Stop sending your student to external websites. Instead have them record audio/video within Google while OTTo-matic automatically saved and shares those files within their own Google Drive™.
Listing updated:December 6, 2025
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UPDATED 2026 INTERFACE!!!
No PII (personally identifiable information) collected except for personal subscription.  District domain level purchases are authenticated at the domain level and is COPPA and FIRPA compliant with no student data collected!

Simply Audio/Video Recorder allows you and your students the ability to record audio and video directly within the add-on's sidebar for Google Docs™, Google Slides™ and Google Sheets™.  When a recording is made the add-on automatically saves the recording in the users Google Drive™ in a folder titled "Ott-o-matic Recordings!".  

Once recorded, the files can then be easily inserted into a presentation using the Insert Menu, or the urls for the stored files can be added to links in any Google™ product or external resource.

Simple Audio/Video Recorder includes limited recording length for all users without a license/subscription. This product includes a 3-day full access trial!

Note: Installation may require approval by your Admin.  If installation fails, contact your IT department.   

Google Docs™, Google Slides™, Google Sheets™ and Google Drive™ are a trademark of Google LLC
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Simple Audio/Video Recorder will ask for the permissions shown below. Learn more
Simple Audio/Video Recorder will need access to your Google account
This will allow Simple Audio/Video Recorder to :
View and manage documents that this application has been installed in
See, edit, create, and delete only the specific Google Drive files you use with this app
View and manage the Google Slides presentations that this application is installed in
View and manage spreadsheets that this application has been installed in
Display and run third-party web content in prompts and sidebars inside Google applications
Connect to an external service
See your primary Google Account email address
See your personal info, including any personal info you've made publicly available
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