15 years ago, journalist and reviewer Pierre Herubel discovered an incredible productivity hack that changed the way he worked. As someone who spoke much quicker than he typed, he sought out voice dictation software as a solution to increasing his productivity. After discovering Dragon Dictate, he was excited about the idea of a voice dictation software on the iPhone.

In recent years, he found a solution, one that he’s been using almost every day for a few years – Otter.ai, a web-based, real-time transcription service. This software has completely changed the way he works with text, including during interviews. By using Otter.ai, Pierre has found an efficient way to transcribe his interviews, saving him hours of time. The software allows users to upload audio files for transcription and accurately transcribes the audio into text. While it’s not perfect and could be a bit more personalized for certain industries, the transcription is accurate enough to get started with editing. Otter.ai has even integrated with Zoom and Google Meetings to record and transcribe conversations, and the app’s AI software recognizes topics and can create summaries of the transcript with time codes.

Otter.ai offers different pricing options, including a free version as well as paid Pro and Business plans that allow for additional features and minutes of transcriptions per month. This software has proven to be an incredibly valuable tool for Pierre to increase his productivity and work more efficiently when transcribing interviews or working on reviews and articles.