# Auto-generated \_outlines\_ ?! **URL:** \ **Category:** Workbench\ **Created:** [November 22, 2022, 3:43pm UTC](https://forum.podcaster.community/t/auto-generated-outlines/3180 "2022-11-22T15:43:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![craigconstantine](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.podcaster.community/craigconstantine/32/2322_2.png) [@craigconstantine](https://forum.podcaster.community/u/craigconstantine)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2022, 3:43pm UTC](https://forum.podcaster.community/t/auto-generated-outlines/3180/1 "2022-11-22T15:43:14Z")
Otter.ai has started auto-generating **outlines**. I fell off my chair when I saw this. Has anyone else seen auto-generated outlines _anywhere_? > **[Automated Outline Overview](https://help.otter.ai/hc/en-us/articles/5093383818263-Automated-Outline-Overview)** > > Once the recording has been stopped or a file has finished importing, Otter's proprietary AI will automatically generate a summary and display it in the Automated Outline panel of the conversation ... Over the weekend, on one of the calls—not sure if it was POD11 or Fwd Podcasters—I mentioned Otter.ai has started showing me an outline of what’s in my recordings. I’m uploading MP3 files into Otter to have it generate transcripts. Then I’m using the synchronized playback in Otter to clean up the transcripts (on my way to writing summaries, takeaways, etc from recordings.) This “beta” outline on the side appeared with the machine-generated transcript. It is not simply pulling out exactly what I’ve said… no idea how it does this. ![Screenshot 2022-11-22 at 10.36.12](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/podcaster1/original/2X/c/ccb55d946014f78751c607a36c23ba0955b586e0.jpeg) It’s clearly meant as an aid to hopping around within the transcript—clicking an outline item jumps me to that part. There’s no affordance for exporting this outline. But, drag-select copy-and-paste works. ---
**Author:** ![Lovelace](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.podcaster.community/lovelace/32/64_2.png) [@Lovelace](https://forum.podcaster.community/u/Lovelace)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2022, 4:08pm UTC](https://forum.podcaster.community/t/auto-generated-outlines/3180/2 "2022-11-22T16:08:46Z")
@craigconstantine Sounds amazing! I’m using Descript but the Otter.ai outline feature has potential to aid me in selecting snippets for social media posts I create in Descript. Do you have a paid subscription to Otter.ai? ---
**Author:** ![craigconstantine](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.podcaster.community/craigconstantine/32/2322_2.png) [@craigconstantine](https://forum.podcaster.community/u/craigconstantine)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2022, 5:31pm UTC](https://forum.podcaster.community/t/auto-generated-outlines/3180/3 "2022-11-22T17:31:07Z")
I do have a paid plan, yes. But their brief help document doesn’t say it’s only available in certain plans—it’s probably available to everyone. ---
**Author:** ![Ron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecae2f/32.png) [@Ron](https://forum.podcaster.community/u/Ron)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2022, 10:52pm UTC](https://forum.podcaster.community/t/auto-generated-outlines/3180/4 "2022-11-22T22:52:11Z")
Hey @craigconstantine Haven’t seen that anywhere before, but that’s a cool feature that would certainly have practical value for many. ---
**Author:** ![Jey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc348/32.png) [@Jey](https://forum.podcaster.community/u/Jey)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2022, 1:25am UTC](https://forum.podcaster.community/t/auto-generated-outlines/3180/5 "2022-11-23T01:25:20Z")
> [@craigconstantine](#): > > This “beta” outline on the side appeared with the machine-generated transcript. It is not simply pulling out exactly what I’ve said… no idea how it does this. Impressive yes, but the literal question is: who cares? I don’t see what AI is going to highlight that we can’t do better. ---
**Author:** ![brucedevereux](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.podcaster.community/brucedevereux/32/384_2.png) [@brucedevereux](https://forum.podcaster.community/u/brucedevereux)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2022, 5:33pm UTC](https://forum.podcaster.community/t/auto-generated-outlines/3180/6 "2022-12-03T17:33:47Z")
I was reading this piece this morning. Interesting perspective. > **[Why AI Still Can’t Beat Human Transcribers — Vocal Fry Studios](https://www.vocalfrystudios.com/blog/2022/11/29/why-ai-software-still-cant-beat-human-transcribers?utm_source=Vocal%2BFry%2BStudios&utm_campaign=9c4859ba8d-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2022_03_18_07_16_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_3f78308731-9c4859ba8d-463256437)** > > We gave AI transcription software an audio producer Turing test. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.podcaster.community/system/32/548_2.png) [@system](https://forum.podcaster.community/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2023, 5:34pm UTC](https://forum.podcaster.community/t/auto-generated-outlines/3180/7 "2023-02-01T17:34:18Z")
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