Record a lecture live or upload it afterwards, and get a speaker-labeled transcript you can search, translate, and turn into captions — with your course terms guiding the transcription and, on Business Pro, study notes with an outline and key concepts.
Lectures, seminars, office hours, research interviews, and focus groups — whoever records it, the transcript is searchable before the next class.
Live recording, the transcript, and translation all happen while the class is going. The lecture notes are the only thing that waits for Stop.
Press record in the browser or on the iPhone app and the transcript builds as the lecturer speaks. For an online class, capture your microphone plus the tab audio in Chrome or Edge.
Read the live transcript with speaker labels, and turn on live translation to follow a class in another language.
Choose Lecture as the recording type and the recap comes back with a summary, chapter outline, key concepts and to-dos. Business Pro and above.
Live recording works on every plan; on Free it counts against your monthly minutes. Tab audio capture requires Chrome or Edge on desktop; the microphone works everywhere.
Tell the transcription what kind of recording it is, which words matter, and who is speaking — and get notes you can actually study from.
Mark a recording as a Lecture and the recap comes back as study notes: a summary, a chapter outline, key concepts and to-dos. Business Pro and above.
Add terms, authors, formulas and acronyms up front — up to 100 per file — to guide the transcription toward the right spellings instead of phonetic guesses.
Technical for specialist lectures, Interview / Q&A for research interviews, Bilingual for classes that switch language, and Clean & Readable to strip filler words.
Tell the lecturer apart from audience questions, or the interviewer from each participant, by name instead of Speaker 1 and Speaker 2.
Transcribe classes and fieldwork in more than 100 languages with automatic detection, then translate the transcript.
Formatted notes to study from, plain text for analysis software, and captions for recorded lectures.
Record live, upload, or ask your assistant — the transcript lands in the same place either way.
Record the class live in the browser or on the iPhone app, or upload a recording up to 5GB from your phone, Zoom or lecture capture.
Choose Lecture or Interview, pick a style preset, add up to 100 course terms and name the speakers.
Read the lecture notes, search across every class, ask follow-up questions, and export notes or captions.
Writing your own notes is still a good way to think. A transcript makes sure you never miss what you were too busy writing.
| What you need | WhisperAI | Notes by hand |
|---|---|---|
| What gets captured | WhisperAI:Every word of the class, with timestamps and speaker labels | By hand:What you had time to write down |
| Study notes | WhisperAI:Lecture recap with outline and key concepts (Business Pro+) | By hand:Rewritten by hand after class |
| Course terms and names | WhisperAI:Up to 100 key terms per file guide the spelling | By hand:Misheard, then fixed by hand |
| Long sessions | WhisperAI:Files up to 5GB — a full-day workshop in one upload | By hand:Small file caps; recordings split by hand |
| Other languages | WhisperAI:100+ languages, plus translation | By hand:Only the languages you write |
| Accessibility | WhisperAI:SRT and VTT captions for every recorded class | By hand:Captions typed and timed by hand |
The best results come from both: jot down your own ideas in class, then fill the gaps from the transcript.
Connect WhisperAI once with OAuth sign-in and your assistant can upload, transcribe, search, and summarize your lectures without leaving the chat. Works on every plan — no API key.
Lectures, interviews, and transcripts organized by course or project, with roles and an audit trail — one workspace instead of a personal subscription per person.
Straight answers on lecture notes, live recording, research interviews, and cost.
Yes. Choose Lecture as the recording type and, on Business Pro and above, the recap comes back as study notes: a lecture summary, a chapter outline, key concepts and to-dos. On every plan you get the full transcript to search, edit and export.
Yes, on every plan. Record your microphone in the browser or on the WhisperAI iPhone app and the transcript builds as the lecturer speaks. You can also upload a recording afterwards from your phone, Zoom or your school's lecture capture system.
Up to 5GB per file, which is many hours of audio. A three-hour seminar or a full-day workshop goes in as one upload, with no splitting.
Add up to 100 key terms per recording — course vocabulary, authors, formulas, place names, acronyms — and WhisperAI uses them to guide the transcription toward the right spellings. The Technical style preset suits lectures full of specialist terms.
Yes. Use the Interview / Q&A preset, name each participant, and export the transcript with timestamps as TXT, DOCX or JSON for your analysis software. Choose Interview as the recording type for a recap with key insights and quotes (Business Pro and above). Check your institution's ethics approval and data rules before uploading interviews with participants.
Yes. WhisperAI transcribes more than 100 languages with automatic detection, and you can translate a finished transcript into another language. The Bilingual preset handles lectures that switch between two languages.
Yes. Export any transcript as SRT or VTT captions and add them to your video platform or learning management system, so students who rely on captions can follow every recorded class.
The free plan includes 5 minutes a month with no credit card. Premium is $14.99 a month for 120 minutes, with unused minutes rolling over, or $9.49 a week around exams. Business Pro is $24.99 a month for unlimited minutes and adds lecture recaps.
No. WhisperAI does not sell your data or use what you upload to train third-party models. You can delete any recording, transcript or your whole account at any time, and a Data Processing Agreement is available for your institution's records.
Guides for recording and transcribing classes from the WhisperAI team.
Free to start, no credit card. Upload a recording, add your course terms, and read the transcript in minutes.