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tayorino v1.1 turns Apple Watch into Japanese AI minutes taker

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tayorino v1.1 turns Apple Watch into Japanese AI minutes taker

3 Key Points

  1. What happened

    R117 published tayorino v1.1 on the App Store on 2026年11月12日, adding free meeting-minutes creation and ¥980 one-time task management to the Apple Watch and iPhone recorder app.

  2. Why it matters

    The app needs no dedicated recorder or monthly transcription plan, so managers who already wear an Apple Watch may be able to capture decisions and deadlines without extra hardware, the company says.

WHO IT HITSManagers and team leaders who run back-to-back meetings and one-on-ones, especially Japanese-speaking professionals who already wear an Apple Watch, are the users R117 is aiming at.

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Context & Analysis

R117 frames tayorino around a specific daily frustration: managers leave meetings with decisions and assignments scattered across memory, chat and someone's notes, and dedicated AI voice recorders add another device to carry and charge. The company says its answer is to use the Apple Watch people already wear, with one-tap recording that continues even when the screen turns off and transcription that runs on the iPhone every 15 minutes.

The v1.1 update extends that from recording to output. Recordings can be merged, split by topic, and turned into minutes covering attendees, agenda, decisions, ToDos with owners and deadlines, and open items, with a link back to the original audio. Task management pulls out the user's own commitments with deadlines sorted into overdue, today and within seven days. R117 CTO 堀井 大輝 says he built the app from his own experience of forgetting decisions the day after a run of meetings.

The company is also positioning privacy as a differentiator: it keeps no server for recordings, runs Japanese transcription and semantic search on the device, and lets users bring their own API keys from providers such as OpenAI, Claude and Gemini, with voice never sent. Users without a key can still record, transcribe and search.

FAQ
How much does tayorino cost?
The app is a one-time purchase of ¥1,200 with no monthly fee, and task management is a separate ¥980 one-time purchase. Minutes creation is free.
Does the app send recordings to the cloud?
Recording, transcription and search data are stored on the Apple Watch and iPhone, and audio is not sent outside the device. Only text such as transcriptions is sent to whichever AI provider the user selects.
Which AI services can tayorino use?
Users can choose among OpenAI, Claude, Gemini and others with their own API keys, paying each provider directly, typically a few yen to a few tens of yen per day of summaries.
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