Turn a lecture into notes, free

Upload a lecture recording and get a timestamped transcript you can skim, search, and copy into your notes. Works in 52 languages and dialects. One free lecture per day, up to 45 minutes, no signup required.

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From a 45 minute lecture to skimmable notes

Recording a lecture is easy. Getting anything out of the recording later is the hard part: an hour of audio is opaque, and scrubbing for the one definition your professor gave is slower than re-reading the textbook. A transcript fixes that. Upload the recording above and in minutes you get every sentence as text, each line stamped with the moment it was said.

Skim it like a document, copy the sections you need into your own notes, and keep the timestamps so you can jump back to the exact moment in the audio when something is unclear.

Made for real classroom audio

Lecture audio is messy: distant microphones, questions from the back of the room, technical vocabulary. This tool runs the same engine as the full product, with accuracy published per language on our benchmarks page. When a seminar has several voices, speaker labels keep the discussion readable.

Studying with a whole course of recordings?

The free tool handles one lecture per day. A free account adds signup credit, exports, and a searchable library, and lets you ask questions across your recordings with cited, timestamped answers. Verified students get the Pro plan at a student price with unlimited transcription. See student pricing for how it works. Lectures published on YouTube can be transcribed straight from the link with the free YouTube transcript generator, and a lecture you filmed yourself in the free video to text converter.

Frequently asked questions

Can I transcribe a lecture recording for free?

Yes. Upload one lecture per day, up to 45 minutes, and read the full transcript here without creating an account. Students who need whole courses can get Pro at a student price.

How do I turn the transcript into study notes?

Every line is timestamped, so you can skim the transcript, copy the parts that matter, and keep the timestamps to jump back into the recording later. With a free account, transcripts also get automatic chapters and you can ask questions and get cited answers.

Does it work for recorded online classes?

Yes. Upload the audio or video file from any recorded class or seminar. Common audio formats and video files like MP4 both work.

What languages does it support?

Lectures are transcribed in 52 languages and dialects, with automatic language detection.

Is there a student discount for longer lectures?

Yes. Verified students get the Pro plan at a discounted monthly price, with unlimited transcription for whole courses. See the student pricing page for how verification works.