I’ve tested quite a few tools recently for summarizing, organizing, and reviewing content, from class notes to podcasts. Here’s what stood out, starting with the one I’ve been using most:

1. getrecall.ai: It handles YouTube, PDFs, Spotify/Apple Podcasts, and web pages. Summarizes into bite-sized cards, lets you chat with your notes, and builds a self-organizing knowledge base. Been super helpful for studying and content review.

2. Mindgrasp: Good at summarizing lectures and answering questions from uploaded material. Feels geared toward students, especially for exams and dense PDFs.

3. Obsidian: Not AI-first, but ideal for linking concepts and building a knowledge graph. Works great with community plugins.

4. Evernote: Still decent for basic note organization and sync, but hasn’t really kept pace with newer AI-powered tools.

5. Notion: Flexible for team or solo use. Notion AI helps with summaries and generation, though it’s more assistant-style than research deep dive.

6. Eightify: If you want a quick hit of what a video’s about, it’s fast and reliable. But lacks deeper interaction with the content.

7. NotebookLM: Google’s experimental tool lets you upload docs and chat with them. Promising for research-heavy tasks, but still in beta.

8. NoteGPT: Handles both YouTube and PDFs with a nice UI. Helps with creating study notes fast, though less interactive than Recall.

Let me know what else is worth trying, especially anything that handles long-form stuff without breaking.

I'm a university student, and to be frank, I'm terrible when it comes to writing down notes, in ill just copy slides word for word, or record the lecture and take decent notes but it takes me 4 hours to do so for an hour and a half lecture. So I was thinking about using one of those AI notetakers (turbolearn) tools to make my notes, and then I can write them down to understand them more. But I am looking for other people's opinions what is the best way to use an AI notetaker without making it make you become lazy and use it to help you.

Just curious if some of you use some kind of artificial intelligence for studying and what kind of ingenious ways you implement. I read there's some sort of AI to summarize books, articles of videos but I don't know how they're called

Hello everyone, I wanted to pick yalls brains about what system would be best for me to use. For context, I am a third year university student taking upper division stem classes. Im not doing any math, all of that is behind me, so I wont need help with equations or anything like that. My goal is to be able to annotate powerpoints and pages from the text book to create study guides with bullet points, as well as sections with vocab words and maybe even practice quizzes. I am a biology major, so most of my classes are stem. Im trying to decide which system out there would be best for me. any advice is greatly appreciated.

Hey there,

I am building a website for students or anyone who wants to study efficiently from just their notes. Right now the website is completely free (no ads) and I just want people to try it out and give me feedback.

Here's the link if you're interested: https://aceit.works

Thanks,

Shaurya

Some context: my mindset for using AI tools in studying is more about brainstorming, help me organize some messy thoughts and files, and expand my thoughts, turning them into something that meaningful. Less focus on getting essay drafts or help on exams

Based on that, here are some AI tools that I've found genuinely useful and curious about what tools you guys are using

Perplexity AI: my go-to alternative to Google when I want to learn a new topic quickly and comprehensively. I feel like it combines real-time information with LLM reasoning and summarization so good, perfect when you want both accuracy and depth.

NotebookLM: since i highly rely on you/tube videos to self-study, this tool just blew my mind the first time I used it. It summarizes long videos and help you extract key takeaways, and saves you from hours of watching content that might not be worth your time. If you also have a lot of watch later videos like I did but want to filter out only the truly valuable ones, this is the one.

Kuse: my new alternatives for NotebookLM (sry we had good days), at first I was also drawn by its ability to summarize You\Tube videos into mind maps and reports, but it's actually way more powerful, it can handle all kinds of files and helps you build a very intuitive knowledge base.

Notion: it's hard not to try Notion with its great UI and so many fancy templates. It's great when you want to turn messy notes or scattered info into structured, aesthetic outputs. But I personally find the learning curve a bit steep, especially if you just want something fast and simple.

Drop the tools that you are using and found it could be a game changer!

