<!--[if (gte mso 9)|(IE)]><style type="text/css">.main-style-6fa53ef8fe69244f9866 { font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; /* inherit */ }</style><![endif]--><div style="/* inherit */" class="main-style-6fa53ef8fe69244f9866"><div>Hey there! </div><div><br /></div><div>I have used <a href="http://otter.ai/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Otter.ai</a> pretty extensively over the last few months. Here is a brief synopsis of what it can do: </div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://Otter.ai" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Otter.ai</a> is a transcription service offered on its mobile app and web application. It seamlessly integrates with video conferencing tools and has easy to use sharing options. Transcriptions are organized in “conversations” and can be added to group folders where all members have access, or simply shared via a link. <a href="http://Otter.ai" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Otter.ai</a> can identify different speakers automatically and could be a lightweight solution to the high cost of remote captioning. It is an automated service but is highly accurate. <a href="http://Otter.ai" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Otter.ai</a> adds in suggested punctuation. Users are able to highlight notes, create custom search queries, add photos, edit text, and share in a matter of seconds. </div><div><br /></div><div>With the PRO version - you can set up your zoom account to automatically record meetings and transcribe. You can also create a .SRT file with the pro account to export the edited transcriptions for captioning. </div><div><br /></div><div>- Shawn </div><br><div class="front-signature fa-uid_67c9bcd71aa9769b9ee6a5db55c16abc"><div>—</div><div>Shawn Jordison MS.</div><div>530-238-5645</div><div>Alternate Media and Assistive Technology Specialist</div><div>CCC Accessibility Center</div></div></div><img src="https://app.frontapp.com/api/1/noauth/companies/8e20816c24131d5cfea6/seen/msg_f7vrz67/han_19r7d5b/e15c0d27.gif" style="width: 1px; height: 1px"><br><blockquote type="cite" class="front-blockquote">On May 21, 2020, 11:46 AM PDT <a href="mailto:info@karlencommunications.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">info@karlencommunications.com</a> wrote:<br /><br /><div id="fae_f7vrz67yriqvn"><div><div></div><div class="fat5h3tz front-email-body" lang="EN-US"><div class="fakeqkdm" style="page: WordSection1;"><p class="fan4r8qn" style="margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:'Cambria',serif;color:#1F3864">Although I’m not a campus, I had been using the free version of <a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://otter.ai/" target="_blank">Otter.ai</a> since January when my course went partially online. Students, even students who were not deaf or hard of hearing liked having it as a backup to notes.<span></span></span></p><p class="fan4r8qn" style="margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:'Cambria',serif;color:#1F3864"><span> </span></span></p><p class="fan4r8qn" style="margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:'Cambria',serif;color:#1F3864">Within the past two weeks I looked at Otter for Teams because it has the ability to have the Live Transcription beside the Zoom Window if the Zoom window is not maximized. I’ve used it once/I have a two month trial. For at least one participant who needed it, it worked quite well and they had a poor experience with <a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://otter.ai/" target="_blank">Otter.ai</a> at a previous meeting/webinar. Having the ability to see the transcription beside the Zoom Window made the difference.<span></span></span></p><p class="fan4r8qn" style="margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:'Cambria',serif;color:#1F3864"><span> </span></span></p><p class="fan4r8qn" style="margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:'Cambria',serif;color:#1F3864">I find that the transcription is good and am still investigating how to increase the font size.<span></span></span></p><p class="fan4r8qn" style="margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:'Cambria',serif;color:#1F3864"><span> </span></span></p><p class="fan4r8qn" style="margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:'Cambria',serif;color:#1F3864">One of the things I like for students is that apparently you can highlight parts of the transcript and then show the text you’ve highlighted so you have a list of important things but I haven’t tried that feature yet either.<span></span></span></p><p class="fan4r8qn" style="margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:'Cambria',serif;color:#1F3864"><span> </span></span></p><p class="fan4r8qn" style="margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:'Cambria',serif;color:#1F3864">My program at my college has purchased Otter for Teams as we will be going fully online this fall.<span></span></span></p><p class="fan4r8qn" style="margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:'Cambria',serif;color:#1F3864"><span> </span></span></p><p class="fan4r8qn" style="margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:'Cambria',serif;color:#1F3864">It is the Otter for Teams that has the side by side capability and they recently reduced the number of team members to 1 so I could purchase it…the original default was 3.<span></span></span></p><p class="fan4r8qn" style="margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:'Cambria',serif;color:#1F3864"><span> </span></span></p><p class="fan4r8qn" style="margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:'Cambria',serif;color:#1F3864">Am also interested in what others have found about the tool.<span></span></span></p><p class="fan4r8qn" style="margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:'Cambria',serif;color:#1F3864"><span> </span></span></p><p class="fan4r8qn" style="margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:'Cambria',serif;color:#1F3864">I know Microsoft Teams uses Microsoft Translator or maybe they call it Teams Translator but I had to do a presentation in teams yesterday and found it a lot more complicated than Zoom! I also had to turn off my screen reader.<span></span></span></p><p class="fan4r8qn" style="margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:'Cambria',serif;color:#1F3864"><span> </span></span></p><p class="fan4r8qn" style="margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:'Cambria',serif;color:#1F3864">Anyway, looking forward to seeing how others find <a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://otter.ai/" target="_blank">Otter.ai</a>.<span></span></span></p><p class="fan4r8qn" style="margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:'Cambria',serif;color:#1F3864"><span> </span></span></p><p class="fan4r8qn" style="margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:'Cambria',serif;color:#1F3864">Cheers, Karen<span></span></span></p><p class="fan4r8qn" style="margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:'Cambria',serif;color:#1F3864"><span> </span></span></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="fan4r8qn" style="margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; font-size: 12.0pt;"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> athen-list <<a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu" target="_blank">athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Lavey,Shannon<br /><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, May 21, 2020 2:24 PM<br /><b>To:</b> <a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="mailto:athen-list@u.washington.edu" target="_blank">athen-list@u.washington.edu</a><br /><b>Subject:</b> [Athen] <a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://otter.ai/" target="_blank">Otter.ai</a><span></span></span></p></div></div><p class="fan4r8qn" style="margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span> </span></p><p class="fan4r8qn" style="margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Hello ATHEN friends!<span></span></span></p><p class="fan4r8qn" style="margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span> </span></span></p><p class="fan4r8qn" style="margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I hope everyone is doing well and staying healthy.  I was curious if anyone has purchased an <a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://otter.ai/" target="_blank">Otter.ai</a> subscription for your campus.  If so, what helped you decide to proceed with the subscription and what has the experience been so far?  <span></span></span></p><p class="fan4r8qn" style="margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span> </span></span></p><p class="fan4r8qn" style="margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Thank you,<span></span></span></p><p class="fan4r8qn" style="margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span> </span></span></p><p class="fan4r8qn" style="margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; f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