CLOVA Note: South Korean AI meeting-minutes service by Naver that records meetings, transcribes speech, separates speakers, and generates summaries and action items. ownscribe: Local-first command-line tool that records, transcribes, and summarizes meetings on macOS entirely on-device, with natural-language search across notes. This comparison weighs them on pricing, features, and everyday workflow fit.
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Shortlist CLOVA Note when korean-language teams generating automatic meeting minutes matters most, and ownscribe when keeping fully on-device transcripts and summaries for privacy-sensitive discussions matters most. Try them side by side on real calls before deciding — needs vary by team.
South Korean AI meeting-minutes service by Naver that records meetings, transcribes speech, separates speakers, and generates summaries and action items.
Local-first command-line tool that records, transcribes, and summarizes meetings on macOS entirely on-device, with natural-language search across notes.
CLOVA Note is an AI-powered meeting-minutes and voice-transcription service from Naver Corporation, one of South Korea's largest internet companies. First introduced in 2020 and officially launched as CLOVA Note, it lets users record meetings directly on a PC or mobile device, or upload recordings, and then automatically converts the speech to text using Naver's own voice-recognition technology. It applies speaker diarization to distinguish between different participants and uses natural-language processing, including Naver's HyperCLOVA model, to produce summaries, surface meeting topics, suggest next steps, and highlight key points paragraph by paragraph. CLOVA Note supports multiple languages including Korean, English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese, as well as a multilingual recognition model for mixed-language meetings. It works across smartphones, tablets, and PCs with notes synced across devices, and lets organizations register industry-specific terminology and company names to improve recognition accuracy. It is particularly popular in South Korea and across Asia. CLOVA Note is best for individuals and teams in the region who need accurate Korean-language meeting transcription and AI-generated minutes. Pricing varies by plan. Check the official website for current pricing.
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ownscribe is a local-first meeting transcription and summarization command-line tool that records, transcribes, and summarizes meetings entirely on the user's own machine without sending data to external servers. It is MIT-licensed and actively maintained, with v0.12.0 released in June 2026, and is written primarily in Python with a Swift component for system audio capture. On macOS 14.2 and later it captures system audio through Core Audio, and it transcribes with WhisperX to produce word-level timestamps, with optional speaker diarization via PyAnnote. For summaries it ships with a built-in local model (Phi-4-mini) and can also connect to Ollama or OpenAI-compatible backends, offering multiple templates tailored to meetings, lectures, and brief summaries. A standout feature is its natural-language search: the ask command lets users query across their stored meeting notes to retrieve relevant information. Quality-of-life features include silence-based auto-stop so recordings end cleanly when a meeting goes quiet. Because it is a CLI distributed through GitHub and runs entirely on local hardware, ownscribe targets developers and privacy-focused users who prefer scriptable, terminal-driven workflows over a graphical meeting notetaker while keeping all audio and transcripts on-device. Pricing varies by plan. Check the official website for current pricing.
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CLOVA Note is a free tier with paid upgrades (freemium); ownscribe is a free tier with paid upgrades (freemium). Always confirm current pricing on each vendor's site before buying.
| Feature | CLOVA Note | ownscribe |
|---|---|---|
| Core capability | Direct meeting recording on PC and mobile | Local-first recording, transcription, and summarization via CLI |
| Standout feature | Automatic speech-to-text transcription | System audio capture on macOS 14.2+ through Core Audio |
| Team usage | Speaker diarization to distinguish participants | WhisperX transcription with word-level timestamps |
| Integrations | AI summaries, topics, and next-step suggestions | Optional speaker diarization via PyAnnote |
| Languages & capture | Multilingual support (Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese) | Local summarization with a built-in Phi-4-mini model, plus Ollama and OpenAI-compatible backends |
| Best-fit workflow | Custom vocabulary registration for industry terms | Natural-language search across meeting notes with the ask command |
CLOVA Note
Choose CLOVA Note if you need korean-language teams generating automatic meeting minutes — strengths include strong korean-language recognition from a major regional provider.
ownscribe
Choose ownscribe if you need developers capturing and summarizing meetings from the terminal on a mac — strengths include runs entirely on-device with no data sent to external servers.
CLOVA Note
ownscribe
It depends on your workflow. CLOVA Note is strong for korean-language teams generating automatic meeting minutes, while ownscribe is strong for developers capturing and summarizing meetings from the terminal on a mac. Both transcribe and summarize meetings.
CLOVA Note is a free tier with paid upgrades and ownscribe is a free tier with paid upgrades. Check each vendor's pricing page for the latest plans and free-tier limits.
Yes. Many teams run more than one meeting assistant when the workflows are complementary.
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