AI slide deck feature
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 presentation you can edit, present, and reuse — for school, work, and research.
Quick answer
What are Scholarly AI Slides?
Scholarly AI Slides convert your own source material — PDFs, notes, reports, study guides, or a topic — into an organized, editable deck with titles, sections, speaker-ready structure, and clear explanations. Because it is source-grounded, the deck stays tied to your content, which makes it useful for class presentations, lecture decks, work meetings, client proposals, and research talks alike.
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.
Generate a deck
Scholarly structures the content into clear slides with headings, bullets, and examples.
Edit and present
Refine the outline, export, or convert the same source into flashcards and quizzes.
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 course material, so the deck stays 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
AI slides help when the source is already there but the structure is not. Upload the group doc, chapter summary, or lecture notes, then edit the resulting deck instead of starting from a blank file.
Pick a visual theme
Every deck is generated in a visual theme that sets typography, color, and layout density. Pick Editorial for a warm textbook feel, Vibrant for energy, or Freestyle when you want AI to choose the best look. All three themes are free on every plan, and so is Custom Designs: save your own design profile — standing instructions plus up to 4 reference images — and every new deck follows it.
Keep exploring
AI slide workflows
Use the same source material across presentation and study formats.
AI Slide Generator
Generate a complete slide deck from notes or a prompt.
PDF to Slides AI
Convert a PDF into a presentation deck.
Lecture Slides Generator
Create teaching-style lecture slides.
AI Presentation Generator
Build presentation decks with AI.
Slides to Video
Narrate a finished deck into a video lecture.
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.
Can I edit the slides?
Yes. Treat the generated deck as a first draft that you can revise for wording, emphasis, and presentation style.
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?
Start from a topic or notes with the AI Slide Generator; convert a PDF, paper, or chapter with PDF to Slides AI; build a teaching deck from a chapter with the Lecture Slides Generator; or narrate a finished deck into a video lecture with Slides to Video. All four use the same source-grounded engine and produce editable decks. Each one also includes a model picker — free users automatically get the recommended AI model, and 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.
Free
- 3 AI Chat messages per day
- 1 free AI creation total
- 1 free file upload total (8MB)
- 5 quiz questions per day
- 1 exam attempt per day
- 15 voice minutes per day
- 32-page PDF to flashcards
- 500 autocomplete words per day
Use it to generate flashcards, improve a deck, or create a podcast, video lecture, slides, infographic, mind map, study guide, worksheet, spreadsheet, story book, timeline, SOP, flowchart, lesson plan, or outline — or run Deep Research or turn a recording into AI Meeting Notes.
Ultimate
$144 billed yearly
Everything in Free, plus:
- Unlimited normal chat & autocomplete
- Unlimited premium model messages
- Unlimited AI creations
- Unlimited file uploads (up to 300MB)
- Unlimited study sessions
- Unlimited exams & quizzes
- 1000-page PDF to flashcards
- Export to Anki
- Priority support
Teams
Billed $324/seat yearly
Everything in Ultimate, plus:
- Start with 1 seat
- 450 weekly credits per member
- Premium models and admin controls
Pricing in USD. Local currency available in app.
Compare plans
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Ultimate
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1 total
Unlimited
Uses AI creations
Unlimited
1 total (8MB)
Unlimited (300MB)
32 pages
1000 pages
5/day
Unlimited
1/day
Unlimited
15 min/day
2 hr/day
500 words/day
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What students say
Scholarly has been a valuable tool for my studies. The AI-generated flashcards and intuitive features make organizing and retaining information much easier.
Briana
Student
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
Student
I am currently preparing for a test that covers a substantial amount of material, and I've found that not having to physically write out my flashcards has been incredibly beneficia...
Isabelle
Student
Scholarly is great for students. I am enrolled in online university and my classes are all PDF based. All I do is upload the PDF and it creates flashcards decks for me. The greate...
Alexandra
Student
Your questions, answered
Is Scholarly free to use?
Yes! The free plan includes core study tools with clear limits: 3 AI Chat messages per day, one free AI creation total, 1 free file upload total, quizzes, practice exams, and manual flashcard creation. Upgrade to Ultimate for unlimited AI creations and unlimited uploads.
What uses my free AI creations?
Generating flashcards, improving a flashcard deck, making a podcast, creating a video lecture or infographic, building slides, a spreadsheet, or a story book, making a mind map, study guide, or worksheet, having an AI Agent create a timeline, SOP, flowchart, lesson plan, or outline, running Deep Research, or processing a recording uses your free AI creation. It is a lifetime free credit and does not reset. AI Chat messages, quizzes, and exams still have separate daily limits; free file uploads are also lifetime credits.
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. Scholarly for Teams is self-serve for up to 29 seats, so you can put a class or department on one plan yourself in minutes. For a larger rollout, contact us at hello@scholarly.so.
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 AI creations and the free upload are lifetime credits and do not reset. Upgrading unlocks unlimited AI creations and unlimited uploads.
For Educators or Schools
Scholarly for Teams is self-serve and puts your class or department on one plan. For a larger rollout, contact us at hello@scholarly.so.