Otter.ai is limiting its free plan to 30-minute transcriptions beginning December 1st

Otter.ai is including new limitations to the free Otter Basic plan on the subscription service, which can restrict free customers to 30-minute transcriptions beginning December 1st, down from the present 40-minute restrict.

The firm says that the adjustments are “due to increased costs and to maintain high standards of service.” Otter.ai remains to be providing the identical 600 minutes of transcription monthly to free customers, nonetheless.

The change isn’t vastly problematic in the long term, on condition that Otter.ai nonetheless isn’t altering the complete quantity of transcription that free customers can do — simply the quantity that you could have transcribed in a single recording. That signifies that attentive customers can easy simply begin a brand new file as soon as the 30-minute restrict is reached, though you’ll usually have to concentrate to while you’re creeping up on the time restrict (and lose the advantage of having all the pieces in a single doc).

Otter.ai prospects who want the potential for longer recordings will pay for Otter Pro, which prices $99.99 per 12 months or $12.99 monthly. That worth will get you transcriptions as much as 4 hours lengthy, as much as 6,000 minutes of transcription every month, and extra options together with customized vocabulary lists and the flexibility to import prerecorded information.