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Otter.ai
Basic information
Founded 2016
Legal Structure Private
Industry Transcription software
Also known as
Official website https://otter.ai/

Otter.ai, Inc is a transcription software company. The company develops speech to text transcription applications using artificial intelligence and machine learning. Its software, called Otter, shows captions for live speakers, and generates written transcriptions of speech.

Consumer-impact summary

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Overview of concerns that arise from the conduct towards users of the product (if applicable):

  • User freedom
  • User privacy
  • Business model
  • Market control

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Incidents

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This is a list of all consumer-protection incidents this company is involved in. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the Otter.ai category.

Initial privacy policy (2018)

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In March 2018, ZDNet reported issues with the app's privacy policy, including that it did not clarify whether recordings "won’t be accessed or used in some way".[1]

Otter Notetaker allegedly uses conversations for AI training (2025)

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References

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  1. Whittaker, Zack (2018-03-06). "Popular new transcription app Otter raises privacy red flags". ZDNet. Retrieved 2026-09-03.