The lecture recorder that turns every session into a transcript and a recap video

Yes. Scholarly records lecture audio directly in the browser on a laptop or phone — no separate app needed. When you stop, the recording is transcribed and ready to turn into notes, a transcript, flashcards, and quizzes.

Usually yes — with permission. Recording rules vary by school, course, and country: some require the professor's or institution's consent, and some jurisdictions require speaker consent by law. Check your syllabus or ask first, follow your course policy, and keep recordings for personal study only.

On the Free plan, each recording stops at 60 minutes, and you get 3 recordings in total. Premium and Laureate record up to 10 hours per recording, so 2 to 3 hour seminars and long workshops fit in one recording. If you upload a file longer than your limit, the full audio is kept but only the first 60 minutes (Free) or 10 hours (paid) are transcribed. Longer recordings take a little more time to process after you stop.

Yes. Upload MP3, M4A, WAV, WebM, or OGG audio, or an MP4 video, and Scholarly processes it like a live recording: transcript and notes, then any study material you want. Uploads can be up to 8 MB on Free, 300 MB on Premium, and 1,000 MB on Laureate, and each upload counts as one recording. The recorder handles study groups, seminars, interviews, and meetings the same way.

Usually within minutes of stopping the recording. Live transcript lines appear while you record, and the structured notes are written automatically as soon as the full transcript is ready; very long sessions take a bit longer.

Yes — that's the point of the workflow. Generate flashcards from the recording right after class and do your first spaced-repetition pass the same day, while you still remember the context around each idea.

Distance and echo are the main things that hurt transcription accuracy. Sit closer to the front or place the device nearer the speaker. The transcript is timestamped, so any garbled passage takes seconds to check against the original audio.

Yes, to start. Free includes 3 recordings in total (the allowance does not reset), each with up to 60 minutes of transcription and automatic notes, plus live transcript lines while you record. No credit card is needed. The transcript and notes do not use AI Creation Credits; Free's one lifetime AI Creation Credit can turn a recording into flashcards, a quiz, or a study guide. Premium includes 20 recordings a week and Laureate 100, each up to 10 hours. Downloading the audio is a paid feature.

A plain voice-memo app captures the audio but leaves you with a 90-minute file you will never re-listen to. A lecture recorder for students should also transcribe the audio, summarize it, and turn it into study material. Scholarly does that whole loop in the browser: record or upload, get a timestamped transcript and summary in minutes, then generate flashcards and a quiz from the same recording.

Scholarly detects the spoken language automatically, so you do not choose it before recording, and the summary, topics, and title come back in that same language instead of being translated into English. Flashcards, quizzes, and other study material made from the recording can be generated in any of the 70+ output languages in Scholarly's language picker. If your language is less widely spoken, try a short recording first to check the transcript quality.

Yes. When you stop recording, Scholarly transcribes the session and writes structured notes automatically: a summary of the main topics, definitions, and examples, plus timestamped topics. There is no extra button to press. From there you can generate flashcards, a quiz, or a study guide, all grounded in the recording, and ask the AI chat questions that cite the exact moment in the lecture.