Otter AI now follows meetings as speakers switch between languages
Thirteen of the 27 new languages are live now, with the rest due later, so mixed-language meetings no longer need manual setup.
Otter.ai has announced a multilingual transcription feature that tracks meetings as participants move between languages, without the user changing any settings. The company is adding 27 languages, which will bring its total to 31 once the rollout finishes. Thirteen of the new languages are live now, including Mandarin, Korean, German and Portuguese, while the other fourteen, among them Arabic, Hindi and Thai, are due later. Otter says it built these models on its own speech systems using public datasets, with native-speaker volunteers checking transcript accuracy. The move fits a wider push beyond transcription into tools such as Work Mode, which pulls prior conversations and connected files ahead of calls, and Live Assist, which offers real-time suggestions during meetings.
Why it matters
For teams that run meetings across languages, the change removes a step: participants can move between languages and the transcript keeps up without the user changing any settings. Otter's language coverage grows from its current base to 31 once the rollout finishes, and 13 of the new languages are already available. The accuracy checks by native-speaking volunteers are the company's stated safeguard for those transcripts. The move also shows Otter extending beyond transcription into preparation tools such as Work Mode, which draws on prior meetings and connected apps before a call.
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