

Other transcriptions have also been limited to 40 minutes at a time.


Or it did until last week when free tier users received an email that said “Given a spike in demand for our service with the launch of Live Video Meeting Notes, we need to prioritize resources to accommodate bandwidth.” That’s meant audio file uploads are now restricted to three a month, with a maximum length of 40 minutes per file. The app offered a familiar freemium model that saw users offered ten hours of transcription a month, whether the files were captured on a device running the Otter app or uploaded. The companion website lets users search transcriptions with a click anywhere in transcribed text immediately playing the relevant piece of original audio. To set up Dictation, navigate to Apple Menu > System Preferences > Accessibility > Voice Control and then select 'Enable Voice Control. Otter makes a very well-regarded realtime speech-to-text app that works well even on low-end smartphones and can handle multiple speakers reasonably well. Speech recognition purveyor Otter.ai has added the ability to offer realtime transcription of Zoom meetings, at the expense of some elements out of its free plan.
