Tap to enter the note and add a title for ease of navigation. Your transcription will be saved as a new note accessible from the main page in the app. Once your meeting (or whatever you’re recording) is done, head back into Otter and hit the stop button. Just hit the import button in the top right corner of the app and navigate to the folder you’d like to import. It’s also possible to import existing recordings from iCloud for transcription. There’s also a Chrome extension for doing something similar in Google Meet.īack to the iOS app, and Otter will keep recording in the background if you jump into a streaming app (such as YouTube), and will transcribe what’s being said on a video or some other form of recording. Just make sure your iPhone is close by, and that the volume is at a sufficient level.Īlternatively, you can sign up to Otter Business and take advantage of Otter Live Notes, which is an add-on for Zoom that will allow hosts to transcribe and share meetings in a side window on their computer. However, you can record any form of speech taking place on a laptop or tablet, such as a Zoom call. Note that you won’t be able to record calls made through your iPhone. Tap the pen button to highlight the current stretch of text. Tap the camera icon to take and automatically insert a relevant picture as an additional memory aid. Otter can differentiate between different speakers, and will automatically mark them up as such in the notes. Any speech that your iPhone picks up will be transcribed in real-time.

Now all you need to do is hit the Record button in the bottom right corner of the screen.

For many, that will be plenty – but you’ll need to sign up to Otter Pro if you want more of either, at a cost of $13/£13 per month.

Otter’s free Basic plan gives you 600 minutes of transcription and three imports per month.

Alternatively, you can do it the more laborious manual way. Having downloaded the app from the App Store (it’s free), open it and sign up using your Apple, Google, or Microsoft account.

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