Otter.ai vs. Sembly.AI

Terrible customer service. I nearly cancelled my account due to errors in billing and no communication. First, Otter.ai began sending out invites to anyone in my organization without my permission, approval or knowledge. The next thing I know, I'm being billed for two people I do not even know. They were within my company, but still. I contacted Otter.ai the only way you can, which is by creating a response from within your account log in. I reached out twice and NEVER received an acknowledgement. However, the two other accounts were credited back, but no response about that either. No apology, nothing. I probably will not renew and will find another similar company with better customer service.

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Powow is well suited for meetings, multi-meetings, and having everyone in the team involved. It simplifies the process of decision-making and any process within our business that needs multiple people working at the same time. It allows people to focus on the meeting instead of taking notes as Powow uses audio transcription to create summaries about everything said. It also allows getting relevant insights and analytics that are really helpful for the business. In my own case, being a fashion and design store requires hand on meetings and work that can't be done thru the internet. Also, for very important meetings or information, you can't really rely on the transcripts as they are not perfect. Even though Powow is relatively new, it has mainly positive aspects.

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• Provides excellent audio transcriptions.
• Helps spoken communicators assess their messages.
• Provides accurate spacing in the transcript where there are pauses in the recording.

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• It facilitates the communication among people within our business.
• Includes the option to have multi-meetings.
• Provides a transcript of everything said during the meeting.
• Provides summaries for easy recap and follow up.

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• We don't have the option of creating SRT files for subtitling videos
• We are on the free plan so we are limited to only three uploads

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• As it is a new platform, some functions can be pretty basic.
• The summarizing notes are not always perfect, this could be improved.
• Navigation around the platform is not as intuitive as it could be for new users.

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Trint was more difficult to use and would not easily upload my audio recording. In contrast, however, Otter.ai was much more user friendly and easily uploaded my audio transcript. If you are looking for an audio transcription service that doesn't require a complex knowledge of software like this, then I would heartily recommend Otter.ai over Trint!

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Even though all of the mentioned platforms are helpful for meetings and teamwork, Powow is so much better. First, it allows multi-meetings, facilitating the job of the managers and heads of every team to be involved in all the work done. Also, it has audio transcripts that avoid the need for note-taking, making people pay full attention to the meeting. Provides as well insights and analysis related to the business and meeting content that are really helpful for the business. The AI component to extract patterns and sentiments across multiple meetings is a huge tool for managers and heads of teams to identify key issues and mitigate risks.

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• Cheap for a business cost
• High cost for the feature set - Would like to see more features.
• Overall helpful for important conversations and meeting notes.

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• Reduced the design thinking and design process time in half as it helped with team communication.
• Allowed to start multiple projects during the year.
• Gave helpful insights that allowed the business to increase customer satisfaction and sales.
• Cut costs on physical offices as 90% of the job is done remotely.

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