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Otter: Transcribe Voice Notes Positive Reviews

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Goodbye meeting notesI often have short and intense meetings and have long been looking for something like otter. Impressed by the user friendly interface, accuracy and how easy it is to integrate with zoom. 5 stars!.Version: 2.0.19

Incredible!What an unbelievably incredible app AND FOR FREE!!! Yesterday it recorded and transcribed 31 pages of conversation for me. It made a few errors but nothing a read through couldn’t sort, and as it was the first time I used it and it was having to deal with two different voices with completely different accents, and we were talking on zoom, it was pretty impressive what it achieved! Highly rated!.Version: 1.4.33

Version 3 is now fixedUpdate: The full screen button is back, thank you [Earlier review: For me, version 3 is a downgrade because the “Full Screen” button is now gone, and the font size can no longer be adjusted quickly.].Version: 3.3.0

The answer to my prayerIt has taken away the stress of writing down every important message that I need to note down..Version: 3.3.0

InvaluableResearch, writing, transcriptions, thinking out loud, then listening back. My dad used to use a dictaphone when I was growing up, and with otter I am tapping into my strength speaking and presenting orally then using the transcripts to develop my writing into a conversation, story based and accessible style..Version: 3.9.0

Best of its class! Fast, accurate, fab on iOSOtter is superior to any of its competitors (I’ve used all premium auto transcription apps available for Mac currently available l). Outstanding features: Otter’s auto transcription is both faster and more accurate in compared to its competitors and it does a surprisingly good job with punctuation. It really shines on iOS—on iPad I arrange split screen view so Otter is in one pane and the Google doc I’m working in another; I can listen and control audio on my iPhone while editing, fact checking and formatting on the iPad or Mac full screen. “Tag” (name) a speaker once and Otter will update the speaker’s name on that transcript...and the next time (whether a month or a year later) that speaker is on an audio recording, Otter will recognize and tag the speaker (on the rare occasions it selects the wrong speaker, correction takes seconds). The free version offers a generous number of minutes but limits choices for playback speed; the paid version is worth it’s relatively low fee. Thanks Otter!.Version: 2.1.40

A really good option for hearing impaired persons to use during Zoom callsI currently serve on several non-profit organizations and was concerned about being able to participate in Zoom calls this year. Closed captioning services are cost prohibitive and I find them to be frustrating especially if the captioner usually is a court reporter who has installed legal jargon that often pops up but is not relevant to the conversation. An online class I was taking was using Otter and I was duly impressed with it. And because it was a class it allowed me to go back and read over the transcripts for review. I now am considering a premium membership but really hope to survive on a basic membership since I do not have a regular income to sustain a paid one but have been asking my non-profit boards to invest: it is still very reasonable. Thank you and I look forward to great improvements as technology continues to grow..Version: 2.1.27

Price IncreaseWhy has the monthly subscription increased so sharply? What are the additional features provided? I fear I will no longer be able to afford your product. Update - otter support have been in touch with lots of help. Check out their website directly. Am continuing to enjoy this app - really useful and quality product..Version: 2.1.24

Otter is awesome!I’m really enjoying how Otter records my lectures and puts the sounds into text. It does a very good job!.Version: 3.9.0

Already love it!For the longest time, I’ve used the Voice Memos app that’s automatically installed to my phone, but despite the high quality of the audio, I hated how I couldn’t really pinpoint an exact second or minute on it. Also, it’s always been such a pain having to go back and constantly rewind for a quote. I downloaded this app recently and already love it! The transcriptions aren’t perfect, but they’re great in that I can see where certain topics where discussed. Plus, the fact that you can search for a specific word is great! I think 600 free minutes (10 hours) of transcriptions per month is very generous! For journalism majors or anybody that needs to record conversations for meetings, I would highly recommend this app!.Version: 1.4.17

One of the best after trying many othersI like this app as it types in real time, has time markers(useful for exam preparation when you record yourself and see how much you can fit in a standard OSCE). Has pretty good word recognition and learning new words. Thanks to developers.Version: 2.1.1

Wow! This works incredibly well.I just used Otter for the first time for a *phone meeting* with a client. My client was *on speakerphone* - so I didn’t think there was any chance that it would really work. As such, I kept taking notes and switching between different apps on my iPad. So when I went back to the program & found out I could already hit keywords (Otter picks them out of your text) and jump to that part of the meeting, etc. I was really surprised. The transcription isn’t perfect, but I was having a phone meeting with my client on speakerphone, so I didn’t expect it to be anywhere near as accurate as it was. Additionally, you’ve got the recording synced up with the notes, so even if the transcription isn’t 100%, you can go back & listen & make an adjustment. Normally after a meeting, I’m trying to go back through my notes and deciphering my abbreviations to figure out what exactly was said - inevitably losing some of the conversation, spending all the time to try to figure out what actually happened, and time to clarify what my abbreviations meant - but this was SO easy. I am still learning as I’m going (May update this later ; )) but Thank you!!! This is awesome. You just made this meeting the easiest I can remember in ages. Wow!.Version: 2.0.19

It’s perfectAccuracy 95% a lot of option for subtitle and much more.Version: 2.1.61

Love this app.This is one of the most useful apps I own. It is fantastic for keeping track of meeting minutes and also for reviewing and clarifying what was discussed in a conversation. Essential tool. The longer I use this app the better it gets - and I learn what it is capable of..Version: 2.1.11

Workplace Game-changerThis app is PHENOMENAL. I’m deaf, wear hearing aids, and while I can talk well, I have to read lips in order to understand what the person is saying. Just to give you some context. With that said, this app has KICKED open a door in my career! I work as content strategist and handle media relations for a marketing firm. Meetings have always been a challenge for me because the more people involved in a conversation, the more likely it is that I’ll miss what’s being said. And there’s a lot at stake when it comes to clients. Then, staff meetings can be difficult because one of the employees I work with the most is a remote employee and she reports in over the phone. Enter Otter. I can’t tell you guys how much this has changed things for me! It’s quick, it’s really pretty accurate (just make sure the microphone is positioned just right!), and it’s rendered correctly! I love this app I love it I love it. My boss is considering springing for the paid plans after seeing how much easier this has made my life. I’m a better employee and a happier person for this. If you could just include a real-time transcription service for calls made on cell phones to your roadmap....you would be killing it. There are NO services for the Deaf that do what Otter does with the same speed and accuracy! Keep up the good work. You have made a serious and fervent fan out of me. Thank you for helping me on so many levels..Version: 2.0.6

PERFECT for the deaf/hard of hearing!In these Covid times, many places of employment have switched to remote/distance communications via different platforms. In the world of education, we will be starting our school year remotely and as a teacher that is hard of hearing, I rely on lip reading. For years I have been looking for an app to transcribe speech to text. I have downloaded tons and paid for more than I’m embarrassed to admit. Today. My life was changed. 5 minutes before a scheduled online training, I threw up a Hail Mary and downloaded otter. I pushed record and waited for the usual transcript...which is usually: what.....come......no.......books. To my huge surprise otter immediately begin transcribing the speech of the presenter word for word. I couldn’t believe it. I used it for the entire 8 hours of my training today. Best app I have ever used. It was FREE AND it saved every single transcription that it recorded. I can’t thank this company enough or sing it’s praises enough. I can now participate, ask questions, give feedback via online classrooms only bc of otter! Download it....it is so worth it. Excited to try it in meetings, drs offices, etc! Thank you Otter! Thank you!.Version: 2.1.24

