We take the notes.
You do the learning.
You can listen or you can write. Not both. Record the lecture and NoteMate hands back the notes, the flashcards and a quiz, so the only thing left to do is the learning.
- No card needed
- 300 minutes free, every month
- Any phone with a mic
It's a loop, not a to-do list
You press record and you do the quiz. Everything in between is ours — and then it comes back round.
- Record In the lecture, or upload it after
- Notes Transcript and structured notes, by the time you're home
- Flashcards A deck from your lecture, not someone else's
- Quiz The bit only you can do. Find the gaps early
- Review We nudge you in a couple of days, then again in a week
Flashcards
Revision you didn't have to make first
Making the deck is the bit everyone skips, so we do it for you. The cards come out of your own lecture, in the lecturer's own framing — which is what the exam is written against.
- Say Got it or Needs work and the card's next due date moves with you.
- Every card keeps its timestamp, so a half-remembered answer is one tap from the audio.
- A nudge on day 1, 3 and 7 after your last review, so the deck doesn't quietly rot.
What are the three stages of memory?
Encoding, storage and retrieval. Most everyday failures happen at retrieval rather than the memory having been lost.
Quizzes
It tells you why you were wrong
Most quizzes mark you and move on, which teaches you nothing. Every option here carries its own explanation — including the three you didn't pick — so a wrong answer is the most useful thing that can happen to you before an exam.
- Written from your lecture, so there's no off-syllabus filler.
- The near-miss options are the misconceptions the lecturer warned about.
- Missed a question? Jump to the moment it was explained.
Where do most everyday memory failures happen?
Encoding failures are real, but the lecture's point was that the material usually did go in - what fails is getting it back out.
The memory is still there; the cue is missing. Being given the first letter of a name is usually enough to recover it.
Why not the others?
Storage
This assumes the memory decayed away. The tip-of-the-tongue example shows it is still there, waiting for the right cue.
Consolidation
Consolidation is how a memory stabilises after encoding - a real stage, but not the one identified as the common failure point.
Why this exists
I spent five years at university with dysgraphia and dyspraxia, drowning in notes I couldn't organise fast enough and getting hit with new content before the last lot had landed. Everything built to help was either expensive, clunky, or made for boardrooms. So I built the thing I needed.
That's why nothing here is a special request you have to ask for. If writing fast enough is the barrier — dysgraphia, dyslexia, ADHD, dyspraxia, an auditory processing difference, or a lecturer who simply never slows down — it's just how the app works, for everybody.
The rest of what's in there
Lectures, seminars, tutorials, study groups, recorded webinars, and video files you already have.
Listen, don't scribble
The transcript builds live while the lecturer talks. Stop writing and nothing is lost, because there was never anything to lose.
Who said what
Speaker identification splits the lecturer from student questions, so you can skim to the explanation you actually wanted.
Replay any moment
Every transcript line is clickable. If a concept didn't land the first time, go straight back to the exact sentence.
Notes in your language
An English lecture can produce notes in 11 other languages. The transcript stays in whatever was spoken.
No bot in your lecture
You record on your own device. Nothing joins your Teams or Zoom call and announces itself to the room.
A folder per module
Search the full text of everything you recorded this term, and export to PDF, Word, Drive or Notion when you need it elsewhere.
Your lecture. Your notes. Nothing invented.
Everything NoteMate produces comes from what was actually said in the room. It isn't writing your essay and it isn't doing your thinking — it's giving you back the hour you'd have spent typing.
Recording lectures is one of the most common adjustments universities make, and many permit it outright for students with a support plan. Policies still vary, so have a quick word with your lecturer or disability service.
The free plan
300 minutes a month
Roughly 5 lectures, free forever, no card anywhere in sight.
Hit the limit and everything you've already made stays exactly where it is — your minutes just reset next month. If you need more than that, the paid plan is priced for a student loan rather than an expense account.
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Take it to your next lecture
One recording is all it takes to find out whether this is for you. Free, no card.
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