From a recording

Turn a lecture recording into notes you can use.

Upload the recording you already have. Avenotes writes the transcript, labels each voice and writes the recap: what was covered, what is on you, and the terms to learn.

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Free: your transcript and recap after every meeting. See the plans

From a file to notes

Import the recording

Choose Import a meeting, then Recording. MP3, M4A, WAV, MP4, MOV, WEBM and most others, audio or video, up to 3 hours and 2 GB.
Avenotes writes it down

The file goes straight from your browser to transcription and is not kept. It becomes a meeting with a transcript and speaker labels.
Read the recap

The recap writes itself once the recording is imported. For a class it is the concepts, definitions and examples, and what to do afterwards.

A recording’s length counts against your plan’s minutes, up front.

What the notes are

What was covered. The discussion, topic by topic, with the figures, options and reasons given.
What is on you. Your action items, each with its deadline when one was said. They land in Tasks, grouped by the meeting they came from.
Jargon and terms to learn. They are kept in your Vocabulary across meetings, and searchable.
Where each line came from. Decisions and action items carry the time they were said, where Avenotes can check the line; tap it to see the line and open the meeting there.
The recap in your language. A lecture in one language, its recap in yours, in any of 19.
Copy it or share it. Copy the recap, or share it by link. The transcript is never shared.
Only have the text? Paste a transcript, or pick a .txt, .srt, .vtt or .md file, and it becomes a meeting too. That costs no minutes.

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Ask your meetings

One question across your pinned and newest meetings, answered with the meetings it came from.
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Word and Markdown

Export the recap as Word or Markdown, for Notion or Obsidian, or copy it with its formatting.
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A recap written again

A recap written again, or of a pasted or typed transcript, is part of Pro.

Good to know

Avenotes keeps the words, not the file: there is nothing to play back afterwards.
A recording can be up to 3 hours and 2 GB. Split a longer one.
On a very long lecture the recap can end early, and the terms, last, are what it loses first.
A transcript can mishear a word. Check anything that matters, a formula or a date, against the recording.
Voices are labelled, not identified: Avenotes tells voices apart, and you name them.

Questions students ask

Is my recording kept?

No. The file goes from your browser to the transcription service and is not kept. Your meetings are private until you share, never sold and never used to train AI.

Can I record the lecture with Avenotes instead?

Yes. Avenotes records the meeting and writes the transcript, and the audio is deleted as soon as it’s ready. See Record lectures on iPhone.

What does it cost?

Free is free: your transcript and recap after every meeting. The plans page has the minutes each plan includes and what Pro costs.

Was the class on Zoom?

Upload the Zoom recording the same way, or see Transcribe a Zoom class for doing it live.

More for students

Bring the recording. Leave with the notes.