Notta is a cloud-based AI notetaking tool that converts audio and video from meetings, interviews, and lectures into text while people are still speaking. Launched in Japan in 2020, it is available as a web app, iOS and Android apps, and a browser extension. It does more than transcribe: translation across 58 languages, AI-generated summaries with action items, and collaborative editing all live in a single screen. It also connects to online meeting tools such as Zoom, Google Meet, and Microsoft Teams, so capturing a recording and sharing the minutes happens in one continuous flow.
Key Features
- Real-time transcription: Audio from your microphone is turned into text on the spot. You can follow what is being said while the meeting is still running, which helps when checking something you missed or adding notes as you go. Speaker identification is supported, so remarks are recorded per speaker
- Transcription and translation in 58 languages: Japanese, English, and many other languages are covered. Bilingual transcription captures meetings where two languages are mixed, and live translation shows the original text and the translation side by side
- AI summaries and action items: AI condenses the transcript into key points and extracts decisions and to-dos as a bullet list. The output is usable as a draft of the minutes and can be exported to PDF, Word, or slide formats
- Automatic attendance in online meetings: Register a meeting URL and Notta’s bot joins the call to record it. The Mac and Windows desktop apps can also record directly on the device without using a bot
- Integrations with existing tools: Notta connects to Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, Webex, Slack, Notion, Salesforce, HubSpot, Google Calendar, Outlook Calendar, and Zapier, letting recorded content flow into your everyday workflow
- Security for business use: The service states compliance with SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, and HIPAA. Higher plans add operation logs, single sign-on, and an option to exclude your data from AI training
Pricing
| Plan | Monthly (billed monthly) | Monthly (billed annually) | What’s included |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | ¥0 | ¥0 | 120 transcription minutes/month, 50 file imports/month, 10 AI summaries/month, speaker identification |
| Premium | ¥1,980 | ¥1,185 | 1,800 transcription minutes/month, 100 AI summaries/month, translation, text export, custom vocabulary |
| Business | ¥4,180 | ¥2,508 | Unlimited transcription, web meeting recording, security management, usage reports, CRM / Zapier integrations |
| Enterprise | Contact sales | Contact sales | Customizable limits, SSO, no AI training on your data, operation logs, dedicated support |
All figures are tax-inclusive JPY, and annual billing lowers the effective monthly rate. Premium and above can also buy add-ons such as translation packages and AI credits.
Pricing is as of August 2026. Check the official site for the latest details.
Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- A Japan-born service, combining strong Japanese transcription accuracy with a Japanese interface and Japanese-language support
- The free plan offers 120 minutes per month, so you can test accuracy on your own meetings before committing
- Transcription, translation, and summarization are handled in one tool, with no need to move between services
- Web, mobile apps, and a browser extension give you multiple entry points, from in-person meetings to interviews on the road
- Integrations with major meeting tools and calendars make it easy to start recording automatically
⚠️ Cons
- The free plan’s 120 minutes and 10 AI summaries per month run out quickly if you record meetings daily, making a paid plan effectively required
- Technical terms, proper nouns, and overlapping speech still produce errors, so minutes intended for publication need human proofreading
- File import and AI summary counts are capped per plan, which becomes a constraint when processing a backlog of past recordings
- The meeting-bot approach may not be usable depending on the other party’s meeting policy
Comparison with Similar Services
| Criteria | Notta | Otter.ai | tl;dv | CLOVA Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Provider | Notta (Japan) | Otter.ai (US) | tl;dv (Germany) | LY Corporation group (Korea) |
| Japanese support | Japanese UI and support | Supported, but English-first | Supported, but English-first | Strong in Japanese |
| Main strength | Multilingual transcription plus translation and summaries in one flow | Transcription and team sharing for English meetings | Highlight sharing from meeting recordings, sales workflows | Generous free tier and Japanese accuracy |
| Meeting bot | Yes (bot-free recording also available) | Yes | Yes | No (file-based recording) |
| Free plan | Yes (120 min/month) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
If your meetings are mostly in English, Otter.ai or tl;dv are reasonable alternatives; if you mainly want free Japanese transcription, CLOVA Note is an option. Notta’s position is clearest when you need meetings that mix Japanese and another language captured with translation and pushed into your business tools.
Who Is It For
- Employees and managers who lose time writing up minutes for recurring meetings and 1-on-1s
- Writers and editors who transcribe interview audio before drafting an article
- Teams whose meetings mix Japanese and English and who want records kept with translation included
- Students and researchers who want lectures and seminars saved as searchable text
- Sales teams who want call content stored in a CRM and shared as team knowledge
Summary
Notta bundles real-time transcription with translation, AI summaries, and team sharing into a single workflow. Its distinguishing trait is combining Japanese-language usability with broad multilingual coverage, which fits teams that regularly run meetings across two languages. That said, a transcript is a draft: minutes you intend to publish still need a human review. Start with the free plan’s 120 minutes on your own recordings, and consider Premium or above once that limit starts to feel tight.