Amazing and a lifesaver you really can't fault it!This app is amazing (and a lifesaver), in its current format, you really can't fault it. This app has such great potential for the future that I'm looking forward to future updates. One thing that I would suggest with this app would be the ability to bookmark certain sections within the conversation or within your notes so you can easily refer back to them. Other than that, this app is fantastic and the developers have done a great job. Keep up the great work, look forward to even better updates, which I'm sure will include fantastic features (and yes, dictated this review using the app) :).Version: 2.0.13

Top notch minute takerHave only used it for a few meetings but I love the speed, and accuracy. The synchronised text/search and the ability to touch a word and hear the actual talk when to speech recognition gets it wrong is wonderful..Version: 2.1.44

Custom-vocabulary issueI got one month free upgrade to Pro-version with so called "custom vocabulary". Thanks. But actually the feature needs to be improved. Even after entering the custom words, it still mis-spells them. Of course, it just tries to guess the correct spelling, and unsuccessful. We should be able to record the custom words in audio and teach the app the correct spelling, then it would work better. At the moment this feature has not much usefulness, it seems..Version: 2.0.21

Great apps,It save a lot of time for writing minutes or notes.Version: 1.4.33

Good so far.Pretty good so far. A few mistakes. But it seems to be getting better. Better than my typing for sure. Just hit my 40 minute limit. Otherwise five stars!!.Version: 2.1.53

It changes my life (literally)This app becomes essential besides Notability for my study. I need to take notes constantly listening to the lectures but was not fast enough to jot down all details so will always need to spend large amount of time rewatching lecture capture over and over again to make sure I am not missing any details. I feel a pity that I did not discover this app earlier. How powerful it is - It helps me jot down most of the details efficiently so saved me tons of time. My lecturer has strong accent but the app recorded 85% of the contently correctly and it is very impressive for me. Sometimes it is not about how hard working you are but about the way you do it to achieve the great outcome. This app is definitely a must for those who have a hard time catching up missing details in the class. It makes my study life much easier and more efficient. Thank you for developing this app, it is sure helping me out and please keep up the good work!.Version: 2.1.5

This app is saving my thumbs!As a writer I often wake up inspired by switcher dreams or whatever it is our brains do during sleep. My whole life it’s been a groaning struggle between sleep, or breakfast, and capturing my inspiration when it is fresh and clear, Otter fixed this, because reaching iPad with half closed eyes and clicking record, then mumbling through my new material take sthe keast amount of effort ever. And the frustration of having an hour of deciphering what was transcribed because Otter gets it 90% right—usually only stumbling over new terminology or character names, and not recognizing a long pause as a comma not a period. But I do see it learning, both my character names and commonly used but u usual words. I’m not sure if that’s because I edit before exporting text, or some other voodoo. Also I have pain in my hands after too much thumb, or even finger, typing and this minimized the need for that. Anyway, thank you little Otter..Version: 2.1.47

Made my life so much easier and less stressfulI’m so glad I found Otter. Sure you can record meetings but having it in text form makes it just so much easier to do my job of writing up the minutes..Version: 2.1.7

Good to Great and then someAbsolutely the best AI product of its kind on the market. There is no close second that does what Otter does, IMO. I’ve used what could be considered the top 10, and not just tested but rather used for years. By far, Otter is the only solution that meets all my needs. My only want that doesn’t exist is a true desktop application. The web solution works exceptionally well, as do the mobile apps. However, there are times I’d like to have a desktop software working without needing to be online. A small want, but still nothing that interferes with my ability to use the service in all settings..Version: 2.1.60

Such a timesaverThis is a product I have been crying out for for years. It is simple to use, handles multiple accents speaking English very accurately. Rather than taking notes and missing parts of the presentation one can really focus on what is being communicated. Fantastic!.Version: 2.1.49

Not workingI installed the otter app on my iPhone and have been using it successfully (love it!). Yesterday I tried to use it though and the app would open. I deleted it and tried to install again but it won’t install..Version: 2.0.24

Great BUT Please Get Google Integration!I’m in yearbook at my highschool and I do interviews all the time and this is the best app for the job, hands down. I still have to make edits to my interviews because the hallways can be noisy and the people I’m interviewing can be quiet and this can lead to the app not picking up words or getting the wrong words, but I can’t really control those things. My only problem with the app is that I cannot just convert it into a Google Doc straight from the app, many school districts are moving to Google for their way of communication (Classroom, Docs, Slides, Gmail) and it would save me time because currently I have to put it in my notes app, then copy it, then create a Doc, then paste it in the doc. My guess is you guys have been thinking about this for a while and I saw that you guys respond to reviews somewhat quickly so I thought I would give a review. P.S. Also, does a visual representation of the different speakers exist on the app? I would love to be able to visually know when speakers change, I understand how this would be hard because not everyone talks the same all day but maybe you could let us do it manually? Like my font would always be grey and other people talking (in my case it’s 1 person) would be another color. Alright, I hope this gets through to somebody who can at least think about it. Thank you for your time. Great app..Version: 1.4.31

Good dictation appIt is very awesome to use this app, because it is able to capture almost words has spoken, 97% correctly if you are speaking clearly a little bit. Besides, I really love its function which is writing down suddenly words parallel with audio, or recording or speakers. Highly recommended. Use it and love it.Version: 2.1.27

Best app for professionals.....no - really!I just spent about 2 hours downloading a plethora of dictation apps and testing the same 10 min voice clip (previously recorded conversation between 3 people). One by one apps got deleted, until I got to Otter! I am so impressed with the voice engine - it picked up 98% of the conversation. Of course it comes with some typical recognition errors but they’re easy to fix with the user interface. It’s simple to use but so robust. The functionality of this app has some awesome features not found on other apps. Exporting comes with many options to suite your needs. My team is going to have a blast using this in our meetings. More time focused on the conversation versus scribing everyone’s ideas. Thank you Team Otter!!!.Version: 2.0.4

Too few minutes for membershipOnly 1200 minutes per month, double would be better considering how many meeting I have.Version: 3.13.0

Wish I had this years ago!I’ve been using this Otter for approximately 6mths and I would be Lost without it. The only downside is I doesn’t like my accent but it seems to be ok with everyone else’s . Would definitely recommend this!.Version: 2.1.41

Amazing appThis is a truly amazing app. It gives virtually instantaneous transcription with a high degree of accuracy across a variety of accents and male or female voices. It saves hours of transcription time. Would be fabulous if it was possible to add technical words prior to use to assist in recognition but great as it is. I particularly appreciated quite generous recording time on the free plan but I wouldn’t hesitate to sign up for more if I had the need. All in all a great app. Thanks..Version: 2.1.24

Amazing!I am extremely surprised in a positive way! I have to interview a lot of people and do the transcript for every single one of them... for example my first interview was 5300 words... imagine if I had to type it all... this app saved my life! Thank you so much!.Version: 2.1.2

Download this right now.Holy cow. I never leave reviews but i just need to say: this app is a life saver. Legendary..Version: 2.1.53

Great serviceThis app has really helped me with taking notes. I can go back and listen to see what I have missed. It’s also great that I can send the notes directly to my email and not have to re-type everything. A real time-saver..Version: 2.1.63

