Otter.ai
Real-time transcription meets AI meeting notes
The verdict
Otter.ai records and transcribes meetings in real time with speaker labels, synced audio playback, and automatic summary generation pushed to Slack or Notion within minutes of a call ending. It joins Zoom, Google Meet, and Microsoft Teams as a bot participant without requiring screen sharing. The free plan caps at 300 transcription minutes per month, which suits occasional use, but the $16.99/mo Pro plan is necessary for anyone attending more than a few meetings weekly. Transcription accuracy sits around 95 percent for clear English audio and falls off with heavy accents or more than three overlapping speakers. The AI-generated summaries are functional but shallower than what more opinionated tools surface, making this a better fit for teams that want raw transcripts plus basics rather than deep meeting intelligence.
What works
- ✓Auto-joins Zoom, Meet, and Teams as a bot without requiring host screen share
- ✓Speaker-labeled timestamped transcript synced to audio for easy review
- ✓Post-call AI summary includes action items and key decisions
- ✓Direct integrations with Slack, Notion, and Salesforce on Business plan
What doesn't
- ✕Accuracy drops significantly with heavy accents or more than three simultaneous speakers
- ✕$16.99/mo Pro pricing is higher than several newer competitors at similar accuracy
- ✕AI summaries lack depth compared to tools that build context across recurring meetings