A transcription and meeting-minutes service from Ricoh. Its defining feature is that it records three things at once ─ the audio, the transcribed text of what was said, and the screen ─ so you can review them side by side afterward. Launched in April 2022, it captures audio without requiring any integration setup with web conferencing tools, so it works regardless of whether the meeting runs on Teams, Zoom, Google Meet, or Webex. Two lines of plans are available: personal plans (free and monthly) and business plans that add AI summaries.
Key Features
- Records audio, text, and screen as a set: Where most transcription services keep only the text, toruno also saves the recording and screen captures. Because you can match “what was on screen when this was said,” it is strong for reviewing discussions held over shared documents
- No integration setup with meeting tools: It picks up the sound playing on your PC along with your microphone, so there is no bot to invite into the meeting and no external app permissions to approve. That makes it easy to start using in workplaces where tool approvals are hard to get
- Real-time transcription: Text appears as the meeting runs, letting you check anything you missed on the spot. The official site states accuracy of 95% or higher under suitable audio conditions
- User dictionary for in-house terminology: Product names, department names, and personal names ─ the kinds of words generic speech recognition tends to get wrong ─ can be registered in a dictionary to improve accuracy
- File upload support: Audio recorded on an IC recorder and video files can be uploaded for transcription, which covers in-person meetings and existing recording archives
- Business plans draft minutes with generative AI: On the Business AI Summary plans, generative AI (Amazon Bedrock) produces the summary. Prompt templates are provided for different purposes, so output can be shaped into formats other than minutes. Multilingual transcription, real-time translation, and access permission management are also supported
Pricing
| Plan | Monthly price | What’s included |
|---|---|---|
| Personal Free | ¥0 | Up to 3 hours of recording in total. No AI summary |
| Personal Monthly | ¥1,650 (tax included) | Up to 10 hours per month. ¥2.2 per minute beyond that |
| Business AI Summary 30h | ¥27,000 (tax excluded) | Up to 30 hours per month. ¥900 per hour beyond that. AI summary, permission management, multilingual support |
| Business AI Summary 100h | ¥85,500 (tax excluded) | Up to 100 hours per month. ¥855 per hour beyond that. Same features as the 30h plan |
Business plans have no setup fee, and billing is based not on the number of users but on the total recording time used by everyone invited. A three-week free trial is available.
Pricing is current as of August 2026. Check the official site for the latest information.
Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Screen captures are preserved, so you can revisit which part of a document was on screen ─ something text alone cannot reconstruct
- No integration setup or bot invitation is required, lowering the barrier in environments where IT approval is needed
- A free personal plan lets you test accuracy on your own meetings before moving to a paid plan or a company-wide rollout
- It is built by Ricoh, a Japanese manufacturer, with Japanese-language meetings and domestic support in mind
- Business plans charge by recording time rather than per seat, which keeps costs down for organizations with many participants but short meetings
⚠️ Cons
- Personal plans do not include AI summaries. Automating the summary step requires a business plan
- Business plans start at ¥27,000 per month, which is steep for small teams and sole proprietors
- The desktop app is Windows only; there is no Mac app
- The iPhone app is centered on recording and uploading and does not handle real-time capture of web meetings
- Recording stops once you exceed your hours or hit the storage limit, so usage needs to be monitored
Comparison with Similar Services
| Item | toruno | Notta | Rimo Voice | Smart Shoki |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Provider | Ricoh (Japan) | Notta (Japan/US) | Rimo (Japan) | EpicBase (Japan) |
| What is recorded | Audio + text + screen | Audio + text | Audio + text | Audio + text |
| Meeting tool integration | Not required (captures PC audio) | Bot join / integration | Integration | Integration |
| AI summary | Business plans only | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Free plan | Yes (3 hours total) | Yes | Free trial | Free trial |
Pricing and features change on every service, so check each official site when comparing.
Who Is It For
- People who hold many meetings over shared screens and want to review remarks alongside the material being discussed
- People working where company policy does not allow external integrations or bots to join meetings
- Anyone who wants to transcribe existing assets such as IC recorder audio or video files
- Teams in industries full of in-house jargon and product names, where generic speech recognition misfires
- Organizations with many participants but short meetings, for which per-seat pricing is expensive
Summary
toruno takes a different approach from transcription services that keep only text: it aims to preserve the meeting as a whole. Recording screen captures alongside the audio, and needing no integration with meeting tools, are practical strengths other services do not offer. On the other hand, AI summaries are a business-plan feature, and the price tier is hard to justify as a simple extension of personal use. A realistic path is to start on the free plan to see how accurately your own meetings are transcribed, then try the three-week business trial once summaries and permission management become necessary.