Hey

Does anyone have any recommendations or first hand experience with any AI tools for this specific task;

I’m taking biochemistry on the side and we have a list of questions that will be on the exam. We also have two PDF files that contain all the material on the course in form of pictures and text explaining everything thats on the course.

Im looking for an AI tool that I can give both the questions and the PDF files with the material so that the AI could compose answers to the questions based on the material provided. I tried using chat GPT previously without giving the material. But the answers that gives lacks a lot of the content we are supposed to include in the answers from that material on the course.

I heard of someone using some AI called unriddle? Does anyone know anything about this or have any tips or suggestions? Thanks

So i have my linux exam coming but there is a lot of theory in those ppt files. Whats the best ai you have used to make good notes?

Hi everyone,

I'm going to be a college freshman in a couple of months and I was wondering if there are any recommendations on AI tools that actually help me study and save time rather than giving me answers or shortcuts. I know there are tons of apps out there but I've only used chatgpt before.

Hi Reddit,

I am seeking a study tool (paid or free) that essentially is all-in-one, that includes flashcards, testing, audio, notes, lectures, everything. I am willing to pay for a subscription if it includes everything pertaining to studying. Is there an app or website out there that does this? Or should I stick to different apps that specialize in different media?

For example, I know NotebookLM turns lectures into audio and I believe it is limited to PDF only, and I don’t think they have any other major features (correct me if I’m wrong), which is why I am hesitant with it.

Thanks in advance.

Edit: I wanted to add that I am not looking for a tool to help me write out essays. Just a tool to help out my studies.

Hey everyone.

I'm really grateful for any suggestions you might have. I'm looking for alternatives to a website that's going to be discontinued soon, and I'd love to hear about other options that might work just as well.

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Being a student in a foreign language program, I've always struggled with effectively taking notes during my lectures. That is, until I stumbled upon this incredible and FREE AI-powered note-taking tool, strut.so that completely transformed my study process. Having an intelligent assistant integrated right into my workspace was an absolute game-changer. It allowed me to seamlessly move between my notes, rewrite them in a more understandable way, summarize key points, and even generate quizzes.

What really set this platform apart was how it was designed specifically with note-takers like myself in mind; with a wide range of features to help organize the writing process. It was cloud-based, making it easy to collaborate with friends and share notes. I quickly became attached to this site, using it daily and loving every aspect of it.

However, my perfect note-taking experience came to an unexpected end when I received a notification that the developers had decided to shut down the project. This was quite surprising, considering they had just released a new update a couple of weeks prior.

As I searched for alternatives, I realized that this tool had been largely underrated and barely mentioned anywhere. There were no Reddit posts about it, and the only online presence was a Product Hunt page and a Twitter account.

I'm really bummed about this, because it was just perfect for my needs (and now I've got to go back to relying on the free Microsoft 365). I've tried searching for alternatives, but haven't found anything remotely similar.

If you have any recommendations, I would greatly appreciate your help. Thank you in advance...

Hey everyone,

I’m a high school student trying to become more productive with my study routine this year. What are your go to study apps or AI tools that actually help you stay on track and understand things better? Also, I really need a good note-taking app — preferably something that’s free.

Thanks in advanced

Hello hello!

I'm trying to go digital and organise my life by trying to find AI tools that can help me organize, summarize, and retain information across different types of media. I know there might not be a single tool that does everything, but I’d love suggestions on the best tools or combinations for my needs.

It seems there are so many new apps created in this space it's hard to know what can be trusted and has long-term lifespan. Any personal recommendations would be valued.

Here’s a breakdown of what I’m looking for:

1. Summarizing YouTube Videos: I’d like a tool that offers detailed written summaries (beyond a short overview) for both YouTube videos and video podcasts.

2. Summarizing Audio Podcasts: Similar to the above, with the ability to generate in-depth summaries of audio-only podcasts.

3. Saving, Annotating, and Summarizing Web Pages: I do a lot of online reading and want a tool to save web pages for later, highlight sections, and then summarize them with AI. If it also supports active learning tools like quizzes or spaced repetition for my highlighted content, that would be ideal.

