ClarityStudyHow to
Lecture notes
Record a lecture, or upload one you already have, and get a transcript plus clean revision notes out of it, without typing anything yourself while the professor is still talking.
Part of ClarityStudy: Notes and Audio recaps
How to do it in ClarityStudy
- Record the lecture in ClarityStudy, or upload an audio or video file you already recorded.
- ClarityStudy transcribes it as it happens and cleans the transcript up afterwards.
- Generate a summary: either a plain overview or structured revision notes with headings and bullet points.
- Play the summary or the revision notes back as audio if you would rather listen than read, with the text following along.
- Ask the recording a direct question later (where a term was defined, or what was said about a specific point) instead of scrubbing back through the audio yourself.
From a recording to something you can actually revise from
A raw transcript of an hour-long lecture is not something most people want to revise from: it is long, and it repeats the way people actually talk rather than the way a textbook explains something. ClarityStudy separates the two: the transcript exists as the accurate record, generated as the recording happens and cleaned up afterwards, and the revision notes are a separate pass over that same material, organized into headings and bullet points rather than left as a wall of spoken text. You can generate either a plain overview if you just want the gist, or the fuller structured version if you are studying from it directly.
Notes you can listen to, and question later
Because the notes are generated in ClarityStudy rather than typed by hand, you can turn around and use them somewhere other than a screen: play a summary or a set of revision notes as audio, with the text scrolling along underneath, for a commute or a walk where reading is not really an option. The recording stays useful past the first pass, too: you can ask it a direct question later, like where a particular idea was introduced or what was said about a specific example, and get pointed back to that part of the material instead of re-listening to find it yourself.
Questions people actually ask
Do I have to record inside the app, or can I upload a lecture I already have?
Either works. Record live in ClarityStudy, or upload audio or video you already recorded: a phone recording, a downloaded lecture capture, whatever you have.
What's the difference between the summary and the revision notes?
The summary is a plain overview of what was covered. Revision notes go further, breaking the same material into headings and bullet points meant to be studied from directly rather than just read once.
Generate this from your own material in ClarityStudy.
Free to start. iPhone and web.