Turn a lecture into slides you can study from
Upload a lecture recording or paste the transcript and Scholarly rebuilds the class as a clean deck — grouping the professor's points into one idea per slide so you study the ideas, not the noise.
Free to start · No credit card · Export to PowerPoint, Google Slides, PDF
Don't have a lecture recording? Start from a topic or notes with the AI Slide Generator.
From lecture to slides in three steps
Convert a lecture to slides with AI in one upload — no blank-slide problem, just a structured draft of the class you can edit and study.
Step 1: Add your lecture
Upload a recording (MP3, M4A, WAV, MP4) or paste the transcript — Scholarly transcribes audio for you.
Step 2: AI structures the talk
The AI follows the lecture's order, groups related points, and turns each idea into a clear, study-ready slide.
Step 3: Edit & present
Refine bullets, reorder, then export to PowerPoint, Google Slides, or PDF.
Why turn a lecture into slides?
A wall of transcript text is hard to study. Slides give the lecture a shape you can actually revise from.
Faster than re-listening
Skip scrubbing through an hour of audio. Get a structured deck of the lecture you can scan in minutes.
Built for understanding
One idea per slide surfaces how the lecture's concepts connect — so you grasp the argument, not just memorize lines.
Revision & presentation
Use the deck to revise before an exam, or to re-present a recorded class in your own study group.
A Slide Generator Built Around Lecture Input
Most slide tools start from a topic or a tidy document. Lecture to Slides is tuned for spoken material: it transcribes the recording, follows the professor's real argument instead of re-outlining from a generic template, groups tangents and repeated points into a single coherent slide, and keeps the lecture's order so the deck reads the way the class was actually taught.
If you're starting from a topic, your own notes, or a prompt instead of a recording, the general-purpose AI Slide Generator is the better entry point.
Best Lecture Sources
Clear audio works best — a phone or laptop recording of an in-person class, a Zoom lecture, or a podcast-style talk. A clean transcript (from your notes app, a captions export, or YouTube) works just as well. Crosstalk and heavy background noise still produce a deck, but a clearer recording gives sharper, better-grouped slides.
Frequently Asked Questions
How does lecture-to-slides AI work?
Upload a lecture recording and Scholarly transcribes the audio, then its AI follows the professor's argument, groups related points, and rebuilds the class as a coherent slide deck — title, agenda, one idea per slide, and a recap. You can also paste a transcript directly if you already have the text.
What lecture formats can I use?
Upload audio or video recordings (MP3, M4A, WAV, MP4) or paste a plain-text transcript. Clear audio gives the sharpest slides, but Scholarly handles ordinary classroom and Zoom recordings too.
Can I edit the generated slides?
Yes, fully editable — add slides, rewrite bullets, restructure the order, and change titles before you present or study from them.
Can I export the slides?
Yes, export to PowerPoint, Google Slides, or PDF.
Does it work from a transcript instead of audio?
Yes. If you already have a transcript — from a captions file, your notes, or a YouTube transcript — paste the text and Scholarly builds the deck straight from it, no audio needed.
Is it free?
Yes, free with lifetime free AI creation limits. Premium includes 10 AI creations each week and handles longer lectures.
How do I convert a lecture to slides with AI?
Add your lecture recording or transcript, and the AI follows the talk's real flow — grouping the professor's points into one clear idea per slide. You start from a structured draft of the class instead of a blank deck, edit it, and export to PowerPoint, Google Slides, or PDF.
Will the slides help me actually learn the material?
That's the goal. Instead of a flat transcript, you get one idea per slide that shows how the lecture's concepts connect, so you can revise the argument and understand it — not just reread a wall of text. Pair the deck with Scholarly's quizzes and flashcards to check your grasp.
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- 3 AI Chat messages per day
- 1 free AI creation total
- 1 free file upload total (8MB)
- 5 quiz questions per day
- 1 exam attempt per day
- 15 voice minutes per day
- 32-page PDF to flashcards
- 500 autocomplete words per day
Use it to generate flashcards, improve a deck, or create a podcast, video lecture, slides, infographic, mind map, study guide, worksheet, spreadsheet, story book, timeline, SOP, flowchart, lesson plan, or outline — or run Deep Research or turn a recording into AI Meeting Notes.
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- 1000-page PDF to flashcards
- Export to Anki
- Priority support
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- 20 Frontier creations per week
- 20 Frontier Chat messages per week
- Unlimited uploads up to 1 GB, plus 3,000-page PDFs
- 12 hours of voice mode per day
- Priority support and early access to new Frontier models
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