Otter AI adds support for 27 languages, with 31 planned in total

Otter.ai is expanding its multilingual transcription features, adding support for 27 languages and developing a feature that can follow conversations as speakers switch languages during a meeting. Once the rollout is complete, the company says Otter will support 31 languages in total.

The upcoming feature will detect language changes automatically and continue transcribing without requiring users to adjust settings. For example, a meeting could move from English to Korean to Portuguese, with Otter following the conversation.

Thirteen of the new languages are available now: Mandarin Chinese, Korean, German, Italian, Cantonese, Portuguese, Russian, Indonesian, Malay, Dutch, Turkish, Vietnamese and Polish. The other 14 are coming soon: Swedish, Danish, Finnish, Arabic, Hindi, Thai, Hebrew, Norwegian, Greek, Macedonian, Persian, Czech, Hungarian and Romanian.

The new languages use Otter’s own speech models. The company told TechCrunch it trained them using publicly available datasets and worked with native-speaking volunteers to review transcripts and check accuracy. An Otter spokesperson told TechCrunch the expansion is intended to help companies build a record of decisions from voice communications across language barriers.

Otter is also expanding beyond transcription into workplace AI tools. It recently introduced Work Mode, which uses meeting history and connected apps to help users prepare for calls, and Live Assist, which analyzes conversations and offers real-time suggestions.