Helpful for meetings and lecturesPractical solution for transcribing meetings or lectures, but with the recorded backup, corrections can be made fast. With cooperation from speakers, you can record who spoke. I look forward to seeing this in other languages and embedded in other apps, eg apple notes. Please add Chinese, and ultimately, multi language transcription, by which I mean recording speed where multiple languages are used at the same time..Version: 1.3.5

GoodWish the app could transcribe more medical terms . But overall, it’s suitable for my lecture notes.Version: 2.1.64

Game changerI use this for zoom meetings and new tasks at work that are so in depth and require so much to remember. Changed my life as I can recollect anything! It’s like having photographic memory absolutely love it!.Version: 2.1.61

Very greatMakes it easier to condense notes and able to read what your lecturer is talking about even when they speak fast😅.Version: 2.1.48

So helpful!I had to transcribe a 45 minute conversation for a final project for a class and I am surprised at how well this app works. I uploaded my file from my google drive, and while the quality of sound was worse than the original file, it wasn’t terrible. I was able to easily pick out words, even when someone stumbled over words, trailed off quietly, or we ended up talking over each other. The best part was that the app was able to, too! And with crazy good accuracy. There were a few misheard words or phrases, which is why I recommend making sure it’s correct yourself before submitting anything, but overall: SO GLAD I FOUND THIS APP. It literally saved me HOURS of work!.Version: 2.0.26

Love this app.Am using it to record minutes and has been very useful especially when after the meeting people have said no I said this - and you go back and listen and let them know you didn’t you said this. Great app - hope I can keep the minutes for more 30 days ..Version: 2.0.20

BrilliantI’ve been searching for a voice transcription service to assist my mother in hearing, in real time. This is it!.Version: 2.0.13

Extremely accurate, suggestion hereApp is amazing, I’m so impressed that it doesn’t use other APIs which explains how it can transcribe so quickly and accurately. All the features are great and the free version is useful for casual use, and it’s not like the paid version is priced unfairly. My suggestion (and what I was originally looking for) is to be able to record and transcribe phone calls..Version: 2.0.20

Taken aback by how closely accurately and easily this worksOkay, so I’m one of these people that hardly ever writes a review because either apps work they way they’re supposed to or not, in which case you look for ones that do, but I’ve been using this app for the past 10 minutes and I can attest that the transcription part has been working perfectly (probably 95% accuracy). I only need to go back into it and edit a few words which they it gets wrong, but basically this will end up saving me hours of the transcription process — what makes it even better/easier is that as the words are heard spoken, it highlights the specific words so it makes it that much easier for me to make sure that what was said is what was transcribed and I can fix it on the fly right there if it is not. You gotta try this out for yourself to believe it. In my case, it was just me speaking into the microphone from wherever I was and my voice was pretty clear, plus it imported perfectly from Scrivener into the app, I made corrections and instead of exporting it back into the app, I got as far as right before importing and copied the corrected transcription to paste into the app. If I had to do this for a living I’d be getting the premium service. Anyway, this truly works..Version: 1.4.15

Almost perfect for Deaf-Blind usersThe quality of the transcription has been amazing. There is only one thing that is keeping me from upgrading to pro, a few small quality of life changes for Braille displays. A clear indication of when someone is speaking when you are on the last line previously transcribed is important because when you pan forward to check for more text, you end up at the top of the transcript with no clear way to return to the bottom without three finger swipes that can take a really long time. A quicker way to jump to the bottom would help a lot..Version: 2.1.49

WowWhat an incredible experience!! So smart so well thought out. This is the benchmark of product development..Version: 2.0.9

Podcasters dream solutionI’ve been using this app for a month now and not only does it have the essential requirements of voice recorder quality, accurate transcription to text and intuitive interface but it surprises me with thoughtful output hacks like the word cloud which allows me to pull all recordings into a list based on a chosen tag. Its so easy to podcast using Otter. I just record the podcast episode on Otter (usually in sections) then import to Dropbox before adding to the Audacity editor where I can add music and refine the show. It’s a great time saving tool because the playback functionality allows you to read the text transcript (which makes it easy to spot those parts of the show you want to edit) and tap the screen at the partvyuu want to listen to again. This saves hours of time listening to audio. There seems to be masses of free recording minutes which is generous and allows time to explore before committing to a subscription. Thank you Otter team, absolutely brilliant..Version: 1.4.25

The app you didn’t know you neededI was frantically looking for a voice recorder to covert to mp4 on my way to an interview today. I chose this app at random and thought I’d see how I went. I couldn’t believe it when I started recording and watched it transcribe what we were saying! The app’s functionality is amazing and I’d recommend this for any journalist, minute taker or interviewer..Version: 2.0.19

AMAZING!! What a time saver!This app is incredible! I conduct many interviews and meetings and WOW, this app has made my work so much more efficient! The accuracy is impeccable, even when the people speaking have thick accents or soft voices. You can highlight text, play back the audio in sync with the corresponding transcription segment, and even go in and edit mistakes, name the different speakers, etc. You can record straight into the app or import recordings (if you have premium, which I have, though is definitely not necessary for getting good use out of this app). I can’t think of one issue (obviously the transcriptions aren’t perfect and there are still many small things to tweak but I think the accuracy of this app is so much better than many others I have tried). The sleek design and easy accessibility and usability is the cherry on top. Thank you SO much for this app!!! One of the best productivity tools out there👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽.Version: 2.1.65

Great appAs someone who has been afraid of technology for a long time , this app makes it so easy to use . Thank you.Version: 2.1.34

Good so farRecords really well, gets a few words wrong here and there. Easy to share the recording and transcript. Can add to a siri shortcut for quick access..Version: 2.0.15

Lovely app but little accuracy when translate voice to wordsDesign is good, but translation is sooo inaccurate. This is a good app, I hope tech guys can improve the accuracy of translating. Thanks.Version: 1.4.31

Audio playback is currently broken in the iPad appCan’t hear audio while editing. Continues to work in Safari, luckily. Please fix..Version: 3.0.1

Amazingly usefulJust used Otter to record and transcribe a 30 minute interview, in a noisy cafe full of chattering customers. The transcript wasn't perfect but it gave me the basis for writing up the interview - and the ability to listen to the original recording on the Otter website while editing the transcript was really useful. Especially helpful is the ability to jump to any point in the recording by selecting a word in the transcript. All this with 600 free minutes a month - just fantastic. Highly recommended, a major time saver..Version: 2.0.18

Best thing that’s happened to me this year after buying a Robovac!Life saver, no longer fast forwarding and rewinding webinars to find that one line you needed. Great for leaving meetings and it will still record. Only on the free version too!.Version: 2.1.40

Huge PotentialWonderful app, already hugely useful in so many ways. Technology like this, that can be used quickly without interrupting the core process (i.e a conversation) is at the really really useful end of the technology scale. I just wNt more help in the app to do things like adding new identities, so that people are identified in conversations....Version: 0.3

Amazing!This app is almost too good to be true. I have used Dragon Naturally Speaking In the past and it doesn’t come anywhere near Otter In terms of accuracy, speed and user friendliness. It is also very easy To switch between dictation and keyboard use. Highly recommended.Version: 2.0.5

Save me time !First use, saved me a lot of time on taking minutes. However quite accurate but still need to review it and edit the transcript for some mistakes. The app is recalibrating the audio when changing words or speaker and then everything is not you have nothing to do. Quite happy with that !! Sure a few things to improve but does the job and quite well !!.Version: 2.1.60

