Otter.ai
OTTER.AI
Welcome to yet another exciting article that discusses about one of the most novel AI (artificial intelligence) note taking software. Otter.AI isn't just one person's opinion – it's a smart application that works under the control of AI and machine learning.
Come to think of it, the era of taking notes in meetings now seems to be like a far-fetched idea! During the heart of the pandemic, the way we all worked looked different; organizational meetings have looked a bit different.
After a few short years, we’ve seen a drastic change in communication, which basically means that the way we collaborate and interact with people is going to be different - from conference rooms to round tables, Zoom and Google Hangouts really played an important role in that sphere.
Trying to take notes in meetings takes a lot of time and on the other hand, it causes to follow the meeting inefficiently. Otter.ai is a speech-to-text transcription and translation application using artificial intelligence and machine learning. You can use it to take notes at your meetings and interviews, capture your thoughts and ideas, and transcribe your existing recordings.
1. How Do I Start Using ?
Installation process is very simple, after signing up ( https://otter.ai ) , It asks for syncing with the calendar.
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2. Home Page ( Calendar and Meetings )
After a simple installation, the calendar appears on the homepage on the right.
Join the meetings on calendar with the Join meeting button, and also follow the live recordings and highlights made for the meetings with the Open conversation button.
3. Transcribe Meetings
It is very easy to transcribe previous meetings with the application. We have transcribed the Littlefish Foundation weekly meeting 17 for the testing purposes.
Meeting Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2GLyt1sHDM
Select My Conversations from the left pane then click the Import button.
The whole meeting was transcribed in seconds.
4. Editing, Highlighting and More
Certain buttons will appear when hovered over the transcribed text.
Highlight Tool: Tool for highlighting text.
Comment Tool: Tool for commenting.
Action Item: Tool for assigning.
Photo Tool: Tool for adding photos.
Edit Tool: Tool for editing transcribed text.
All highlights, comments and assignments appear in the right pane.
5. Left Pane
Groups
Can create groups by inviting people. Can be used to share transcribed meetings or make live recordings with the members in the groups. Other members can follow live records and edit on it.
Direct Messages
Sharing the same features with the Groups. Can be used to start a quick recording with a specific person.
Live Recording with Direct Messages
When recording is started, it appears live to pair.
Folders
Create folders, save the meetings and live records in these categorized folders. In addition, there are options to share and export these files.
6. Live Transcribe
Live transcribe Zoom meetings with “ otter.ai “
Why is this useful?
What Is Otter.Ai and what does it do?
Otter.AI is one of the prominent technology company that hails from the United States. The company is known for developing “speech to text transcription applications” that leverages artificial intelligence and machine learning.
The Otter.AI software is very useful when it comes to meeting transcribing; it also shows captions for live speakers, and generates written transcriptions of the speeches.
Otter was designed to pick up the voice in an audio feed, processes it through an AI algorithm, and starts stacking the words on the page, ready to read, highlight, and copy.
Why DAOs need this
Time-Saving: Community call and Town hall meetings are quite common in DAOs, one of the core reasons why DAOs need this tool is the fact that note taking is time consuming and too strenuous for humans to handle since these meetings are recurring - With Otter.AI, the need for hiring a human to take notes in meetings won’t be required anymore. Although, this AI tool might not be 100% accurate, but, it does the transcribing faster than a typical human being would do.
Otter.AI is one of the prominent tools fosters and pioneer the hosting of real-time meetings, events, AMA, webinars and live events. Another reason why DAOs need this tool is because it harnesses real-time transcript with meeting participants, it enables them to seamlessly collaborate by adding comments, highlighting text, and inserting images as well.
Why is it important for DAOs.
Enhanced Accessibility: One of the most important uses of transcription tools like Otter.AI is that the software improves accessibility for individuals are deaf. According to statistics, nearly 20% of the global population live with hearing loss; Otter is very important to DAOs because it’ll enable contributors who are hard of hearing to be able to follow along and keep abreast of what’s happening in the community. Otter will enable contributors that are deaf or hard of hearing to easily engage with content they might not otherwise been able to understand!
Another giving reasons why DAOs needs this too is because Otter.AI can easily be integrated with Zoom! Switching from one app to another will make will make things a bit tough. You might have meeting notes over here, action items over there — you might ens up losing your focus! The integration of Otter.AI with Zoom will bring a revolutionary impact to DAOs. The joining together of Otter.AI and Zoom will bring everything together in one place, helping you recapture your focus.
Integrating Otter with Zoom will instantly start transcribing any Zoom meetings that you're a host of. DAOs will also enjoy real-time transcription, and captions to all community members who are attending their meeting so they can follow along, directly within the their Zoom app.
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