Record and transcribe lectures
Record a lecture or an online course and the words are written out on your own device, with nothing uploaded.
Recordings and their transcripts are for your own study. If you're recording a lecture or a course, check its rules first. The first time, the speech model downloads to this device (up to 199 MB); nothing you record leaves it.
Common questions
How does recording a lecture work?
Record from your microphone, or share a browser tab with its sound for an online lecture or course, or pick an audio or video file. When you stop, a speech model running on your own device writes out the words. The first time, the model downloads and your browser keeps it.
Is my recording uploaded?
No. The recording and the transcript stay on your device, and nothing you record is sent to us or to an AI to transcribe it. Copy the transcript or save it as a text file before you close the tab.
What does an account add?
Record keeps each recording as a note, can record up to five at once while you use the rest of cookie, and can copy the slides and the board into a note of their own. Synthesise then combines the transcript, the slides and your own notes into one set of revision notes, and any of it can become flashcards or exam-style questions. Those use credits.
Which browsers can record a tab?
Chrome and Edge on a computer, and browsers built on Chromium such as Brave, Opera, Vivaldi and Arc. Firefox and Safari can record the microphone but not a tab or its sound, and on a phone or tablet only the microphone works.
Am I allowed to record my lectures?
Universities and courses set their own rules on recording, so check yours before you record. Whatever they allow, recordings and their transcripts are for your own study.
More for students already at university is on the university page.