AI Slides — Decks from PDFs, Notes & Topics

Generate slide decks from PDFs, notes, reports, study guides, and project outlines. Scholarly turns your own material into a structured PDF presentation you can present and share by link on every plan; PDF download and print require a paid plan.

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Quick answer

What are Scholarly AI Slides?

Scholarly turns a PDF, notes, report, study guide, or topic into an organized slide deck. Each deck includes clear titles, sections, and explanations drawn from your material. Present it in Scholarly, share a link, and on a paid plan download it as a PowerPoint (.pptx) or PDF file or save it to Google Slides. Use it for a class, meeting, client proposal, or research talk.

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    Upload or paste

    Start from a PDF, notes, research outline, or a simple topic prompt. For a PDF, you can pick the exact page range to build from.

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    Generate a deck

    Scholarly plans the deck before it writes it, then builds each slide in the shape the content calls for — a definition, a comparison, a step-by-step process, a statistic, an equation, a chart, a table, a timeline, or a diagram — instead of turning everything into bullets.

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    Present and reuse

    Present the deck and share a viewing link on every plan, or reuse the same source for flashcards and quizzes. On a paid plan, download it as a PowerPoint (.pptx) or PDF file or save it to Google Slides.

Best uses for AI slides

Class presentations

Turn messy group notes into a coherent deck without rebuilding the whole thing manually.

Lecture decks

Create teaching-style slides with definitions, examples, and section breaks.

Study reviews

Make a visual review deck before an exam from notes or textbook chapters.

Source reuse

Use the same material for slides, flashcards, quizzes, podcasts, and video lectures.

Input

PDFs, notes, outlines, pasted text, and topic prompts.

Output

Structured slide decks designed for presentations, meetings, lectures, and studying.

Best for

Students, professionals, and researchers who want the deck and the rest of the workflow in one place.

AI slides built around study material

Most AI presentation tools start from a prompt and invent the structure. Scholarly starts from your actual material, picks the right slide shape for each idea — comparison, process, statistic, diagram, equation, timeline — and keeps the deck tied to the content you need to learn or present.

More than a presentation generator

After the deck is made, the same source can become flashcards, a practice test, notes, a podcast, or a narrated video lecture. That internal workflow is why AI slides belong in Scholarly instead of a separate design-only app.

Good for group work and exam review

Upload a group document, chapter summary, or lecture notes. Scholarly organizes the material into a slide deck you can review, present, and export as a .pptx file on a paid plan.

Pick a visual theme

Every deck is generated in a visual theme that sets typography, color, and layout density — Editorial for a warm textbook feel, Vibrant for energy, Mono for something stripped back, Pitch for a presentation-room look, or Freestyle when you want AI to choose. Every theme is free on every plan. Open More options to pick a specific colour look instead of a fresh one each time, or switch the whole deck to Dark Mode. Customization Profiles are free too: save reusable instructions, a preferred AI model, and visual references such as a logo, brand guide, or template, then apply that profile to every new deck — team admins can publish shared profiles, and each project can set a default.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can Scholarly make slides from a PDF?

Yes. Use PDF to Slides AI to turn any PDF — a textbook chapter, research paper, or work report — into a deck, or use AI Slide Generator when you want a broader prompt-based deck. You can also select a specific page range of the PDF so the deck covers just the chapter you need.

Is this only for school presentations?

No. It works for class presentations, lecture decks, and study-review slides, and equally for work decks, client proposals, team updates, research talks, and topic explainers.

What format does Scholarly generate?

Scholarly generates the deck as a rendered slide deck you present in Slides View and share by link on every plan. On a paid plan you can download it as a PowerPoint (.pptx) file, a Word (.docx) file, or a PDF, or save it to Google Slides or Google Docs with Google Drive connected. In the .pptx export each slide comes through as its rendered visual, so the design stays intact; the slide text is not delivered as editable text boxes.

Can I turn the same source into flashcards?

Yes. Scholarly is built so one source — a chapter, a paper, or a work report — can become slides, flashcards, quizzes, notes, podcasts, and videos.

Which slide tool should I use for my source?

Use the AI Slide Generator for the canonical slide workflow from PDFs, notes, links, or a topic. Use Notes to PowerPoint when notes are your starting point, or Slides to Video when you want to narrate an existing deck. Generated decks can be presented and shared on every plan and exported as PowerPoint (.pptx), Google Slides, or PDF on paid plans. Free users get the recommended AI model automatically; choosing a specific model is a paid feature.

