Notion takes on AI notetakers like Granola with its own transcription feature

Meeting transcription is a hot commodity for all productivity suites. Companies like ClickUp and Zoom have added transcription with an AI summary to take on other upstarts in this vertical, including Read AI, Zoom’s assistant, Circleback, Granola, and Otter. The latest entrant in the race to build meeting transcription tools is Notion. The company is rolling out an AI-powered meeting notetaking feature to transcribe meetings and provide a summary of the talk points later. You can also take notes while Notion’s AI is transcribing the meeting — a functionality that closely resembles Granola. The feature represents another step toward Notion becoming a broader productivity suite that could compete with tech giants like Google and Microsoft. Like many other transcribers, Notion’s tool uses system audio to take notes. According to the support page, the AI notetaker is currently available on the Mac (with app version 4.7.0). During our testing, we could only use the feature on the deskto ... Read full article.