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Engineering Lecture Summarizer

Turn NPTEL, MIT OCW, YouTube, or your own recorded engineering lectures into structured AI notes — chapters with timestamps, key terms defined, full transcript, and a quiz to test yourself. In minutes, not hours.

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Free forever · No credit card · No sign-up for basic use · 100+ languages

Why engineering lectures are the hardest to take notes on

Derivations move fast. Terminology is dense. One missed step in a 90-minute thermodynamics lecture and the rest stops making sense.

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Derivations move faster than you can write

By the time you've copied the boundary conditions, the professor is three steps ahead. AI notes capture every step with a timestamp so you can replay the exact moment.

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Dense jargon in every sentence

Laplace transforms, mesh analysis, entropy, Reynolds number — VideoNoteGPT extracts every technical term with a plain-language definition, tagged by difficulty.

2-hour lectures, 20 minutes of exam-relevant content

Chapter breakdown shows you the structure at a glance. Jump straight to the section on fatigue failure instead of scrubbing through the whole video.

How it works

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Paste a link or upload a file

Any YouTube URL (NPTEL, MIT OCW, freeCodeCamp) or your own MP4/MP3 recording up to 500 MB free. Select "Engineering" as the subject for better accuracy.

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AI transcribes and structures the lecture

Whisper AI transcribes with 95%+ accuracy, then the summarizer builds chapters, key points, and a vocabulary list — each with the exact timestamp.

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Study, quiz, export

Ask the AI questions about the lecture, generate a multiple-choice quiz, and export to PDF, Markdown (Obsidian/Notion), or Anki flashcards.

Made for how engineers actually study

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Timestamped chapters

Jump to the exact minute a derivation starts. No more scrubbing through NPTEL videos.

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Anki flashcards in one click

Every key term and definition exports as an .apkg deck — spaced repetition for viva and exam prep.

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Ask AI about the lecture

"What assumptions did the professor make in the beam deflection derivation?" — answered from the full transcript.

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Quiz generator

5–20 multiple-choice questions from the lecture content, graded with explanations. GATE and exam prep made active, not passive.

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100+ languages

Works on accented English, Hindi-English mixed NPTEL lectures, and non-English courses. Auto-detected.

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Obsidian & Markdown export

Drop clean Markdown straight into your vault or Notion workspace. Full transcript included.

Frequently asked questions

Can AI summarize NPTEL and MIT OpenCourseWare lectures?

Yes. Paste the YouTube URL of any NPTEL or MIT OCW lecture and VideoNoteGPT generates chapter breakdowns, key points with timestamps, technical vocabulary, a full transcript, and an optional quiz — usually in under 5 minutes.

Does the AI handle formulas and technical terminology?

The Engineering subject mode tags technical terms — from thermodynamics to signal processing — with definitions. Formulas are captured as spoken and shown in context with timestamps, so you can jump to the exact derivation on the board.

Is it free for engineering students?

Yes. The free tier gives you 3 credits per day with no sign-up — enough for a typical 45-minute lecture. Pro ($9.99/month) unlocks lectures up to 3 hours, 180 credits per month, and PDF export.

Can I export notes to Anki or Obsidian?

Yes. Export key terms as Anki flashcards (.apkg) for spaced repetition, or full notes as Markdown for Obsidian and Notion. SRT/VTT subtitle export is included too.

Is my lecture recording private?

Yes. Uploaded files are deleted within 24 hours of processing and are never used to train AI models. See the Privacy Policy.

Your next lecture, summarized in 5 minutes

3 free credits every day. No sign-up needed. Works on any engineering video.

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