeting notes tool that transcribes conversations as they happen — during live Zoom, Google Meet and Teams calls or in-person meetings recorded on your phone. Its OtterPilot meeting assistant joins scheduled calls automatically, takes notes in real time and generates AI summaries with action items after each meeting. Otter's AI chat feature lets you ask questions across your transcript library — finding specific moments, generating follow-up emails or extracting decisions from past meetings.
Who is it for?
Professionals who attend many meetings and want automatic notes, journalists and researchers recording interviews, students capturing lectures and remote teams who want searchable meeting archives. Otter's free plan provides 300 transcription minutes per month — sufficient for light users.
Key Features
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Real-Time Transcription
Live transcription during meetings — see words appear on screen as people speak.
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OtterPilot
AI meeting assistant that joins calls automatically, takes notes and generates summaries.
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AI Chat
Ask questions about your meeting transcript — 'What were the action items?' answered instantly.
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Speaker ID
Identifies different speakers in recordings — know who said what across the whole meeting.
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In-Person Recording
Record and transcribe in-person meetings on mobile — not just video calls.
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Calendar Integration
Connects to Google and Outlook Calendar — OtterPilot joins scheduled meetings automatically.
Pros & Cons
What we like
Real-time transcription is best-in-class
In-person meeting recording on mobile is unique
AI chat with your transcript is genuinely useful
Free plan includes 300 monthly transcription minutes
Speaker identification is accurate
Calendar integration makes it hands-free
Watch out for
Free plan limited to 300 minutes/month
Fathom has unlimited free recordings for video calls
Pro plan at $16.99/mo is pricier than Fathom's free plan
Otter AI has a free plan with 300 monthly transcription minutes, limited AI summaries and basic features. Pro at $16.99/month provides 1,200 monthly minutes, unlimited AI summaries and OtterPilot for automatic meeting joining.
Fathom has a more generous free plan — unlimited video call recordings and AI summaries at no cost. Otter AI is better for in-person meeting transcription on mobile and real-time transcription during calls. For remote teams who primarily need video call notes, Fathom's free plan is better value; for in-person meetings or real-time transcription, Otter AI is the stronger choice.