Instead of four hours, transcribed minutes-per-meeting will be reduced to just 90 minutes.Users will get 1,200 transcription minutes per month instead of 6,000 - that’s one-fifth of what they’re getting with the current offering.But with the new plan, they’ll be able to play clips at only 1x speed. Currently, users can play recordings at 0.5x, 1x and 2x playback speed.They will be able to access the last 25 recordings, with older ones archived.Users will get 300 transcription minutes per month instead of 600.While users are gaining these features, the company is restricting things like transcription minutes per-month for both Basic and Pro accounts. What’s more, the company’s AI-generated meeting summary feature - which was introduced in March - will be available to both Basic and Pro account users too. However, those who pay for a Pro account will be able to ask the Otter Assistant to join two concurrent meetings. The feature was originally only available to subscribers on the business plan, but starting September 27 it will be available to Free and Pro accounts too. So even if someone can’t attend a meeting, they can at least listen back to it and peruse the notes later. The assistant integrates with the user’s calendar, and automatically joins any scheduled meeting, records it and shares the transcription with everyone in the meeting. Otter.ai first launched its bot to automatically record Zoom meetings last May, though it later added support for Google Meet, Microsoft Teams and Cisco Webex. The bad news, however, is that Otter.ai is scaling back on some features, like the number of monthly transcription minutes available for basic and pro accounts. The good news is that Otter Assistant - a bot that can be configured to record meetings automatically - will now be available to everyone, regardless of whether they’re a free or paid user. There’s good news and bad news for users of the Otter.ai transcription service.

Otter recording app