4. Voice Note Transcription and Memory Bank Creation: I’d like to record voice notes (lectures, book chapters, ideas, etc.) and have them transcribed, then saved into an AI-assisted “second brain.” It would be helpful to ask questions like, “What notes do I have on topic ‘X’?” and receive a summary of points on that topic.

5. Handwritten Note Conversion: Sometimes, writing out notes helps me retain information better. If possible, I’d like to use my Samsung S Pen or Apple Pencil for handwritten notes and have those notes converted to searchable text.

6. Convert previous audio recordings of meetings into transcribed text and have AI analyse the notes.

7. Journaling: I want to start journaling, so any tool with built-in features for journaling or tracking thoughts would be great.

8. PDF and eBook Highlights: I also read PDFs and eBooks and often highlight key points. It would be great to save those highlights and have them integrated into my knowledge base.

Ideally, I’d like to link all this information in a searchable database, with AI helping me connect notes, summaries, and highlights. Cross-platform compatibility (Windows, Android, iPad/iOS) is important. I use my Samsung Android phone most heavily/frequently, but I also have a Windows laptop and iPad.

Any insights regarding privacy, especially for sensitive material (like personal journaling or work-related confidential notes)?

I know these features might require multiple tools, and I’m curious about cost-effective options (especially any lifetime subscription deals) since I’m worried about costs adding up with multiple paid services.

I’m also looking to avoid overly complex tools that are quick to use ( For example with the voice notes app it would be great to have a shortcut that can launch instant recording rather than multiple steps to start using it )

Not sure if this is relevant to the above but I also want to look at a personal management system such as to-do lists and Google calendar.

Thank you in advance everyone 🙏

What’s the best AI note-taking app right now for students/meetings? One with both recording and uploading capabilities for transcription and with AI “chat”?

Maybe something that uses GPT-4, since that seems to be the best working LLM.

I’ve used Otter; the transcription was pretty good, but its chat was absolute trash.

I don't usually post tools like this, but if you're drowning in study notes, you need to try this out.

It's called SlideGPT — you paste your notes or lecture summary, and it instantly builds a clean, organized PowerPoint with AI.
Saved me hours when prepping for presentations and final projects.

You can:

• Turn articles or PDFs into slide decks

• Add bullet points, titles, and even speaker notes

• Edit slides right after it's done (super intuitive)

💡 I used it last week for a marketing class presentation — my prof literally asked me what software I used because the layout looked so good 😅

Here’s the tool: https://slidesgpt.com/?via=zakaria

They have a free version, no credit card needed.
Just thought I’d share for those who are juggling 3 deadlines and no sleep.

I struggle a lot with taking notes during lectures and it's not the best way I learn cause I don't end up actually absorbing anything. I learn best when I can focus entirely on the lecture though still need to review the notes later to study.

ChatGPT record would be great, but I don't have a Mac so I need something that will work on Windows. My lectures are 50 - an hour and twenty minutes long. Are there any affordable AI note takers where I can have to record to lecture then have it create bullet pointed notes in the format and level of detail that I need?

I have 11 hours of lectures a week so I'd need something that can handle 2,700 transcription minutes a month so Otter.ai doesn't work unfortunately.

I'm in COLA and I'm looking for a way to go over old notes and readings using AI in a way that doesn't qualify as academic dishonesty. It's tedious just reading the same things over and over again and I want to use my time wisely. Thanks!

Hi all,

I’ll be starting PA school in January and I’m trying to come up with a few different study strategies so I don’t fall behind early when I start. Has anyone used any AI apps or websites to help make study guides? If so, which ones? And did you feel that they were actually helpful? I know AI use in school is a controversial topic, but I believe that if I could use it at least just to make study guides for me or to make review tools it would save me countless hours that I could use in other areas.

Currently I just use ChatGPT to make notes for me. I saw a friend using NotebookLM and tried that but it does not seem good, or maybe I'm just not using it correctly. What tools do you guys use / recommend? I am looking for something to condense large readings down but still contain the necessary information, vocab, etc. and also give me like review materials to supplement my understanding.