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Record the lecture, keep every word
Record in the browser or upload an audio file. Study Slay transcribes it, writes the notes, and keeps the complete transcript next to them so nothing the lecturer said is lost.
- Up to four hours per lecture on Pro
- Keeps recording if the tab closes
- Full transcript with copy and PDF
- Audio files and captioned YouTube videos
What you get
Built for the long lecture
Press Record at the start of class and forget about it. The recorder saves the audio in ten-minute segments while the lecture is still running, uploads each segment as soon as it is complete, and keeps a safety copy on your device for fourteen days. If the tab closes, the laptop sleeps or the browser crashes, the next visit offers to recover the recording from where it stopped.
Audio is compressed in the browser before upload, roughly eleven megabytes per hour, so even a four-hour lecture is a small upload on campus Wi-Fi. Uploaded files work the same way: MP3, M4A, WAV, WebM, OGG, FLAC and AAC are accepted, as well as MP4 and MOV video, and a long file is split into parts automatically.
The transcript is complete and punctuated, with paragraphs where the speaker paused. The notes written from it drop the filler and repetition, but the transcript page keeps every word so you can check a claim, find a quote or read what you missed.
How it works
Three steps, no setup
01
Press Record or drop a file
The recorder lives on your dashboard. Give the browser microphone access once; segments start uploading in the background from the first ten minutes.
02
Stop when the class ends
The last segment uploads, the parts become one source and generation starts. Closed the tab mid-lecture? A Recover card brings the recording back on your next visit.
03
Read the transcript and the notes
Every note has a Transcript button. Copy the text, download it as a PDF, or chat with Leo about a passage. The audio stays attached to the note until you delete it.
In detail
What makes it good
Recorder
Ten-minute segments, uploaded as you go
Nothing waits for the end of class. A segment that finishes is already safe on our servers while the next one records.
Resilient
A closed tab is not a lost lecture
The in-progress audio is mirrored on your device and offered back with a Recover card, with the parts already uploaded counted as done.
Honest
Complete transcript, clean notes
The transcript keeps every word and pause. The notes remove filler and repetition and keep the examples and exam hints.
Audio files
Bring recordings from anywhere
Phone voice memos, podcast lectures, recordings from a friend. Common formats are accepted and long files are split for you.
YouTube
Captioned videos become transcripts
Paste a YouTube link and the captions are fetched and turned into a transcript and notes. Videos without captions need the audio uploaded instead.
Export
Copy or PDF in one tap
The transcript page has copy and PDF actions, and the notes can be exported and shared separately.
Why it matters
Listen in class, read afterwards
- 1.Lectures are the only source you cannot download later. Recording them turns a one-time event into material you can study from all term.
- 2.The transcript settles arguments about what was said and preserves the lecturer's hints about what will be on the test.
- 3.Pair the recording with the slides in the same note and the notes connect the spoken explanation to each slide.
- 4.Free plan: lectures and audio up to one hour. Pro: up to four hours per lecture and larger uploads.
Questions
Questions, answered
Anything else? Write to us from the help page and a person answers.
Up to one hour on the free plan and up to four hours on Pro, per recording or audio file. Longer sessions can be recorded as two lectures in the same note.
The segments already uploaded are safe. The part still in progress is mirrored on your device, and on your next visit the dashboard shows a Recover card that re-attaches the recording and uploads what was missing. The local copy is removed once the recording is uploaded or discarded, or after fourteen days.
Lectures in most major languages are transcribed, and the notes are written in the same language unless you choose another in Settings. A mixed-language lecture is transcribed as spoken.
Only sometimes. Videos with captions, including auto-generated ones, are transcribed from the captions. Without captions we try to fetch the audio, which YouTube often blocks, so the reliable route is to download the audio and upload it as a file.
The audio stays attached to its note so the transcript can be checked, and only you can access it. It is deleted with the note or with your account, and recordings that never became a note are removed after fourteen days.
Yes. The recorder works in the mobile browser as well, and the note syncs to every device you sign in on.
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