The BEST voice to text app!Stop scrolling, download and try Otter. Will be the last voice to text app you’ll download. Very accurate..Version: 2.1.58

Great for voice journaling or therapy!I use this app primarily for audio journaling and I LOVE IT. It’s the best free app I’ve found that records and transcribes voice in real time. The real time aspect is important because as someone with ADHD, I get distracted easily and lose my train of thought. With the real time transcription, I can easily read back what I had just said and get back on track. The app also automatically adds “tags” so I can see what certain entries are about at a glance. Ex: “work” “john” “stress” “hope”, etc. I think these tags are based on which words are repeated most. I like to go back sometimes and either reread or re-listen to entries so I can reflect on how I was feeling that day with a fresh perspective. The free version of the app gives you a limited number of minutes, but I’ve never come close to hitting that limit - even though I use the app several times a week. I also really appreciate that the app runs in the background (meaning you can use other apps at the same time). This means I can Google things that come to mind on walks, or navigate while I drive, all while continuing to record. I told my therapist about how much this style of journaling has benefitted me and she now recommends this to clients who have trouble with other kinds of journaling. The app is intended for business / professional use, but it works wonderfully for my purposes. Thank you!.Version: 3.7.0

FABULOUS!This App works as advertised. It goes above and beyond what I thought it could do. It is loaded with extra features..Version: 3.16.0

Hearing lossI use this app mainly because I’m hearing impaired, this is the best voice recording app I’ve ever come across, it picks up easily, only one down fall is it does not log out automatically but I can understand why, it’s so you never lose a word at an important meeting etc I’ve tried many transcribe apps but to no avail, thanku otter.Version: 3.16.0

Best transcription software ever!Been using this for a few years now. Very accurate and very generous giving 600 minutes per month on the free plan..Version: 2.1.15

Excellent appI don’t know how I’ve managed without this. It’s about 90% accurate, I would say and handles accents really well. I would only ask for one thing more - Apple Watch support..Version: 2.1.40

Could not live without it!!Otter is an absolute LIFE SAVER! It’s actually a better product than I imagined that I needed. I need to transcribe a lot of my work, and the way it is accessible on different devices, can playback at any point, see the words and hear them at the same time, highlights the word being transcribed, seriously a phenomenal product. I also needed to reach out for some help and Mr. Simon Lau responded and was really helpful, fast at responding and solved the issue. Thank you for creating this service!!!!.Version: 2.0.19

Need to improve server speedHello, I am really satisfied with this app. This app is really amazing. However, there is apparently something need to improve, which is the server speed. Whenever I connect, what I feel is too lagging. Why does this happen?? Especially when I edited words, it happened a lot. Is there a way to get over it??.Version: 3.18.0

How did I live without youI’ve been transcribing for a couple years but I’ve usually only don’t small segments. Most were just small snippets of audio and never the full version. I recently accepted an offer from a client who required full transcription of her interviews, some of which, are over an hour. I was 15 mins into transcribing and I was exhausted. I did some googling tried Google Docs but it was complete trash. I found Otter and downloaded it on my phone at first. I played the audio on my computer and recorded it on my phone. I thought I hit the jackpot. Once it was done, I emailed it to myself. I got on my computer to open it and it made me sign in online. This is where I discovered that I could just upload the audio file and it would process it for me! Then by pure accident, I realized I could play it and it would highlight the words as it played. I would say it’s about 90% right. I love that we can assign speakers and timestamps. Then when we export it into word, you can choose to keep the speakers and timestamps or remove them. This has cut my transcribing time down extremely!! Saving me hours!! Love love love!.Version: 2.0.22

Helps me get things doneI’ve used it for formal interviews, papers and work. Allows me to get things done - even in traffic, which can tie me up for hours. The transcription is quite good and getter better - it seems to keep improving. Very easy to transfer to written versions - which is a big plus for me. My only knock is the lack of clear instructions and that the writing on the screens is small and they don’t easily zoom in. Since I can’t be the only one using it while driving, they should bring in some designers of apps people use while driving - make it more user friendly for that environment. As an aside, wish the highlighting text features were a bit easier to use - works at times but then won’t turn on - can’t figure out how to clear. Used to more standard features in adobe or other readers..Version: 2.0.25

Honestly a great help when recording important thingsBefore I start, I wish to offer my sincerest apologies to the app developers for my previous “review”, in which I lashed out at this application for asking for a review when I was busy; I was having a very bad day and was under a lot of pressure at the time, and what I had written previously was extremely disrespectful and unprofessional of me, for which I deeply apologize, and it does not at all reflect how I feel about this app or its developers. This app is wonderful and has been a lifesaver time and time again in my college studies. I cannot recommend this application enough for those who are in similar situations to my own; you will not be disappointed..Version: 3.19.0

Can’t live with it, can’t live without it.There are aspects of making Otter work, specifically editing text into a finished product, that are frustratingly obscure. It’s not for use by the time-challenged. Take your time to learn it well before you use it while facing a deadline. The delay waiting for the transcription process is both understandable and mightily annoying. The process’s inability to recognize a question, for example, that should be obvious from the structure of the sentence, and to add a question mark rather than a period, can require a huge amount of editing time. Similarly, Otter seems to randomly interpret long pauses, sometimes representing them with periods and other times ignoring them altogether. That’s one of the most frequent items requiring correction. There is little point in continuing this list unless the Otter team is reading it. If you can benefit from an approximate transcript accompanied by disambiguating audio, this app is a blessing. If you need a verbatim account of what was said, plan to put in substantial time making corrections. Finally, this app would be of great benefit if the editing process could take place collaboratively in the cloud, and if it could begin on the part of the file that had already been processed. Perhaps there is already a means of doing this, but it seems it would be very clumsy. Clumsy and collaboration are not comfortable companions..Version: 2.0.21

Really great! 👍👍👍I have been using this app for a week. It is replacing my other dictation software because of the ability to listen to the voice recording when editing. It is absolutely fantastic! Last week I used it to record a conversation with four different people at the same time on two different subjects and although the dictation didn’t quite keep up it was invaluable having the dictation and the voices. Highly recommend.Version: 3.3.0

Affordable and quick!I am using this app for a school assignment and it has been easy to use. It’s a great app because compared to all the other apps this is affordable and quick. Would definitely recommend..Version: 2.0.8

The best automated transcription appI was looking for an app to help me save time and money transcribing the audio (interviews) for my PHD thesis. I tested close to 12 apps including Dragon Dictation. Otter was by far the fastest and most accurate automated app I found among my sample apps. It’s real-time, 85-90% accurate, automatically highlights keywords, creates word cloud etc. Unlike others, this did not have any limitation in the free version. Well done developers. Loved it!.Version: 1.4.30

Great for recording, transcribing observations...This has saved me hours of work.... focal sampling of animal behavior requires watching a single subject animal and tracking, second by second, its behavior. Sometimes they exhibit several “behaviors” very close together, other times they do one “behavior” for several minutes.... and it’s really difficult to take notes and observe at the same time. With Otter I just open a recording and describe what I see, no stop watches or note taking, and I don’t have to relisten to hours of recordings, of mostly dead air, to find that one little notation, its already transcribed with the minutes:seconds marked. Really perfect for this application, so happy I found Otter..Version: 1.4.25

