otter Eye, The AI-powered note-taking tool announced Tuesday that it is expanding its multilingual capabilities, including a new multilingual transcription feature that can follow conversations as speakers switch between languages during the same meeting.
The company is also adding support for 27 languages, its largest language expansion to date. Once the rollout is complete, Otter will support 31 languages in total, making the platform accessible to international teams.
The upcoming feature will automatically detect language changes and continue transcription without requiring users to adjust settings. For example, a call could go from English to Korean to Portuguese, with Otter following the conversation the entire time.
The update aims to address a common challenge faced by global teams, where language differences can make meetings and collaboration more difficult.
“Otter is breaking down language barriers, so any company, no matter where they are located, can create a system of record for AI voice communication decisions,” an Otter spokesperson told TechCrunch.
Thirteen new languages are now available: Mandarin 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 speech models. The company told us that it trained them using publicly available datasets and worked with native-speaking volunteers to review the texts and verify their accuracy.
The announcement comes as Otter continues to expand beyond transcription into other AI tools in the workplace, following its $320 million funding from General Catalyst.
Recently introduced working mode, Which uses meeting history and connected apps to help users prepare for upcoming calls. For example, the feature pulls information from past customer conversations, pending action items, notes from similar calls to your teammates, and recent Google Drive files.
Another recent addition is Live Assist, which provides real-time coaching during meetings. It analyzes the conversation and makes relevant suggestions based on what’s already been talked about and what’s happening right now.
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