{"toolsLectureTranscription":{"heroBadge":"Lecture Transcription","heroTitle":"Lecture transcription that","heroTitleHighlight":"turns into study material","heroSubtitle":"Upload a recording or capture class live. Scholarly's AI Meeting Notes transcribes the full lecture — timestamped and searchable — then builds notes, flashcards, and quizzes from the exact words your professor said. The same transcription works for meetings, seminars, and interviews too.","heroCta":"Transcribe a lecture free","heroCtaSecondary":"Explore recordings","heroTrust":"Free to start · No credit card required","heroUpdated":"Updated June 2026","heroSocialProof":"Used by 200,000+ learners and professionals worldwide","eyebrowAnswer":"Quick answer","answerTitle":"How do you transcribe a lecture?","answerBody":"Upload the lecture audio (MP3, M4A, WAV, or a video file) to Scholarly, or record the class live in your browser. Scholarly transcribes the recording into searchable, timestamped text — a 90-minute lecture is usually ready in a few minutes — and keeps the transcript attached to the recording so you can generate notes, flashcards, and quizzes from it without re-uploading anything.","answerStep0":"Add the audio: upload a file or press record in Scholarly.","answerStep1":"Scholarly transcribes the lecture into timestamped, searchable text.","answerStep2":"Search the transcript to find any term, example, or explanation in seconds.","answerStep3":"Generate structured notes, flashcards, or a practice quiz directly from the transcript.","eyebrowHow":"How it works","howHeading":"From lecture audio to transcript to study tools","howSubheading":"Three steps, one workspace — no copying text between apps.","step0Title":"Upload or record","step0Body":"Drop in an existing recording — MP3, M4A, WAV, WebM, or OGG, plus video files like MP4 — or record the lecture live in Scholarly on a laptop or phone.","step1Title":"Get the transcript","step1Body":"Scholarly turns the audio into clean, timestamped text you can search and edit. Paid plans handle full lectures of up to 10 hours.","step2Title":"Study from it","step2Body":"Generate structured notes, spaced-repetition flashcards, or a practice quiz from the transcript — and ask the AI chat questions that cite the exact lecture passage they came from.","eyebrowSpecs":"What's supported","specsHeading":"Formats, length, and languages","spec0Title":"Audio and video formats","spec0Body":"MP3, M4A (iPhone voice memos), WAV, WebM, and OGG upload directly. Video files such as MP4 and recorded Zoom sessions work too — Scholarly transcribes the audio track.","spec1Title":"Lecture length","spec1Body":"Full-length classes are fine on paid plans, including 2–3 hour seminars. Longer recordings simply take a little more time to process — you can keep working while they finish.","spec2Title":"70+ languages","spec2Body":"Transcription works in 70+ languages, and you can ask for the notes, summary, or flashcards in a different language than the one the lecture was taught in.","spec3Title":"What you get back","spec3Body":"A searchable, timestamped transcript attached to the recording — plus everything you build from it: structured notes, summaries, flashcards, quizzes, and cited chat answers.","eyebrowDeepDive":"Deep dive","d1Title":"How accurate is AI lecture transcription?","d1Para1":"With clear audio, modern AI transcription is accurate enough to study from without re-listening — including most course terminology, because the underlying models are trained on enormous amounts of academic language.","d1Para2":"Accuracy drops in predictable situations: the microphone is far from the speaker, several people talk over each other, or the lecture leans heavily on spoken math (\"x sub n plus one\") that has no clean text form. Sitting closer to the front, or recording near the speaker, fixes most of it. And because every line of the transcript is timestamped, checking a suspicious term against the original audio takes seconds — you're never guessing what was actually said.","d2Title":"Why transcribe lectures at all?","d2Para1":"A 90-minute lecture contains roughly 10,000 spoken words, and the three sentences you need before the exam are buried somewhere inside them. A transcript makes the lecture searchable: type the term, jump to the timestamp, and re-read exactly how your professor explained it — including the example they used that never made it into the slides.","d2Para2":"In Scholarly the transcript is also a source, not just a text file. AI Meeting Notes answers questions using the lecture itself and cites the passage it pulled from, so \"what did she say about boundary conditions?\" gets answered from your actual class, not from the internet's general idea of the topic.","d3Title":"What's the difference between lecture transcription and AI lecture notes?","d3Para1":"Transcription is the verbatim record — every sentence, in order, with timestamps. Notes are the condensed, reorganized version: headings, definitions, examples, and takeaways. You want both: the notes for review, the transcript for verification and search when a detail matters. Scholarly produces both from one recording, so you never have to choose between them or run the audio through two separate tools.","d3GuidePrefix":"For the end-to-end routine,","d3GuideLink":"see our guide on how to turn lecture recordings into study notes","d3GuideSuffix":"— it covers turning a raw transcript into clean notes, flashcards, and a practice exam.","d4Title":"Can I transcribe a lecture from a video or YouTube?","d4ParaPrefix":"Yes. Upload the video file