Recognition better than Krisp, weaker editor, limited trainabilityPretty good, as with all these systems, training doesn’t seem possible, and is also lacking a search and replace (76 mistaken reads of react rather than Riak). Seems to be the best option currently on the market. Pricing is pretty good and comes with a browser based application as well as the iOS application..Version: 2.1.45

VCVery easy to use. Use it everyday at work. The sync between phone n desktop is extremely helpful. Good job.Version: 2.0.14

Just brilliantThis is one of the smartest, cleanest, simplest user friendly app that does exactly what it says. Load the App, click start recording, talk, when you stop, it pauses. When you click stop it stops, processes the recording so you can print, send to self or others by multiple means as text or audio. Thank you Otter.....Version: 2.1.7

LifesaverWith online learning this year Otter has been a life saver. Wouldnt bother downloading another speech to text app..Version: 2.1.39

Astoundingly good - astoundingly simpleFirst test at 9 member municipal meeting with iPhone X on the table. Good audio quality even for presenters not at the table. Transcription accuracy is remarkable. Don’t expect it to work perfectly if everyone interrupts each other. Identifying speakers was easy - after initial manual identification Otter was able to learn and apply speaker names to a 2.25 hour meeting. The 600 minute allowance for a free account is generous. Transcriptions/recordings can be shared with a link - no signin required. Great web integration & collaboration. I don’t need more than 600 minutes per month, but am going to try premium so I can train the jargon vocabulary our committee uses. This was the app of the day yesterday. Thanks AppStore, for me it’s the app of the year!.Version: 2.0.17

A+ transcriberHonestly, I’m not the type to leave a review on an app, but after using this app I felt I must. I’m actually pretty blown away by how well this app works. It’s able to pick up words clearly—including slang and celebrities—and actually provides correct capitalization which makes it nice for when you’re exporting it to a Google doc. Which, by the way, is very easy. You get 600 free minutes of transcribes PER MONTH, and you’re able to either record directly from the app or import a recording into the app. Honestly I wasn’t even asked to write this review, I just really liked the app. Would highly recommend..Version: 2.1.47

This app is magic - light, accurate & great playback function with transcriptSo light to touch and use. Incredibly accurate… even pretty darn good with Kiwispeak with some occasional entertaining attempts, easily updated with the editor. I love functionality of the audio playback following the transcript..Version: 2.1.65

Otter is all it promises and moreI have been using Otter both for face-to-face meetings and now for zoom based meetings to record interviews. The quality of the transcription is amazing, and it just keeps getting better..Version: 2.1.23

Incredible functionalityIt’s hard to believe that someone came up with an app that is exactly what I needed and has features far beyond what I expected. I’m constantly being surprised by what I can do with this app. Transcribing from voice to text is just the beginning of its capabilities and usages. I’m now composing wide range of content and refining them using the transcriptions in unexpected ways. For example: I will transcribe a lot of random subjects or thoughts and string them together into a document from which I then create a narration that reads like I had spent hours composing it, when it only took me a few minutes. That’s an incredible shortcut for content creation. The transcription isn’t perfect but it’s really good and can be enhanced by adding your own vocabulary words which I think is incredibly important. I absolutely love this app! It may be the best app that I’ve ever downloaded. I highly recommend the upgrade. It increases the functionality by a factor of 10x..Version: 2.1.46

Saved me so much timeThank you so much otter developers, this tool is fantastic! I started a new job and it’s in a different industry than I’m used to so quite often I’m lost on tech talk, but app means the meetings are transcribed almost immediately and I don’t have to spend hours reading over my hand scrawl that make no sense 2 days later!.Version: 2.1.44

Great appOne of the best app, really helpful and does the job well. One small adjustment may need is to recognise accent so the voice can capture properly voice to text. Overall I am very happy with this app. Great stuff, looking forward to see more features..Version: 2.1.44

Transcription is excellentWorks brilliantly, but a few additional features wouldn’t go amiss. Biggest one for me is being able to integrate my Zoho account calendars and cloud storage. The lack of public APIs and web hooks is a huge issue with this platform On a user basis - I just wish I could select a note - go back and add more recording to a note rather than take several different notes and have to combine. I’d like more dictation functionality. So for example I could say hey Siri take a note while I’m driving, and real off the notes in my head. Need the the ability to voice activate pause/restart recording. I know there are other apps for this, just be nice to have everything in one place!.Version: 3.1.0

Best Transcription AppI normally don’t pay for the “upgraded” version of many apps but this one is 100% worth it! As a previous Administrative Assistant I wish I had this app; however, in my current role this app is so helpful in recording meetings and helping my minutes and notes go smoothly. Of course not every transcription is going to be 100% accurate (because technology is not perfect) but that is where the clear and concise sound on this app comes in to play. I think it records better than any recorder I’ve ever used! The transcription is about 85% accurate depending on who is talking. My minutes and notes go by so much faster with this application. The free version is amazing but I take so many minutes at various minutes I had to buy because... why not??? So download this app! It’s the best one I’ve found to date!!!.Version: 2.0.24

BestBelieve me when I tell you I am a connoisseur of speech to text voice recognition. I have been using dragon anywhere but will cancel that account to use this one. My suggestions would be to make it so that I can use my Apple Watch with this. That would seem to make sense since it is designed to handle multiple conversations which the Apple Watch could be the intake for. The other suggestion, which is more important to me, is to simplify the process by which I can export the text to Notes. Having to click continue every time is a nuisance. My congratulations to the developers. Also because I have been doing so much speak to text voice recognition I routinely say the word Period. I also say the words new paragraph. This is not a big issue but perhaps you might allow for a setting that permits me to say these words and have them activate commands. And I think it is amazing that I can just leave it on and it only records when I start speaking. I hated it when dragon anywhere would stop recording on its own. Take-home message: make it easier to copy to notes. Make it easier to share. You still get five stars..Version: 2.0.7

Excellent note taking appLove this app! It is helping me with meeting notes for work and lecture notes for my school courses. Being able to read exactly what was said is huge for me and I am learning so much more and retaining so much more. Keep up the great work with this app!!.Version: 3.11.0

Knocked out by the quality of transcriptionsI am truly knocked out by the quality of the transcriptions from audio recordings and specifically, it's not just the accuracy it's the way the recording are presented as a transcript with time codes and "word-by-word" follow along. I work as a journalist sometimes to contribute to industry newsletters and record many 20-30 min interviews with quickly scribbled notes, on-the-fly noting the timecode for good quotes so I can go back to the recordings to extract them. This app just made my job so much easier, from the transcripts I can skip straight to the parts I know contain the good quotes, extract the text, and if needed I can listen to the snippets if occasionally it got the transcription not quite right for highly technical words or rough parts of my original recording..Version: 1.4.0

Awesome!!I was trying to take notes from podcasts and I would have to keep going back over and over again to try to make sure I wrote everything down correctly. (I’m 54 so my retention of things isn’t as good as it used to be). After struggling with this problem for a couple of weeks and wasting too much time, I started wondering if there was an easier way. I started searching the tech websites for speech to text options and this app was one that was recommended so I gave it a try. I also needed something that was cheap or free right now because I’m unemployed and not receiving any unemployment compensation so money is tight. There are a few words that I have corrected that were close to what was said but it’s not a whole lot. In a perfect world everything would work perfectly but since it’s not a perfect world, correcting a few words isn’t a problem. I am using the free version now but as soon as I’m able to find a job, I will be upgrading..Version: 2.1.24

