Tool · Voice and speech

Otter.ai

Joins your Zoom, Teams or Google Meet calls and writes down what is said, with speaker names and an AI summary you can ask questions of. You can also upload recordings. The free plan gives 300 minutes a month, 30 minutes per conversation.

Go to Otter.ai’s website

At a glance

Open or closed: Closed
Only usable through the maker's app or API
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Licence: Otter.ai Terms of Service (The maker's own terms)
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Can I sell what I make?: The terms don't say clearly
You keep ownership of uploads and transcripts (workspace accounts: the organisation owns them), but individual licences are 'for your personal, non-commercial use'. Business plans are aimed at teams; terms don't spell out commercial use of transcripts.
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Cost: Free option: Basic: 300 transcription minutes a month, 30 minutes per conversation, 3 lifetime file imports, 25 most recent conversations kept
Plans below.
How you use it: In your browser, Phone app
Pricing lists iOS and Android apps, Zoom/Teams/Meet integration and an MCP server. pdf, docx and srt export need Pro or above.
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Skill needed: No setup
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Made by: Otter.ai, Inc. (US)
Terms say the company operates 'from our offices in California' and give a Mountain View, CA address.
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Status: Available
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What you can make with it

A voice or speech, text from a recording (main use)

audio to textvideo to text

Live meeting transcription, file imports, speaker identification, AI chat and summaries (no task id for meeting notes).

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Plans and prices

Plan	Price	Includes
Basic	Free	300 minutes of audio a month
Pro (monthly)	$16.99 a month	1,200 minutes of audio a month
Pro (annual)	$8.33 a month, billed yearly	1,200 minutes of audio a month
Business (monthly)	$30 a month	unlimited (fair use)
Business (annual)	$19.99 a month, billed yearly	unlimited (fair use)

Some plans are not listed here; see the source for the full list.

Prices in USD per user. The page also showed a 50%-off Pro offer valid only with an India-issued card, left out. Student Pro: $79.99/year. Enterprise not published.

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Rights and safety

Trains on your work?: Trains on your work
Terms 18.4: aggregated or de-identified data may be used 'for machine learning and training'. No opt-out in the terms; the privacy policy was not read.
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Limits: max audio seconds: 1800; note: Free plan: 30 min per conversation; Pro 90 min; Business 4 h.
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About this entry

Facts last checked 12 Oct 2026 against the maker’s own pages (each fact links to its source). Entry status: draft. Plain-English summary written by Plainly.