Otter.ai, an AI-powered note-taking tool, announced Tuesday that it is expanding its multilingual capabilities, including a new multilingual transcription feature that allows speakers to track conversations while switching between languages during the same meeting.
The company is also adding support for 27 languages, its largest language expansion to date. Once deployed, Otter will support a total of 31 languages, making the platform more accessible to international teams.
An upcoming feature will automatically detect language changes and continue transcription without you having to adjust settings. For example, a call can go from English to Korean to Portuguese, and Otter will follow the entire conversation.
This update aims to address a common challenge for global teams: language differences can make meetings and collaboration more difficult.
“Otter is breaking down language barriers, so any company based anywhere can create a system of record for decision-making around voice AI communications,” an Otter spokesperson told TechCrunch.
Thirteen of the new languages are currently available: Chinese, Korean, German, Italian, Cantonese, Portuguese, Russian, Indonesian, Malay, Dutch, Turkish, Vietnamese, and Polish.
The remaining 14 languages will be available soon and include Swedish, Danish, Finnish, Arabic, Hindi, Thai, Hebrew, Norwegian, Greek, Macedonian, Persian, Czech, Hungarian, and Romanian.
Newly added languages run on Otter’s proprietary speech model. The company said it trained using publicly available datasets and worked with native-speaker volunteers to review transcripts and check for accuracy.
The announcement comes as Otter continues to expand beyond transcription into other workplace AI tools following $320 million in funding from General Catalyst.
We recently introduced Work Mode, which helps users prepare for upcoming calls with meeting history and connected apps. For example, this feature pulls information from previous conversations with customers, unresolved action items, notes from similar calls from teammates, and recent Google Drive files.
Another recently added feature is Live Assist, which provides real-time coaching during meetings. It analyzes conversations and provides relevant suggestions based on what’s already been said and what’s happening at that moment.
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