

The Assistant first launched on Zoom and later expanded to Microsoft Teams, Google Meet and Cisco Webex. The assistant is designed to make using transcription something you don’t have to constantly remember to enable at the meeting’s start or stop at the end, while also serving as a place where participants can collaborate by asking questions, sharing photos and more, as the meeting is underway. The new functionalities builds on the launch of the service’s Otter Assistant feature last August, which can automatically join meetings on your calendar, transcribe conversations and share the notes with other participants. “The new Otter makes meeting collaboration easier and faster – making it an essential tool for business teams looking to improve their communication in today’s hybrid, in-person, and virtual meetings.” “We all spend too much time in meetings and I am really excited about the power of AI to make meetings more productive,” said Sam Liang, the co-founder & CEO of Otter.ai, in a statement. Lastly, users who have connected their Google or Microsoft Outlook calendars to Otter can now directly join their meetings from the calendar panel. You can use the redesigned home feed to access shared conversations, highlights and comments, and tagged action items. The platform’s home feed now also prioritizes meetings and post-meeting actions. You can now also use Otter Assistant to add directly to the Otter notes a meeting slide or any other image presented during a virtual meeting.
