The Otter Free plan gives you 600 minutes of transcription every month, which will be enough for most users. There is a free version of Otter.ai and paid options. Don’t forget that if you are recording a meeting you must get the permission of the people being recorded.

These could create a really useful record of a discussion over time. Supervision or Academic Adviser meetings are very valuable, but sometimes there is so much said that it would be useful to have a transcript to support any notes made. Find out more about how podcasters are using Otter.ai in this Behind the Scenes with the Podcasters who use Otter post on the Otter blog. Our Sussex TEL podcast uses Otter.ai to provide transcripts. We have written before about Powering up your pedagogy with podcasts and this is an increasingly popular medium but podcasts need transcripts to be accessible. There are many student stories about using Otter.ai on the Otter blog. Otter.ai is a great tool for this as it can even distinguish between different speakers. Many disciplines require students and researchers to interview people and transcribe those interviews. You can read more about digital accessibility and how you can create accessible digital resources on our Digital Accessibility webpages. That can be challenging when using audio but Otter.ai can help.

It is vital that online resources are usable for all students and staff, including those with disabilities and specific learning differences. There are many situations in which the ability to have a text version of the spoken word is useful, but some are particularly relevant in Higher Education contexts: How could Otter.ai be useful in teaching and learning? The resulting ‘Smart notes’ are synchronised to the audio, tag speakers and can be searched. Otter.ai can transcribe recordings in real time, or create transcripts for uploaded video or audio files. This week we want to introduce you to a great transcription tool which uses artificial intelligence (AI) to turn the spoken word into text.

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