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Best tools to transcribe audio and meetings
Turn speech into searchable notes. 3 tools in this list, 3 with a free plan.
How this list is ranked. Tools are ordered by how strongly they are built for this job (as tagged in VERILO’s catalogue), then by editorial score and editor rating. Affiliate relationships and featured status are never inputs.
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Otter.ai
Built for itAI meeting assistant that records, transcribes and summarizes Zoom, Google Meet and Teams calls.
4.0From $16.99/moFree plan- This is a core use case of the product.
- Includes AI assistant, AI agents, Real-time collaboration
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Descript
Good at itAudio and video editor where you edit recordings by editing the transcript, with AI cleanup tools.
4.4From $24/moFree plan- Well supported, though not the product's main focus.
- Includes AI content generation, Real-time collaboration, Comments & mentions
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Zoom
Supports itVideo meeting platform bundled with team chat, whiteboards and an AI meeting assistant in Zoom Workplace.
4.4From $15.99/moFree plan- Possible, but other tools on this list are more purpose-built.
- Includes AI assistant, API access, Webhooks
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