Otter delivers like nothing elseI use this app for classes. Much of the vocabulary is unique to the course of study and is often distorted by other speech to text options. Otter gets it right almost every time and it seems to have improved as I used it. I noticed that it corrects the text on the fly. I don’t know if someone is listening or if it is real ai contextualizing the speech to find the appropriate solution but, whatever it is, I love the service. I pay when I need to and drop the paid option when I no longer need it. I would not have paid for this app at all if they tried to force me into a one year plan at the current rate. Here’s what I would like to see: Integration with Evernote and other note options. I don’t like having to have my notes held hostage in this app. I paid for the service when I needed it but cannot now export those notes. I don’t need to keep my current notes but this will impact my long term thinking..Version: 2.1.15

Simply the bestI have tried at least 6 similar apps from the free one to the most ‘sophisticated’ PC app. I must say that this app is the only one that meets my expectation. The accuracy is almost 98%. It could have been 100% if the speaker is from English background which I am not..Version: 2.0.26

Hoping for more but still pretty coolI installed this app hoping that it could replace the voice to text for iPhone messages. Looking around at it I don't think that it's going to be able to do that. Which is really too bad because it looks like it is something that would be very well suited if it had that feature enabled. This is not something that I personally use so after giving it credit for what it does look like it can do I'm going to uninstall it. I will continue to look for something that will make the voice to text feature on my iphone actually worthwhile AND trainable. Either it's not worthwhile or I mumble an awful lot. LOL. Anyway, great job on this app. I just wish I had more features..Version: 2.0.15

Amazing for students!I record all of my lectures and can search through them later by keyword. It’s just the best out there, look no further . I recommended this app to my teachers and classmates. It is now on one of my teacher’s webpage as a tool for doing user interviews, as part of the requirements gathering process for software development. All I can say is good job guys, great product. Do you need more programmers, I’d love to contribute.Version: 2.1.3

Brilliant note taking appI absolutely love Otter! Transcribes my meetings well, picks up on different speakers, and learns as it goes. It’s easy to edit text after and turn into meeting notes, and I love the ability to go back and listen to important moments to jog my memory. I also use otter to help me write - I’m an author - and the ability to organise and tag my own verbal notes have made a significant difference to my workflow. It’s much more accurate than apples default dictation and it syncs really easily with my desktop. I use the free version and it meets all my needs and more..Version: 2.1.48

Love this app!I love this app y’all! I am a minister, a psychological practitioner, a writer and a black person who loves expression! Ideas spring forth in my mind with uncanny speed and regularity. Picking up the pen and finding one of my notebooks to capture these little gems is not always an option. But my phone is always close by and I can capture so much more with otter than on paper—especially having come from an oral tradition. I have written sermons, autobiographical stories and sketches, and catalogued many ideas for further consideration. Oh! And I also host early morning meditation sessions in which I speak for 1-10 minutes before we go into silence. I record these sessions and they are a treasure trove of insights, questions, and explorations. For some reason, like with today’s meditation session, the transcript contained an unusually high number of errors. While that doesn’t make me happy, it does not detract significantly from my experience of the app. I have and will continue to recommend Otter to anyone who needs a note taking system or who wants to capture their ideas, etc. Thanks Otter!.Version: 3.4.0

Amazing!!!!I’ve just run Otter AI on a video conference and it’s simply amazing. It’s the best voice to text converter I’ve ever used and I’ve tried many over the years. The free version appears to have very few restrictions and is likely enough for occasionally use allowing 600 minutes per month and up to a single 40 minute meeting. Looking forward to trying it some more as it will save me having to scribble copious notes or seeking a clerical person to take notes for me. Simply great product as first sight and will likely subscribe too. Thanks Otter team great work. Ps it was also really simple to use and export too..Version: 2.1.27

Its awesome thanksAwesome still needs clearer pitch but its good.Version: 2.1.56

Life changerThis tool has been a life changer for me. I used to struggle to write, and voice memos become my preferred method of expression. I hated having to listen to my voice to get a transcription, and the free voice to text service from word and google docs never got an accurate transcription (i have a tongue tie and don’t speak “properly”). I have been using otter for a couple months now to help me write. It’s the best service i have found for the price, and i would recommend to anyone who uses voice memos to record notes or write. The transcripts are very accurate and the ability to make corrections makes this very powerful. There are playback speed options, and you can see in the transcript what word is which from the recording timing. I just wish i could take the videos of my livestreams and upload them for transcription, but i get around this by simply playing the livestream later, while this records the audio, or by recording the audio into otter while i stream. Such a great service! Wish i had this in college, i probably could’ve had the best lecture notes, as well as a cohesive strategy for essay writing via voice memo. Highly highly recommend, the free version is very useful so give it a try!.Version: 2.1.53

Best audio recording and transcriber appThis is the best app if you’re looking for an audio recorder and transcriber. The free app is fantastic and the subscription option is well worth it. Highly recommended 👍🏾👏🏾☝🏾.Version: 1.4.31

Amazing AppWorks flawlessly and has a great UI..Version: 1.4.28

Fantastic appI really love this app. Transcripts are better than other apps I have tried, making the whole process easier. 👍.Version: 2.1.53

Otter is life-changing!Otter has been transformational for me as a professional writer, and has dramatically accelerated progress on a book I’m writing. I can wake up in the middle of the night with a single idea — wearing a sleep mask, not even opening my eyes — turn on the app and start talking. An hour later 15 pages of the book are written. And because I’m doing this in a half-dream state, the creativity and flow is incredibly intuitive and natural. I also use the Otter app to record meetings or conversations, or simply to jot down ideas as they occur while walking (since I always have my phone with me) that I can edit and export as a Word doc, etc later. What’s brilliant about Otter is that it synchronizes the audio to the text, so you can be in the middle of a one-hour interview, click on a word that was misheard/mistyped, and immediately find it in the audio version and correct it in the text. Otter is a writer’s best friend!.Version: 3.14.0

Best one out there.I’m hard of hearing and I’ve tested so many transcribing tools. Look no further. This is the best one. Disappointed that Apple transcribe is no where close as this. Only feedback I would tell Otter is to make it available for the watch.That way you can discreetly understand any missed phrases or part of the conversation. That would be a dream to see it happening! Please make it happen!!.Version: 3.27.0

I love this appFirst and most I like to thank the person who had The mind to come up with this an amazing & awesome app WOW,that everyone can use to throughout their day life. I know that I’m so grateful for it, and I can’t believe how this really meant to me.I’ve been looking for something like this in last 5 years wow it so wonderful to have an app like this thank you it made my life easy with this...I recommend this to everyone who wants to be able to share with your friends and family...I truly believe for me this app should be 10 star thanks again to the person and his brain behind all of this app..ox✨🙏💫😊.Version: 1.4.33

Amazing appSo incredibly useful I love it!.Version: 2.1.49

I’m in loveOk, so I downloaded this app super quick because I needed a way to transcribe an interview that I did, but I didn’t want to pay. Usually I just listen through and type along, but as this was a feature so the interview was quite a bit longer than normal. Not only can you record in the app, but you can also upload audio files from other sources. It takes about the time length of the interview itself, and while it doesn’t get every word perfect, you can click through the transcript and it will play the audio file in the background as follows through, highlighting the written part that went with the audio that’s playing. It’s a really helpful feature to check back and make sure the quotes are accurate. This app saved me so much time, and even without paying you get 10hours of transcriptions per month..Version: 1.4.31

