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Lecture Transcription for Students

Upload a lecture recording, paste a public video link or record in class, and get an editable transcript with timestamps. The free plan gives 120 minutes every week, enough for about two one-hour lectures.

Transcribe a lecture

Paste a public link to the lecture video, or press Transcribe to upload the recording

Free plan: 120 minutes every week. Recordings up to 500 MB and 6 hours.

Recorded on a phone or posted by your course

Upload the audio or video file your course gives you, or one you recorded yourself: MP4, MOV, MP3, M4A, WAV and most other formats, up to 500 MB and 6 hours long. If a lecture is published publicly on YouTube or Vimeo, paste its link instead. You can also record in the browser or in the Hear2Text app for iPhone and Android. Accuracy depends on the recording: a phone near the lecturer works well, one at the back of a hall with coughing and chatter does not. Ask permission to record where your university requires it.

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Turn a lecture into study notes

A transcript is the raw material for notes. You can edit it in the browser, cutting the small talk and fixing terms, then export it. On a paid plan the AI summary condenses an hour of lecture into the main points, and the assistant can list definitions or turn the content into practice questions. What was only on the slides or the board is not in the transcript, so keep the slides next to it.

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Know when each point was made

Every transcript is split into segments with timestamps, so once you find a passage in the text you know exactly where it sits in the recording. Reading and skimming text is faster for exam revision than scrubbing through an hour of video. Your transcripts stay in your account, one per recording, so a whole term of lectures is there to come back to.

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Ask questions about the lecture

Once a lecture is transcribed, the AI assistant answers questions about it using only what was said in that class. Use it to check what the lecturer meant, find where a topic came up and turn the session into revision material. The assistant is part of the paid plans.

  • Ask what the lecturer said about a topic
  • Get a concept restated in plain words
  • Find where a topic came up
  • Turn the lecture into practice questions
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How to transcribe a lecture

From a recorded class to searchable text in minutes.

  1. Step 01

    Add the recording

    Upload the recording from your phone or course page, paste a public video link, or record in the browser.

  2. Step 02

    Let it transcribe

    The language is detected automatically and the lecture is turned into timestamped text, usually in minutes.

  3. Step 03

    Check the terms

    Read through and correct technical terms, names and formulas in the browser editor.

  4. Step 04

    Export your notes

    Download a TXT file on the free plan, or Word, PDF, SRT and VTT on a paid plan.

Who uses lecture transcripts

Anyone who would rather read and search a class than rewatch it.

  • University Students

    A student records two one-hour lectures a week on a phone, stays inside the free 120 minutes and revises from the text before exams.

  • Graduate Researchers

    A PhD student transcribes seminar talks and guest lectures, then asks the assistant where a method or paper was mentioned.

  • Online Learners

    Someone taking a course from public YouTube lectures pastes each link and keeps a text copy to search and review.

  • Educators and Professors

    A lecturer uploads last week's recorded class, corrects the transcript and posts the text or captions next to the video for students who missed it.

What helps when studying from a transcript

  1. Accuracy on Clear Audio

    Clear speech from a close microphone comes back at up to 99% accuracy. Names, jargon and formulas are where to look for mistakes.

  2. Timestamps on Every Segment

    Each segment carries a timestamp, so you can find any line of text in the recording by its time.

  3. AI Lecture Summaries

    Paid plans add an AI summary of each lecture, so you can see the main points before reading the full text.

  4. 100 Languages

    100 languages are detected automatically. Translation into another language is on the paid plans.

  5. Works With Any Recording

    There is no LMS plug-in. Download the lecture recording from Canvas, Moodle or Blackboard and upload it here, or paste a public link.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Can I transcribe lectures in technical subjects?
Yes, but check the technical parts. Everyday speech in a clear recording comes back at 95 to 99% accuracy, while rare terms, names, abbreviations and spoken formulas are where mistakes appear. There is no custom vocabulary, and equations written on the board or shown on slides are not read. Correct terms in the browser editor before you study from it.
Does it work with my university's LMS?
No, there is no integration with Canvas, Moodle, Blackboard or any other LMS. Download the lecture recording from your course page and upload it here, up to 500 MB and 6 hours long. If the video is on a public page such as YouTube or Vimeo, paste its link instead. Recordings behind your university login cannot be fetched by link.
Can I share lecture transcripts with classmates?
Yes, by exporting it. On the free plan you can download the transcript as a TXT file and send it to classmates however you like. The paid plans add Word, PDF, SRT and VTT exports. Check your course rules first: some universities do not allow lecture recordings or their transcripts to be passed on outside the class.
Can it transcribe lectures in other languages?
Yes, it handles 100 languages and detects the language automatically, so you never pick one before uploading. A lecture given in Spanish comes back as Spanish text. On a paid plan you can also translate the transcript into another language, which helps international students follow a course taught in a language they are still learning.
Is there a student discount?
No, there is no student discount. The free plan gives 120 transcription minutes every week, resetting on Monday, which covers about two one-hour lectures, with TXT export. Unlimited minutes, AI summaries and all export formats cost $9.99 a month, or $89.99 a year, which works out to about $7.50 a month.
Can professors use lecture transcripts for accessibility?
Yes, as a starting point. A lecturer can upload a recorded class, correct the transcript in the browser and export it as text, or as SRT or VTT captions on a paid plan, to publish next to the video. The transcript is machine-generated and not reviewed by a person, so read it through before relying on it for accessibility.

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