Have you ever missed key points during a meeting because it moved too quickly? Or struggled to understand certain spoken words, only to have the topic shift before you could look them up? This transcription tool on Google Meet can help you there, especially if you're not fully fluent in Japanese.

In this post, I’ll walk you through:

1. How to enable Japanese transcription on Google Meet?
2. How to use Japanese transcription on Google Meet to your advantage?
3. Extra tools that come with Japanese transcription on Google Meet.
4. Q&A

How to Enable Japanese Transcription on Google Meet?

1. Add the Chrome extension

Visit the Chrome web store to add the extension for Google Meet transcription. It’s easy and free.

2. Transcription Language setting to Japanese

As soon as you open Google Meet, you see the new panel on the right with the transcription capability please set the “Spoken Language” to Japanese.

That is it! Now you have Japanese transcription in real-time on Google Meet.

How to Use Japanese Transcription on Google Meet to Your Advantage

Use it as Japanese captions (subtitles)

Japanese transcriptions can act as real-time Japanese captions, making it easier to follow along with the Japanese conversation.

Revisit past Japanese conversations during the meeting

Transcriptions allow you to scroll back and catch up on any points you have missed or didn’t understand fully.

Search for the meaning of words

Quickly look up unfamiliar terms in Japanese with Google search during the meetings to ensure you fully understand the discussion.

Extra Tools that Come with Transcription on Google Meet

Storing transcript after every meeting

Save your transcripts for future reference, making it easier to revisit, review, and share key points.

Generating AI meeting summaries

Automatically generate summaries of your meetings to capture the next action items and the most important takeaways in English or other 9 languages.

Translation feature for multilingual work environment

Live translation

Translate the meeting in real-time to ease multilingual discussions.

Transcript translation

Convert the entire transcript into different languages.

AI meeting notes translation

Use AI to translate the meeting notes in many languages for your foreign coworkers or clients.

Q&A

Q: How to enable Japanese transcription on Google Meet for free?

A: To enable free transcription on Google Meet, you can add a free Chrome extension JotMe. After creating your account, you can change the language setting to use the Japanese transcription service immediately.

Q: What can I do with Japanese transcription on Google Meet?

A: With Google Meet transcription, you can follow along with real-time captions, revisit previous conversation points, search for word meanings, store transcripts, and more.

Q: What languages can I use with this transcription tool on Google Meet?

A: 77 languages are available, including English, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Swedish, Finnish, Arabic, Hindi, Urdu, Turkish, Norwegian, Italian, Burmese, Russian, Filipino, Swahili, Hungarian, and more.

Q: What other functionaries do I get with this transcription tool on Google Meet?

A: Besides transcription, you can use features like storing transcripts, AI meeting notes, live translations, multi-language transcript translations, and more.