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Essays at speaking speed, lectures turned into notes.

Get the essay’s first draft down by talking it through, then edit. Turn a recorded lecture into notes organized by topic. Private mode makes everyday dictation free and offline, which suits a student budget.

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WHAT YOU SAY

The main causes were, um, crop failure, rising bread prices, and actually the debt from the war came first

TYPED INTO GOOGLE DOCS

The main causes were the debt from the war, crop failure, and rising bread prices.

Illustrative example, not a recorded customer result.

Note templates for this work

Pick a template when you start Notes, for a live meeting or an uploaded recording. Think out loud turns revision into structure: say what you know about a topic and get key points and open questions back.

MEETING NOTES

Attendees and context
Topics, in the order discussed
Next steps

THINK OUT LOUD

The main idea
Key points, grouped by theme
Questions to explore
Next steps

Dictation for the rest of the day

Free offline dictation

Private mode recognizes speech on your computer for free, after a one-time model download.

Lectures into notes

Upload a lecture recording, up to three hours, and get notes by topic. A 50-minute lecture costs at most $1.50.

Study questions

Ask the lecture notes: “what were the three causes she listed?”

Questions worth asking

Is there a student discount?

There’s no separate discount. Private mode dictation is free, you get $1 to start and 25¢ free every week until you first buy credit, and you only pay for what you use.

Does it write my essay?

No. Vokalu types and tidies what you say. The ideas and the arguments are yours.