Otter AI adds transcription across 31 languages

The company said 13 newly supported languages are available now: Mandarin Chinese, Korean, German, Italian, Cantonese, Portuguese, Russian, Indonesian, Malay, Dutch, Turkish, Vietnamese and Polish. Another 14 are coming soon: Swedish, Danish, Finnish, Arabic, Hindi, Thai, Hebrew, Norwegian, Greek, Macedonian, Persian, Czech, Hungarian and Romanian.

Otter said the new languages use its own speech models, trained on publicly available datasets. Native-speaking volunteers reviewed transcripts and checked their accuracy, the company told TechCrunch.

The update is intended to help international teams work across language differences, which can complicate meetings and collaboration. “Otter is breaking down language barriers so any company, no matter where they’re based, can build a system of record for the decisions for voice AI communication,” an Otter spokesperson told TechCrunch.

The expansion follows Otter’s $320 million funding from General Catalyst as the company develops workplace AI tools beyond transcription. Its recently introduced Work Mode draws on meeting history and connected apps to help users prepare for calls, including by surfacing prior customer conversations, outstanding action items, notes from teammates’ similar calls and recent Google Drive files. Live Assist offers real-time meeting coaching, analyzing the discussion to suggest relevant information based on what has been said and what is happening at the time.