Create AI slides from your study material

Free to start. Upload notes or a PDF and generate your first deck.

Create AI slides

Trying your first source? Start Free. Working with new material each week? Premium includes 10 AI Creation Credits a week. Need more capacity? Compare Laureate.

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AI chat

Premium and Laureate include unlimited AI chat. The chat model menu is a curated selection and is smaller than the creation catalog — some models, including the Frontier tier, are reserved for credit-metered AI creations.

Free
3 total
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Unlimited
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Unlimited

AI Creation Credits

AI Creation Credits share one balance across every creation tool. Most models use 1 credit, a few use 2, and Frontier models use 3.

Free
1 total
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10/week
Laureate
80/week

Podcast length

Free episodes are fixed at 2 minutes. Paid plans can set a target length up to 60 minutes.

Free
2 minutes
Premium
Up to 60 minutes
Laureate
Up to 60 minutes

Video lecture length

Free lectures with a length control are fixed at 2 minutes. Paid plans can set a target up to 45 minutes. Short uses its own short video format.

Free
2 minutes
Premium
Up to 45 minutes
Laureate
Up to 45 minutes

File uploads

Free
1 total (8MB)
Premium
Unlimited (300MB)
Laureate
Unlimited (1 GB each)

PDF to flashcards

Free
32 pages
Premium
1000 pages
Laureate
3000 pages

Sources per creation

Free
Up to 1
Premium
Up to 10
Laureate
Up to 20

Practice questions

Free
5 total
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Unlimited
Laureate
Unlimited

Practice exams

Free
1 total
Premium
Unlimited
Laureate
Unlimited

Voice mode

Free
15 min total
Premium
2 hr/day
Laureate
12 hr/day

Autocomplete

Free
500 words total
Premium
Unlimited
Laureate
Unlimited

Export to Anki

Free
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Premium
Included
Laureate
Included

Support

Free
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Priority
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Priority

What customers say

Scholarly has enhanced the quality of notes and questions I administer to my tutees. Insightful, to the point.

TD Georgas

TD Georgas

Tutor

I have very good experience with Scholarly it summarize me scientific text in hovel academic level with citation. I use this for any therapeutic area . It is great and useful tool.

Diana

Diana

Scholarly user

Scholarly has been a valuable tool for my studies. The AI-generated flashcards and intuitive features make organizing and retaining information much easier.

Briana

Briana

Scholarly user

This app is great for studying for big test. Drop your PDF's in the system and it'll do the trick. You can organize it specifically for your needs.

Kelvin

Kelvin

Scholarly user

Your questions, answered

Is Scholarly free to use?

Yes! The free plan includes core study tools with lifetime allowances: 3 AI Chat messages, 500 autocomplete words, 5 quiz questions, 15 voice minutes, 1 practice exam, one free AI Creation Credit total, and 1 file upload. These allowances do not reset. Upgrade to Premium for 10 AI Creation Credits per week and unlimited uploads.

What uses my free AI Creation Credits?

AI Creation Credits are shared across flashcards, podcasts, videos, slides, AI Documents, Deep Research, and the Transcribe tool. The selected model determines the credit cost. Recording a meeting and saving its transcript never uses AI Creation Credits. On paid plans, Generate notes uses 1 credit per meeting, whatever its length; Free includes notes for its one saved meeting.

Can I cancel anytime?

Absolutely. There are no contracts or commitments. You can cancel your subscription at any time from your account settings, and you'll keep access until the end of your billing period.

What payment methods do you accept?

We accept all major credit and debit cards through Stripe. Pricing is displayed in USD by default, but local currency is available in the app.

Can I use Scholarly with a class or school?

Yes. For a school or organization-wide rollout, contact us at hello@scholarly.so and we'll help you find the right setup.

What happens when I hit a free plan limit?

You'll see a prompt to upgrade. Your existing work is never lost — limits only apply to new actions. Free-plan allowances are lifetime credits and do not reset. Premium includes 10 AI Creation Credits per week, podcasts up to 60 minutes, video lectures up to 45 minutes, unlimited uploads, chat, autocomplete, quizzes, and exams, plus more daily voice time.