Turn a recorded lecture into study notes
Record the lecture on your phone, upload the recording or paste a YouTube link. MinutesMaster transcribes it with timestamps and writes study notes — learning objectives, key concepts, worked examples, common mistakes and the questions students asked.
5 free credits (2.5 hours of audio) · No credit card · No AI training on your data
Listen once, revise from the notes
A 90-minute lecture is hard to revise from a recording and tiring to transcribe by hand. MinutesMaster gives you a timestamped transcript of everything that was said, with the lecturer and the students who asked questions separated by voice — so you can search for a term and jump back to the explanation.
On top of the transcript, the Lecture / training template writes study notes: what the session set out to teach, a table of key concepts with the lecturer’s explanations, worked examples with their numbers, the mistakes the lecturer warned about, the audience’s questions with their answers, and any homework or reading as tasks.
Keep each course in its own folder and use Ask MinutesMaster to ask questions across all your lectures — the answer cites the moments it used. International students can translate the notes or the whole transcript into any of 38 languages. A 90-minute lecture uses 3 credits; the 5 free credits cover about 2.5 hours.
Dr. Elena Novak (34:10) — If the absolute value is above one, demand is elastic: a small change in price moves quantity a lot. Petrol in the short run is the classic counterexample.
Student (35:02) — So a tax on petrol hardly changes how much people buy?
Price elasticity of demand = % change in quantity ÷ % change in price; above 1 in absolute value means elastic.
Problem set 3, questions 1–6 — due before Thursday’s seminar
Study notes also in Czech, German and Polish, exportable as Word or PDF.
From lecture recording to study notes
Lectures, seminars, tutorials, online classes and recorded courses.
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Record or collect the lecture
Record in the lecture hall with the MinutesMaster mobile app (it keeps recording with the screen locked) or in the browser, upload a recording from a dictaphone or the course portal, or paste a YouTube link.
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Choose Lecture / training
Pick the Lecture / training template and the lecture’s language, or leave the language on auto-detect.
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Get the transcript and notes
MinutesMaster transcribes the lecture with timestamps, separates the voices and writes the study notes.
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Revise, translate, export
Search the transcript, ask questions, translate the notes if you study in another language, and export them to Word or PDF.
What you get from each lecture
A transcript to search and notes to revise from.
Full transcript with timestamps
Every word of the lecture, grouped into readable turns per speaker, each with the time it was said — find a definition and jump straight to it.
Lecturer and questions apart
The lecturer and the students who asked questions are separated by voice, so the discussion reads as questions and answers.
Study notes, not just a summary
Learning objectives, a key-concepts table, worked examples, common mistakes and audience questions — with homework or reading listed as tasks.
Lectures in 38 languages
Czech, German, Polish, Spanish, English and more, including lectures that switch to English for technical terms. Translate the notes into any of them.
Word, PDF and subtitles
Export notes and transcript to Word or PDF for printing and annotating, plain text for your notes app, or SRT and VTT subtitles for a lecture video.
Ask across the semester
Ask MinutesMaster where a topic was explained or what was said about the exam, and get an answer with the moments it cites.
Who records lectures
Anyone who would otherwise listen to the recording twice.
Students revising for exams
Work through the study notes instead of the full recording, and check the transcript wherever the notes are too short.
International and exchange students
Follow a lecture in a language you’re still learning by reading the transcript, or translate the notes into your own language.
Students who need written notes
A transcript helps students who are deaf or hard of hearing, or who find it hard to listen and write at the same time.
Lecturers and teaching assistants
Publish a transcript and a summary with each recorded lecture, or check what you actually said about the assignment.
Online courses and trainings
Turn webinar series and internal trainings into notes that new colleagues can read instead of watching hours of video.
Seminars and guest talks
Discussion-heavy sessions keep each speaker apart, with the questions and answers collected at the end of the notes.
Frequently asked questions
- How can I transcribe a lecture?
- Record it with the MinutesMaster mobile app or in the browser, or upload an existing recording, then choose the Lecture / training template. You get a timestamped transcript and study notes that you can export to Word or PDF.
- Can AI turn a lecture recording into notes?
- Yes. The Lecture / training template writes study notes from the transcript: learning objectives, key concepts with explanations, examples, common mistakes, audience questions with their answers, and assignments.
- How much does it cost to transcribe a lecture?
- 1 credit covers 30 minutes, so a 90-minute lecture uses 3 credits. New accounts get 5 free credits once — for example a 90-minute lecture and a one-hour seminar. Credit packs start at 10 credits for €9.
- Can I record a lecture on my phone?
- Yes. The MinutesMaster mobile app records in-person sessions and keeps recording with the screen locked. Sit close to the lecturer or a loudspeaker for the clearest transcript.
- Can I transcribe an online lecture on Zoom, Teams or Google Meet?
- Yes. Send the MinutesMaster bot to the lecture link: it joins as a visible participant, records, and produces the transcript and notes afterwards. You can also upload the recording your university publishes.
- Does it work for lectures in Czech, German or other languages?
- Yes. Transcription covers 38 languages, including lectures that mix languages, and the notes or the full transcript can be translated into any of them.
- Am I allowed to record a lecture?
- That depends on your university’s rules and on the lecturer. Ask for permission before recording, and keep the recording for your own study unless the lecturer agrees to sharing it.
- Are my recordings used to train AI?
- No. MinutesMaster doesn’t use recordings, transcripts or notes to train AI models, and your lectures stay private to your account unless you share them.
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Record your next lecture and revise from the notes
Transcript and study notes from your first lectures — 5 free credits, no credit card.
- 5 free credits
- No credit card
- No AI training on your data
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