{"slug": "otter-ai-can-now-follow-conversations-across-30-languages", "title": "Otter AI can now follow conversations across 30+ languages", "summary": "Otter.ai announced Tuesday a multilingual transcription feature that automatically detects language switches mid-meeting and continues transcribing without user adjustment, alongside support for 27 new languages — its largest expansion to date. Thirteen languages are available now, including Mandarin Chinese, Korean, German, Italian, Cantonese, Portuguese, Russian, Indonesian, Malay, Dutch, Turkish, Vietnamese and Polish, while 14 more (Swedish, Danish, Finnish, Arabic, Hindi, Thai, Hebrew, Norwegian, Greek, Macedonian, Persian, Czech, Hungarian and Romanian) are coming soon, bringing total support to 31 languages. The new languages run on Otter's own speech models, trained on publicly available datasets with native-speaking volunteers reviewing transcripts for accuracy, and follow Otter's $320 million funding round from General Catalyst as the company expands into workplace AI tools like Work Mode and Live Assist.", "body_md": "[Otter.ai,](http://otter.ai) the AI-powered note-taking tool, announced Tuesday that it’s expanding its multilingual capabilities, including a new multilingual transcription feature that can follow conversations as speakers switch between languages during the same meeting.\n\nThe company is also adding support for 27 languages, its largest language expansion to date. Once the rollout is complete, Otter will support 31 languages in total, making the platform more accessible to international teams.\n\nThe upcoming feature will automatically detect language changes and continue transcribing without requiring users to adjust settings. For example, a call could move from English to Korean to Portuguese, with Otter following the conversation throughout.\n\nThe update aims to address a common challenge for global teams, where language differences can make meetings and collaboration more difficult.\n\n“Otter is breaking down language barriers so any company, no matter where they’re based, can build a system of record for the decisions for voice AI communication,” an Otter spokesperson told TechCrunch.\n\nThirteen of the new languages are available now: Mandarin Chinese, Korean, German, Italian, Cantonese, Portuguese, Russian, Indonesian, Malay, Dutch, Turkish, Vietnamese, and Polish.\n\nThe remaining 14 languages are coming soon and include Swedish, Danish, Finnish, Arabic, Hindi, Thai, Hebrew, Norwegian, Greek, Macedonian, Persian, Czech, Hungarian, and Romanian.\n\nThe newly added languages run on Otter’s own speech models. The company told us it trained them using publicly available datasets and worked with native-speaking volunteers to review transcripts and check accuracy.\n\nThe announcement comes as Otter continues to expand beyond transcription and into other workplace AI tools, following its [$320 million](https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/20/otter-ai-raises-320-million-from-general-catalysts-growth-fund-for-its-meeting-tool/) funding from General Catalyst.\n\nIt recently introduced [Work Mode,](https://otter.ai/blog/otter-rethinks-the-meeting-new-ai-preps-you-coaches-you-and-follows-through) which uses meeting history and connected apps to help users prepare for upcoming calls. For instance, the feature pulls information from previous customer conversations, outstanding action items, notes from teammates’ similar calls, and recent Google Drive files.\n\nAnother recent addition is Live Assist, which provides real-time coaching during meetings. It analyzes the conversation and offers relevant suggestions based on what has already been talked about and what is happening in the moment.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/otter-ai-can-now-follow-conversations-across-30-languages", "canonical_source": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/11/09/otter-ai-can-now-follow-conversations-across-30-languages/", "published_at": "2026-11-10 07:00:00+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-11-10 13:21:12.339518+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-products", "natural-language-processing", "ai-tools"], "entities": ["Otter.ai", "General Catalyst", "TechCrunch", "Work Mode", "Live Assist", "Google Drive"], "also_reported_by": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/otter-ai-can-now-follow-conversations-across-30-languages", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/otter-ai-can-now-follow-conversations-across-30-languages.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/otter-ai-can-now-follow-conversations-across-30-languages.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/otter-ai-can-now-follow-conversations-across-30-languages.jsonld"}}