Turn lecture recordings into study notes and flashcards

Step by step

1. Record or import the lecture

   Record the class in the app, import an audio or MP4 file, or paste a YouTube link for a video lecture.

2. Transcribe it

   Pick the language of the lecture and tap transcribe. Fix important terms and names in the text before you go further.

3. Read the summary and write notes

   Go through the Key points and Topics, then add what you want to remember in the Notes field.

4. Take a quiz

   Generate a Quiz with 3 to 10 multiple-choice questions and see your results at the end.

5. Review with flashcards

   Generate 3 to 10 Flashcards and go through them a little each day until the exam.

From audio to review material

Everything starts with the transcript. The summary, the quiz, and the flashcards are all generated from the text of your own lecture, so they cover what your instructor actually said in class.

That also means errors carry over. If the transcript has a term wrong, the flashcard built on it will be wrong too. Spend a few minutes correcting key terms, names, and numbers first. Tap a line to hear the audio when you are not sure.

The audio only has what was spoken. Anything written on the board, shown on a slide, or assigned from the textbook is not in it, so keep your course materials next to you.

How to turn lecture recordings into study notes and flashcards that stick

Use the summary as the skeleton of your study notes, not as the notes themselves. Read the Key points, then rewrite each one in your own words in the Notes field. Rewriting is where most of the learning happens.

Use Topics to find the parts you didn't follow in class. Tap a topic to hear that section again, slowed down to 0.5x for a dense explanation or sped up to 2x for a quick refresher.

How to use the quiz

A quiz shows you what you don't know yet, which rereading can't do. Take it before you feel ready.

Any question you get wrong tells you what to study next. Go back to that part of the transcript, listen to it, and add a line about it to your Notes.

• Number of questions: choose from 3 to 10. Short quizzes work well right after class, longer ones during exam review.
• Difficulty: easy, medium, hard, or mixed. Start with mixed to find weak spots, then move to hard.
• Results: you see what you got right and wrong at the end.
• Repeat: take a quiz again a few days later to check that the material stayed with you.

How to use flashcards: a little each day

Flashcards work through spaced review: short sessions spread over several days beat one long session the night before. Each time you pull an answer from memory after a gap, it holds longer.

You can generate 3 to 10 cards per lecture, at easy, medium, hard, or mixed difficulty. The schedule is yours to keep, and a simple one is enough.

• The day of the lecture: go through the cards once
• The next day: go through them again
• Three or four days later: once more
• The week of the exam: a final pass, with extra time on the cards you still miss
• Every time: say the answer out loud or write it down before you flip the card

Build a review PDF

Before the exam, export a PDF for each lecture. You choose what goes in: transcript, summary, notes. For review, the summary plus your own notes makes a short handout you can read on your laptop or print.

Keep each course in its own category in the app and give recordings clear titles, such as the lecture number and subject, so the PDFs are easy to put in order.

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