Fantastic app !!Absolutely loved this free app - it is an amazing dictation app - but it’s not working any more fir some reason. Would love some advice/help to explain what’s caused this ! Updating my review after I deleted and reinstalled this app a few times and it is working again ☺️ It really is a great app which saves me lots of time !! Thank you 👍.Version: 2.1.51

Quality transcription irrespective of the accent or speech mannerisms.Quality transcription irrespective of the accent or speech mannerisms..Version: 3.9.0

Amazing for interviews but need tutorialIt’s a great app, been doing Skype interviews and it picks up on the timings so the titles are generated based on the meeting timed on Skype which I think is amazing! However, when I had the free version I didn’t hear a notification or a bell when the audio stoped recording which made me a bit panicked and had to use my phone memo instead. Personally, I think there’s so many great features but I wish I was taken though it when I downloaded the app - kinda like movie editor apps the point to each tool and explains what it does and stuff. Ps. I did do the trial recording but I didn’t seem to wrap my head around the fact that it might take longer to write or load your audio and the limited minutes you have..Version: 2.1.16

Otter reviewBeyond doubt - the best voice to text transcription app available. Easy to run out of superlatives when there are so many great features & benefits. Space saving - no mike, recorder, paper, tapes, data sticks. Ease of use - one minute to learn and get started immediately. Check and send text via telegram and copy onto desktop preference! job done. I use as a record for every candid conversation, pitch, notion, idea and todo list on the fly 10/10.Version: 2.0.24

This is brilliant!My God, what an incredible time saver this is. It’s transformed my day from being laboriously tedious having to type up my lengthy interview notes, into making a few small administrative amendments and sending them off to where they need to go. I love it.Version: 2.1.2

Impressive but expensiveHad a need to create two transcripts from two recorded video calls. And it did the job splendidly. The AI is impressive, but was clearly expensive to develop. For the occasional use I’d make of this app going forward, there is no affordable subscription plan. So, for now, I’ll have to stick with the free version and review again when the time limit is reached..Version: 2.1.60

What a wonderful timeThis application, Is everything I’ve been searching for, my entire life. I can finally learn. This is remarkable and brilliant! Now I won’t forget and forget that I forgot. A true life saver. I don’t need to die anymore. Thank you, for your creation.. -Jessa belle.Version: 2.1.65

Using it for all kinds of thingsI bought the subscription recently and have been using this to take notes when I walk about what I need to do that week, to keep a record of conversations, to take notes of lectures and talks, to record project meetings. The accuracy is not always perfect but usually I can figure out what has been said and the ways to export it are such that you can make corrections as needed.Version: 2.1.36

By far the most accurate automated transcriptionThe accuracy of this app is the best out of all the transcription services I have tried. Obviously it’s not perfect, but it’s surprisingly good even given less than ideal background noise. Some suggestions that would make this extremely valuable for me: 1. Recording via Apple Watch. I currently have to use an app called Just Press Record to record on my watch and synchronize to my phone, and then manually import those recordings into Otter. It would be better if I could have an Otter app on my Apple Watch and record through the app. It doesn’t even need to be real time. 2. Developer API. As a software developer I currently build integrations with the Google speech recognition API, which is not nearly as good as Otter. I talked with the Otter team at a conference recently and they said they have no intentions to release a developer API, which is a shame. Please reconsider! I would happily pay for developer access to your amazing speech recognition system. 3. Integration with Spotlight. Transcriptions should be indexed so I can search them via iOS. 4. I love that they added custom vocabulary in the most recent update! But currently it's all manual. It would be great if it preloaded the person contact list vocabulary with my phone's address book, and maybe infer the rest of the vocabulary from my Messages/Gmail/other data the way SwiftKey does..Version: 2.0.15

A SERIOUSLY useful appMore than required just with the free elements of the app. You can record the audio and it types it for you; if you input acronyms it even learns to put them in too. It’s heavily reliant on having an internet connection of some sort, but if it’s a weak signal then it will still record and just upload the text later. It can’t, however, record if you are on a telephone call on the same phone. Only downside. Have highly recommended this to a number of colleagues who are now also using it..Version: 2.0.22

Attends meetings with meUsing Otter means that I can focus on listening during my meetings, with the added bonus of capturing notes from those sessions. And I love the option to connect Otter with my diary, negating the need for manual recording. The diary sync feature also means that my Otter profile (in my name) can attend a pre-recorded meeting on my behalf..Version: 3.15.0

Outstanding AppOtter is by far one of the best apps I have ever used. It is transparent with all conditions as well fantastic in transcribing everything. Well worth the money for basic level and premium level..Version: 2.0.19

I love the appI love the app. I would love to go premium but the price is a bit too high. There are a number of lectures I would like to transcribe This product might well be a useful way to get my lectures transferred into books..Version: 2.1.49

Great time saver!Amaaaazing! I detest taking minutes but with this app, it is like a walk in the park. Super easy and a great time saver. Genius developer for sure!!.Version: 2.0.28

Amazing voice to text appOtter is amazing. I am deaf and I don’t know what I would do without Otter. When I have doctors appointments I count on Otter to record and save my communication with the doctor. Love it.Version: 3.23.0

You have an amazing app but just a couple of improvementsApr 12/20 Every time I open up the Otter app I am impressed with discovering new facets it that makes it so powerful. Just now discovering it can search out keywords even in a just Concluded dictated entry. Just thinking it would be nice to try it and since I am now recording my prayers which have made them much deeper on this Otter artificial intelligence dictation app I wanted to see how many times I had mentioned, “Journal prayers” in my dictation as which is what these recordings are mostly serving me. I was astounded that it recorded how many instances of each word and a combination of the pair of words but did so in every entry since I began doing this on this app. Wow this is powerful! I am amazed at how the designers of this app have been thinking about everything. It is so gratifying to discover how I can listen and even Correct simultaneously line by line each entry before I email it to my computer journal in it’s correct form. Can your app be synced over devices since I somehow added a calendarable scheduled event to one of my prayer dictation entry dictations and by that handle it automatically appeared as my solitary, my only Otter-dictated, journal prayer entry on my windows computer? This allowed me convenience of utilizing the full computer keyboard to more efficiently and quickly correct that entry! I am impressed that your app actually is beginning to correctly render some of my specific verbiage, for example what used to transcribe as “think the” finally now correctly dictates to the correct “thank Thee” though it’s still a hit and miss thing. (Can the Otter vocabulary be expanded to the second person singular older English to correctly transcribe the pronouns, Thee Thou and Thy and their verb conjugation?). I did put in the allowable five corrections and the app is now mostly getting them right. I love the way this app’s proficiency and thoroughness is an enticement to buy the premium version which I did. But could you refine or tailor to your individual customers speaking patterns a reduction of the number of prematurely truncated sentences? While I am ever grateful for this dictation technology and particularly your comprehensive way of handling my dictations, I am frustrated that I have to spend so much time correcting your app’s dictations to join up the Otter artificially truncated phrases to complete the full thought and length of my original spoken sentences. Oh yes, could you please send me the rest of the dictation from the date Apr 16 named “Hong Kong Gardens” which just at the end of my dictation out of the blue you imposed an impromptu dictation truncation giving me only the first 40 minutes, which never happened before? Look forward to getting your response quickly from your requested feedback because I am looking forward to upgrading to a premium paying customer and using this app to record a Zoom conference call I will be on later this morning. Again thank you so very much for devising this app tailored so well to your customer’s needs!! Peter Rooyakkers, President of Family Fire Safety.Version: 3.15.0

