Free & Unlimited Lecture Transcription for Students
Stop scrubbing through hours of recordings to find one key concept. Upload your lecture audio or video files to SoundWise.ai and instantly get accurate, searchable, and citable notes to supercharge your studies.
From Lecture Hall to Searchable Notes in 3 Steps
1. Upload Your Lecture Recording
Drag and drop the audio (MP3, M4A) or video (MP4, MOV) file of your lecture. It works perfectly with recordings from your phone, Zoom, or your university's online portal.
2. AI Performs Accurate Academic Transcription
Our AI, trained on diverse academic subjects, performs a highly accurate lecture to text conversion, complete with timestamps for easy reference and citation.
3. Download Your Study-Ready Transcript
Export your notes as a PDF or TXT file. Your entire lecture is now a searchable, copy-paste-ready document, making exam preparation faster than ever.
Your Ultimate Study and Research Partner
Our lecture transcription service is an essential tool for modern learning. Students at universities from Stanford to MIT use it to create searchable study guides from their course recordings. For PhD candidates in Cambridge, it’s a private way to transcribe hours of research interviews. We provide the academic transcription solution for a new generation of learners.
Start Transcribing for FreeIn-Depth FAQ – Your Lecture Transcription Questions Answered
1. What is the best free tool for lecture transcription in 2025?
The best tool for students is one that is truly free, unlimited, and respects privacy. SoundWise.ai is the top choice because it offers unlimited lecture transcription at no cost, which is crucial for a full semester's worth of content. Most importantly, its local processing means your professor's intellectual property is never uploaded to a server, ensuring privacy.
2. How accurate is the transcription for subjects with complex technical jargon, like medicine or engineering?
Our AI is trained on a vast academic vocabulary, providing high accuracy on technical terms. However, the single most important factor is the clarity of the recording. For best results, sit near the front or use a clear audio source. The great advantage of a text transcript is that you can quickly use 'Find and Replace' to correct any specialized terms, which is far faster than manually transcribing the entire lecture.
3. My professor speaks very quickly and the lecture hall is noisy. Can this tool still work?
Audio quality is key for any AI transcription. While a noisy environment or fast speech can reduce accuracy, our tool will still provide a valuable, searchable starting point. It can help you find the specific minute a topic was discussed, which you can then re-listen to. Even an 80% accurate transcript is a massive time-saver for creating initial study notes compared to starting from scratch.
4. I have an entire semester's worth of Zoom recordings. Can I transcribe them all?
Yes, absolutely. This is where our unlimited feature is a game-changer for students. You can upload your lecture recordings one by one for an entire course. This allows you to create single, comprehensive documents that you can search with keywords to see how concepts developed over the semester—an incredibly powerful tool for writing final papers and studying for exams.