directly and Scholarly transcribes its audio track. If the lecture is on YouTube, you don't even need to download it — paste the link into","d4ParaLink":"YouTube to Notes","d4ParaSuffix":"and Scholarly pulls the transcript and builds structured notes from it.","eyebrowFaq":"FAQ","faqTitle":"Lecture transcription FAQ","faq0Title":"Can I transcribe a recording I already have?","faq0Body":"Yes. Upload the recording — MP3, M4A, WAV, WebM, OGG, or a video file like MP4 — and Scholarly generates a timestamped transcript, usually within a few minutes for a typical lecture.","faq1Title":"Can I transcribe live lectures as they happen?","faq1Body":"Yes. Use Scholarly's built-in lecture recorder to capture class audio from a laptop or phone; the transcript is generated as soon as you stop recording. Check your school's recording policy and ask your professor first where required.","faq2Title":"How long can the lecture be?","faq2Body":"On paid plans, full 2–3 hour lectures and seminars work fine: up to 10 hours are transcribed per recording, so you don't need to split it yourself. The Free plan transcribes the first 60 minutes. Longer files take a bit more processing time.","faq3Title":"Does the transcript have timestamps?","faq3Body":"Yes. Every section of the transcript is timestamped so you can jump back to the original audio. Speaker labels are not added automatically; you can edit the transcript to mark who is speaking where it matters.","faq4Title":"Can I search the transcript?","faq4Body":"Yes. The transcript is fully searchable — find a term, formula, or example without scrubbing through the recording. You can also ask the AI chat about the lecture and get answers that cite the exact passage.","faq5Title":"Can the transcript become flashcards or a quiz?","faq5Body":"Yes. From the same recording you can generate structured notes, spaced-repetition flashcards, practice quizzes, and summaries — all grounded in what was actually said in class. It isn't limited to lectures: AI Meeting Notes turns study groups, seminars, and interviews into the same study-ready output.","faq6Title":"What languages does lecture transcription support?","faq6Body":"Scholarly transcribes lectures in 70+ languages. You can also generate the notes or flashcards in a different language than the lecture — useful if you study in your second language.","faq7Title":"Is lecture transcription free?","faq7Body":"Scholarly is free to start with no credit card required, including lecture transcription. Paid plans unlock longer files and unlimited uploads.","faq8Title":"How do I transcribe a lecture?","faq8Body":"To transcribe a lecture, upload the audio (MP3, M4A, WAV, or a video file) to Scholarly, or record the class live in your browser. Scholarly converts the recording into searchable, timestamped text — a 90-minute lecture is usually ready in a few minutes. The transcript stays attached to the recording, so from the same source you can generate structured notes, flashcards, and a quiz, and ask the AI chat questions that cite the lecture passage they came from.","relatedLinksHeading":"More lecture and audio study tools","relatedLink0Title":"Lecture Recorder","relatedLink0Description":"Record live classes and get same-day notes and flashcards.","relatedLink1Title":"Audio to Notes","relatedLink1Description":"Turn voice memos, seminars, and podcasts into structured notes.","relatedLink2Title":"YouTube to Notes","relatedLink2Description":"Paste a video link and get organized study notes.","relatedLink3Title":"AI Lecture Notes","relatedLink3Description":"Generate clean, structured notes from any lecture.","relatedLink4Title":"Recordings in Scholarly","relatedLink4Description":"See everything the recordings workspace can do.","relatedLink5Title":"AI Lecture Recorder Guide","relatedLink5Description":"How students use AI to capture and review lectures.","relatedLink6Title":"AI Meeting Notes Generator","relatedLink6Description":"The same recorder, tuned for work: meetings into decisions and action items.","eyebrowPricing":"Pricing","ctaTitle":"Transcribe your next lecture","ctaSubtitle":"Free to start. Upload a recording or capture class live, then turn the transcript into notes, flashcards, and quizzes — all in one workspace.","seoTitle":"Lecture Transcription — Transcribe a Lecture into Notes","seoDescription":"Transcribe a lecture into searchable, timestamped text, then generate AI notes, flashcards, and quizzes. 70+ languages.","seoKeyword0":"lecture transcription","seoKeyword1":"ai lecture transcription","seoKeyword2":"transcribe lectures","seoKeyword3":"lecture transcript generator","seoKeyword4":"class transcription","seoKeyword5":"lecture audio to text","seoKeyword6":"transcribe a lecture","seoKeyword7":"lecture to text converter","seoFeature0":"Lecture transcription with timestamps","seoFeature1":"Editable, searchable transcript","seoFeature2":"Searchable transcript","seoFeature3":"AI lecture notes","seoFeature4":"Flashcard generation","seoFeature5":"Quiz generation","howToName":"How to Transcribe a Lecture","howToStep0Name":"Add the lecture audio","howToStep0Text":"Upload a recording (MP3, M4A, WAV, or video) or record the lecture live in Scholarly from a laptop or phone.","howToStep1Name":"Generate the transcript","howToStep1Text":"Scholarly converts the lecture into searchable, timestamped text — paid plans support sessions of up to 10 hours.","howToStep2Name":"Study from the transcript","howToStep2Text":"Create structured notes, flashcards, quizzes, or summaries from the transcript, and ask the AI chat questions that cite the lecture."}}