Fantastic ToolI love Otter Transcribing service and just wish it was better at adapting to accents and interpreting punctuation . I use it mostly for book interviews and while I love the immediacy of transcriptions , there is quite a lot of editing and analysing still to makes sense of the transcripts when people have accents other than clear British or American . I still love it however and it’s a game changer for writers using interview ..Version: 2.1.46

Passes the testsHave been testing, or rather, using this app for some months with good results. Have been able to successfully record some lectures in auditoriums and transcribe them quite well. Sure, sometimes things are poorly transcribed (which can add some amusement) but pretty much all is correct or close enough to work out the error. The synced audio to transcription is invaluable for making these corrections and make finding a specific phase quite easy. Best app I have used so far and the free 600 minutes a month is reasonable I think..Version: 2.0.9

Unbelievable and impressive high quality AI audio appWhoever developed this app has done terrific job. I tested this app to read captions from live radio and pretty much it captured everything regardless of whatever accent. The amazing part of this app is that it does capture the low level sound of the person talking a bit further distance. One of best AI built app and very convenient to use in either conference meetings, audio recording, and other forms of media. Thank You for sharing this app and please keep rocking to take this app to next level!!!.Version: 2.1.8

Needs some workRecording function is great. The transcribing function way below average and needs a lot of improvement..Version: 2.0.23

Great tool, but DESPERATELY needs a few featuresReorder/Sort by Function — This is my biggest complaint with Otter. It would be SO helpful if AFTER you added recordings to a folder, you could reorder them or choose to sort them by anything other than the date you added them in. Right now, you’re stuck with them in the order they are added in, and it’s super frustrating. Sub folders — Folders are nice, but I have a pro account and my folders are getting too numerous to be easily manageable. Renaming — Right now, the only way to rename recordings is to individually open them, rename them, and then close them. This process is slow and clunky - particularly because you can only view like 16 characters of the name as you’re typing into the box. If you could rename recordings from the same page you view them from, that would be a lot better. The font would be smaller, and you wouldn’t have to wait for wait for each recording to load in its entirety before renaming it. Find/Replace Function — There are some words that are specific to particular fields of work that the AI gets consistently wrong, even if you manage to think of all of them and put them in your vocabulary ahead of time. If there were a find/replace option, correcting these errors would be a lot easier than having to control F and fix them all individually..Version: 2.1.37

Great appI use this app in my work nearly daily. It is reliable and quite accurate as far as transcription bots go! The best part is that it transcribes live. Good options to edit, share and highlight text as you go..Version: 3.15.0

Empowering deaf communityI am hearing impaired and Otter has allowed me to participate in group conversations for the first time in my life. It has been fairly accurate even in noisy environment with around 6 speakers, and it catches the voices from all around the table. I’m really grateful to the developers and please don’t stop making the app better! It would be amazing if usability can be extended to Apple Watch and other wearable devices, so that I could really use it on the go, by starting the recording in one tap and reading the transcripts on the watch face..Version: 3.9.0

Made dragon naturally speaking redundantI've been using dragon for a while to write documents for training courses. I found it very frustrating. Accuracy was good but not amazing. It was slow and couldn't keep up with me, I had to speak slowly which inhibited my thinking. As well as buying the software I had to pay an additional subscription to use the mobile app. The thing I really wanted, transcribing audio files wax only available in the most expensive version. Otter solved all of these. It is seriously fast. I can speak at a hundred miles an hour and it keeps up. It's way more accurate than dragon. Mobile and transcriptions are included. I know they are meant as slightly different tools but this one is my keeper. I've also found several other ways to use it and it's become a massive timesaver for me..Version: 2.1.49

My go to for all things transcribedI can’t stand typing, but have been an incurable list maker since the beginning of time (as I know it). No checklist apps seem to measure up, so I made Otter into one! Simply put, I just record my lists with my voice and upload them to Otter to be transcribed. ‘Wola!!’, the perfect answer to satisfy my need to write without any typing at all! 😀Yay me!! 😁 One thing I do wish that the developers would consider: Please make transcription recognize a numbering system or a way to automatically go to the “next line” or “new line” seamlessly without needing so much editing. It’s impossible to do this quickly and easily, so I may just have to keep searching and spend my $10/month elsewhere. I’d pay twice that much for a service that has it all!!.Version: 2.1.60

Awesome software!I’m using this app in journalism and couldn’t be happier with the results. Audio comes through pretty clean, with little background noise, and transcription is pretty solid. Yes, there are times the app has issue with getting it 100% right (depending on speaker’s distance from mic, accents, etc.), but it’s not much of an issues, as you can play the audio while it highlights portion of transcription it is playing, so it’s easy to correct. Often, I’ll email the text version to myself when on the go, and it helps expedite the writing process. I’d highly recommend it, as the developers seem to improve it all the time too :).Version: 2.1.27

Fantastic app- huge timesaverSo easy to use, easy to correct transcription errors and simple to access with any device. Thank you developers! Young Leanne.Version: 2.1.36

Thank youThank you for creating this app. It is what the deaf and hearing-impaired community needs. I wear hearing aids and today, I went to Bible study and discovered that I had left my hearing aids at home. My pastor is soft-spoken so I began to search for real-time transcription apps and came across your app. I wasn’t expecting much from it as previous apps I had tried in the past had been terrible. About 5 minutes into using your app, I became convinced that this app is revolutionary: I was blown away by the speed and accuracy of the transcriptions. I used it throughout the two-hour Bible study and the transcription kept up in speed and accuracy. I am very impressed. Please, market this app to the deaf and hearing-impaired community because it is needed. A potential market for you is to find a way for cellphone calls to be transcribed real-time for deaf and hearing-impaired people. There is company that offers this service but their transcriptions are very, very bad. Thanks and I am happy to join your customer base..Version: 1.4.17

BEST APP EVER!!!!!I downloaded app just for voice notes. This is so so so much more!!! It turns voice into tex, to save you having to type in the notes. Best of all though! Is that I have actually been using this app for when I’m on a business call, so I don’t have to write things down or even try to remember important things from the conversation, as this app does it all for me! It even recognises me speaking and the other person, separating us during the conversation. I can then attach the voice note and the tex note to the contact! So that I don’t forget anything! I love this app!.Version: 2.1.47

Hard of hearing wonderGreat for Hh people because you can review transcript and listen to audio again too. Cut and paste transcripts for study notes for school.brilliant and accuracy is better than most.Version: 2.1.21

Very usefulThis a great app for recording conversations and meetings into text so you can easily compile written notes and summaries. Obviously it gets some words wrong but it does get a lot spot on. The only trouble I have is this: it doesn’t recognise different voices so in a dialogue unless there is a pause the whole lot rolls together. If they could fix this to automatically start new text when the voice changes this would be perfect..Version: 2.0.20

Brilliantly effectiveMy CEO speaks at 100mph and Otter still keeps up. It’s my #1 AI powered productivity tool!.Version: 2.1.5

Been waiting for something like this for decadesThis app is brilliant. I can’t really afford it but I bought it anyway. Impressively accurate and such a time saver..Version: 2.1.32


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