Fujitsu LiveTalk

by Fujitsu

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Fujitsu LiveTalk — Japanese real-time captioning for meetings and classrooms.

Windows, Web  ·  enterprise · contact sales

TL;DR

Best for real-time Japanese captioning for meetings with deaf or hard-of-hearing participants. Pricing: enterprise · contact sales.

Category
Products
Pricing
enterprise · contact sales
Platforms
Windows, Web

What it is

Fujitsu LiveTalk is a Japanese real-time captioning product positioned for accessibility — meetings, lectures, and reception desks where deaf and hard-of-hearing participants need on-the-fly text. The system supports multiple input microphones and renders speaker-labelled captions on a shared display. Sales and support are Japan-focused. Best fit when the buyer is real-time japanese captioning for meetings with deaf or hard-of-hearing participants. The honest caveat: targeted at on-site japanese deployments; not a general-purpose transcription api. Procurement is via direct sales rather than a developer signup, so plan for a discovery call and a written proposal before the first transcript runs.

Best for: Real-time Japanese captioning for meetings with deaf or hard-of-hearing participants.
Watch out for: Targeted at on-site Japanese deployments; not a general-purpose transcription API.

Install / use

fujitsu.com/jp/group/fsas/services/livetalk — enterprise sales

What people actually do with Fujitsu LiveTalk-style transcription

The tool is the means. These are the jobs — each one priced at published rates, each one wired up on its own page.

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Features

Speaker diarizationNo
Word-level timestampsNo
Streaming / real-timeYes
Languages supportedNone
HIPAA eligibleNo

Fujitsu LiveTalk vs Whipscribe

FeatureFujitsu LiveTalkWhipscribe
CategoryProductsTranscription APIs
PricingNot verified$6–$24 one-time packs (credits never expire) · first 20 minutes free
Speaker identificationNot verifiedNamed in the summary, key quotes and chapters
Word timestampsNot verifiedYes
StreamingNot verifiedNo
Languages—99
PlatformsWindows, WebWeb, API, MCP

Alternatives to Fujitsu LiveTalk

Frequently asked about Fujitsu LiveTalk

How much does Fujitsu LiveTalk cost?

Fujitsu LiveTalk does not publish a self-serve price — it is quoted by the vendor on contact. Expect an enterprise-style agreement rather than a card-and-go signup.

Does Fujitsu LiveTalk work on Mac, Windows and Linux?

Fujitsu LiveTalk runs on Windows and Web. It is not listed for other platforms; check the vendor for anything beyond Windows and Web.

How do I get started with Fujitsu LiveTalk?

There is nothing to install — Fujitsu LiveTalk is used in the browser. Create an account on the vendor's site and upload or connect your audio.

What are the limitations of Fujitsu LiveTalk?

Targeted at on-site Japanese deployments; not a general-purpose transcription API.

Who is Fujitsu LiveTalk best for?

Real-time Japanese captioning for meetings with deaf or hard-of-hearing participants.

Is Fujitsu LiveTalk open source?

No. Fujitsu LiveTalk is a proprietary product. If you need source you can read and run yourself, the open-source tools in this directory are the place to look.

What kind of tool is Fujitsu LiveTalk?

In this directory Fujitsu LiveTalk is filed under regional asia, enterprise as a product.

What are the alternatives to Fujitsu LiveTalk?

There is a side-by-side page at /tools/fujitsu-livetalk-alternatives comparing Fujitsu LiveTalk with the closest tools in the same category on price, platform and features.

Can I automate Fujitsu LiveTalk-style transcription without running it myself?

Yes. If what you want is transcripts rather than the tool itself, Whipscribe does the same job as a hosted API: submit a file or URL, poll a job id, pull the result as txt, json, srt, vtt or docx. $0.012 a minute — about $0.72 an audio hour — bought as credits that never expire. The automation recipes on this site show it wired to Drive folders, Zoom recordings, S3 buckets and no-code platforms.

How is Whipscribe different from Fujitsu LiveTalk?

Fujitsu LiveTalk is another vendor's product; Whipscribe is a per-minute transcription service. Recordings are transcribed on our own servers and never used for training, and every job returns five formats plus an AI summary, quotes and topics. The first 20 minutes of any recording are transcribed free, and a pack from $6 (500 minutes) transcribes the rest and opens every export.

What does transcription cost if I use Whipscribe instead of Fujitsu LiveTalk?

$0.012 a minute — about $0.72 an audio hour — bought as credits that never expire. There is no subscription and no monthly minimum: a 3-hour recording is about $2.16, a thousand-hour archive is about $720 once. The first 20 minutes of any recording are transcribed free, and a pack from $6 (500 minutes) transcribes the rest and opens every export, so you can see what your recording holds before paying anything.

Where is the Fujitsu LiveTalk category heading?

Three things are moving across the whole speech-to-text market right now: summaries, action items and speaker insights generated on top of the transcript rather than sold separately; private, secured deployment where the audio never leaves a boundary you control; and agent access — transcription exposed as a tool that Claude, Cursor or a workflow runner can call directly. Whipscribe ships all three today: per-job insights, our own servers, and an MCP server.

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