Key facts
- Otter.ai said it is adding 27 languages, its largest language expansion to date, for 31 in total once complete.
- Thirteen new languages are available now, including Mandarin Chinese, Korean, German, Italian, Cantonese and Portuguese.
- Fourteen more languages are coming soon, including Swedish, Danish, Finnish, Arabic, Hindi, Thai and Hebrew.
- Otter said the new languages run on its own speech models, trained on public datasets with native-speaker review.
- The multilingual feature will detect language switches automatically without users changing settings, per Otter.
Otter.ai, the AI-powered note-taking tool, said on November 10, 2026 that it is expanding its multilingual capabilities, including a new multilingual transcription feature that can follow conversations as speakers switch between languages during the same meeting.
The company said it is adding support for 27 languages, its largest language expansion to date. Once the rollout is complete, Otter said it will support 31 languages in total.
The upcoming feature will automatically detect language changes and continue transcribing without requiring users to adjust settings, according to the company. Otter gave the example of a call moving from English to Korean to Portuguese with the tool following the conversation throughout.
Thirteen of the new languages are available now: Mandarin Chinese, Korean, German, Italian, Cantonese, Portuguese, Russian, Indonesian, Malay, Dutch, Turkish, Vietnamese, and Polish. The remaining 14 are coming soon: Swedish, Danish, Finnish, Arabic, Hindi, Thai, Hebrew, Norwegian, Greek, Macedonian, Persian, Czech, Hungarian, and Romanian.
Otter said the newly added languages run on its own speech models, trained using publicly available datasets, with native-speaking volunteers reviewing transcripts to check accuracy.
"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.
The announcement comes as Otter expands beyond transcription into other workplace AI tools, following its $320 million funding from General Catalyst. It recently introduced Work Mode, which uses meeting history and connected apps to help users prepare for calls, and Live Assist, which provides real-time coaching during meetings.