Turn a lecture into revision notes
cookie records a lecture from your microphone or a shared tab, writes out the words on your device, copies the slides and adds both to your handout.
A sample lecture on enzymes, in four steps that repeat. The lecture is recorded from the microphone or a shared tab and written out as a transcript on the device. The slide on the shared screen, with its graph, is copied into a slides note (a whiteboard is copied the same way), with the lecturer’s webcam left out. Then Synthesise notes adds what the recording and the slides had to the handout, with every new line in bold. Last, and only if you want, the handout’s Study menu makes flashcards and a practice question from it.
What you get when you record a lecture
One recording becomes a transcript, a slides note and, when you want them, notes, flashcards and questions.
A transcript made on your device
The words are written out by a speech model in your browser, so nothing you record is sent to an AI to transcribe it.
The slides in a note of their own
AI copies what is on the shared screen or the board into a separate note, from an area you choose, so a webcam stays out.
Your handout, with the gaps filled
Synthesise notes keeps your handout word for word and adds what was said and shown, with everything new in bold.
How recording a lecture works
- 1Start a recordingPick a browser tab, a window or your microphone. Up to five lectures can record at once, each into its own note.
- 2Let it write the words outThe transcript fills in as the lecture goes, or after you stop, and you can keep using cookie meanwhile.
- 3Make it into revision notesSynthesise the recording with the slides and your handout, then make flashcards or questions from the result if you want them.
Typing every word, or recording it
Typing notes as it happens
- You miss the next point while you write the last one
- The slide you meant to copy has gone
- Your notes and the handout stay in two places
- Nothing to practise from afterwards
Recording into cookie
- You listen, and the words are written out for you
- The slides are copied into a note of their own
- Handout, slides and transcript become one set of notes
- Flashcards and questions from the same note
What students record
Lectures in the room
Record your microphone on a laptop, or on a phone or tablet, from your seat in the lecture theatre.
Online lectures
Share the browser tab a lecture plays in, with its sound, in Chrome or Edge on a computer.
Classes and revision sessions
Any class you are allowed to record goes into a note the same way, ready to make into notes.
Lecture notes FAQ
Is my recording sent to an AI to transcribe it?
No. The words are transcribed on your own device with a speech model you choose, from Quick to Maximum. Copying the slides, synthesising notes and making flashcards or questions do use AI, and those use credits.
Which browsers can record a lecture?
Recording works best in Chrome or Edge on a computer, because Firefox and Safari can’t share a tab or its sound. In those you can record your microphone, and on a phone or tablet only the microphone and the camera work.
Can I record more than one lecture at once?
Yes. Up to five recordings can run at once, each into its own note, and they keep going while you use other pages in cookie.
What does Synthesise notes do?
It combines several of your notes, such as a recording, its slides and your own notes, into one new set of revision notes. A handout can be kept word for word, and what was added is in bold unless you choose otherwise. The notes you pick are only read, and stay as they were.
Am I allowed to record my lectures?
Recordings are for your own study, so check your university’s or course’s rules on recording first.
Record your next lecture into cookie
Start a recording, and come back to a transcript, the slides and notes you can revise from.