OLVA vs Read AI

OLVA is a meeting assistant that provides live transcription, question detection, contextual answers, coaching prompts and searchable meeting memory. Desktop OLVA captures audio from the user's device without appearing as a meeting participant, and works alongside Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, Slack huddles and Webex. Users can add notes and PDF, text, Markdown, DOCX or PPTX files as meeting context, subject to a plan's shared word limit. The listing states 87 transcription languages; the default Soniox speech provider supports 60 spoken languages with automatic detection and multiple selected languages. Calendar integrations are available. Pro and Ultra include Notion, Slack, Google Drive and outbound webhooks; Plus does not. The iOS and Android apps use the microphone for in-person conversations, but do not capture another app's system audio. OLVA says meeting audio and video are not stored on its systems, while transcripts and other materials are handled under its Privacy Policy. Plus costs $14.99 a month, Pro $24.99 a month and Ultra $99.99 a month. The maker describes Pro as suited to heavy meeting weeks and customer-facing roles, among others.

Read AI captures meetings and provides transcription, summaries and action items. Its meeting bot supports Zoom, Microsoft Teams and Google Meet, and calendar integrations are available. The service is listed for web, Windows, macOS, iOS and Android, and it also supports file uploads. The product listing gives a transcription-language count of 16. The free plan is always free, requires no credit card and allows five meetings per month; its plan details list support for 20+ languages. Paid plans are billed annually: Pro costs $15 a month and includes 100 file upload credits per month. Enterprise costs $22.50 a month with 200 credits, while Enterprise+ costs $29.75 a month with 300 credits and requires at least five licenses. The different language counts given for transcription and the free plan may matter when checking suitability for a particular meeting. Read AI was founded in 2021 and is based in Seattle, Washington, United States.