Notetaker
Kula's notetaker in your interview: it announces itself, and how to say no
Kula's interview notetaker announces itself in the call — a chat message and, on Google Meet and Teams, a spoken notice when it starts recording — and its standard invite line says attending means you consent.
Read on 10 November 2026
How it got into your call
- The company interviewing you uses Kula, a recruiting tool, with its notetaker on for that interview. Kula adds a line to the calendar invite saying the organisation uses a notetaker and that attending counts as consent.
Before the interview: say no
- If you do not want to be recorded, say so to the recruiter before the interview: they can switch the notetaker off for that interview before it starts.
- Kula says that when somebody objects, the recruiter has to either turn it off beforehand or remove it from the call.
Get it out of a call that is running
- When it joins it posts a chat message, and again for anybody who joins later. On Google Meet and Teams a short spoken announcement plays when recording starts.
- If you object once it is in, the interviewer or recruiter removes it from the call. The announcement cannot be switched off without removing the notetaker altogether.
- Because the announcement happens inside the call, it is part of the recording — a record that you were told.
What it keeps
The recording and transcript go to the hiring company's Kula account.
In Kula's own words
The chat message
Kula“A chat message is posted when the Notetaker joins, and again whenever someone joins later”
support.kula.ai/articles/4213396602-telling-candidates-the-interview-is-being-recorded
The spoken notice
Kula“A short spoken announcement plays on Google Meet and Microsoft Teams when recording actually starts”
support.kula.ai/articles/4213396602-telling-candidates-the-interview-is-being-recorded
The invite line
Kula“This organization uses a notetaker to record and transcribe interviews.”
support.kula.ai/articles/4213396602-telling-candidates-the-interview-is-being-recorded
What the invite says about consent
Kula“By attending this interview, you consent to be recorded.”
support.kula.ai/articles/4213396602-telling-candidates-the-interview-is-being-recorded
If you object
Kula“If someone says they don't want to be recorded, a recruiter needs to either turn off the Notetaker toggle for that interview before it starts, or remove it from the call after it's already joined.”
support.kula.ai/articles/4213396602-telling-candidates-the-interview-is-being-recorded
No silent version
Kula“The announcement can't be turned off short of removing the Notetaker entirely.”
support.kula.ai/articles/4213396602-telling-candidates-the-interview-is-being-recorded
Read on 10 November 2026 from Kula's own help pages. Something changed? Tell us.
A meeting with nothing to remove
On Meetful the notes are written by the meeting itself, from each person's own microphone, so no extra guest joins. Anybody can leave themselves out of the notes and stay in the call.
Other notetakers
GReminders NotetakerGReminders is a scheduling tool used by financial advisers, with a notetaker that joins their Zoom and Teams meetings from the calendar. One adviser switching it off for a meeting switches it off for their colleagues on that meeting too.Google Meet transcriptsGoogle Meet's own transcripts are built into the call, not a bot. A Transcripts icon shows for everybody while it runs, and the written transcript goes to the organiser's Google Drive.Google Meet recordingA Google Meet recording is made by Meet itself, not by a bot. Everybody is notified when it starts and when it stops, and the file goes to the organiser's Google Drive.Teams FacilitatorFacilitator is Microsoft's AI agent inside Teams meetings. It writes notes everybody from the organiser's company can watch being written, and only organisers and presenters can switch it off.Teams recording and transcriptionA Teams recording is made by Teams itself. Everybody is told when it starts, only people from the organiser's company can stop it, and it carries on even after the person who started it leaves.Outreach KaiaKaia is the meeting recorder inside Outreach, a sales platform. It shows up as a participant called “Kaia” unless the company renamed it, and once removed it cannot come back into that meeting.
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