US meeting-transcription company Otter.ai has made 13 additional languages available, including Turkish. Another 14 languages and automatic tracking of language changes within a meeting are forthcoming. The expansion extends a service previously covering English, French, Spanish and Japanese, while keeping current language selection separate from the planned ability to follow multilingual conversations automatically.
US meeting-transcription service Otter.ai has added 13 languages, including Turkish, to the options users can select for turning speech into text. The expansion was announced at Web Summit in Lisbon, Portugal. It builds on existing English, French, Spanish and Japanese support. The company is announcing 27 additional languages altogether, with a further 14 still to come.[1], [2]
A separate multilingual setting is planned to follow speakers when they change languages within the same meeting. Otter describes conversations moving between supported languages without participants having to change transcription settings manually. Once the complete language rollout is available, the service will cover 31 languages. Current access to individual language settings and the upcoming automatic switching feature have different rollout stages.[1]
Otter says it develops and runs its speech models on its own infrastructure and does not send audio to an outside transcription provider. Its announced workflow includes speaker identification, searchable transcripts, summaries and action items. The company’s Work Mode tool uses past conversations and connected applications for meeting preparation, then supports follow-up emails and updates to customer-relationship systems after a call.[1]
