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Lecture summarizer

Turn a recorded lecture into notes: the concepts, the definitions, the examples and the timestamps worth revisiting before an exam.

Example output

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Lecture 7 — Elasticity and Consumer Surplus

Intro Microeconomics · Week 4

52:14

The gist

Elasticity measures how much quantity responds to price, and it decides who actually pays a tax — the side of the market that can't easily walk away.

Key points

  1. 01Elasticity is a ratio of percentage changes, so it has no units.03:20
  2. 02Demand is more elastic when substitutes are close and time is long.16:45
  3. 03Tax burden falls on whichever side is less elastic.28:10
  4. 04Consumer surplus is the triangle between the demand curve and the price paid.44:02

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Notes with the structure kept

Lectures are organised, and the summary keeps that: concepts, definitions and worked examples stay separate instead of collapsing into a paragraph.

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Find the bit you didn't follow

Search the transcript for the term you got stuck on and jump to the four minutes where it was explained.

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Ask before the exam

"What did she say about tax incidence?" gets you the answer and the timestamp, which is faster than rewatching at 2×.

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Does it work with Panopto, Echo360 or Zoom recordings?

Yes, through the browser extension, in a tab you're already signed into.

Can it read the slides?

It reads on-screen text where the slides are visible, and pairs it with what the lecturer said at that moment.

Does it handle technical terms?

Mostly. Unusual names and notation are the common misses, and you can correct them in your saved copy.

Can I export to my notes app?

Yes — copy as Markdown, which pastes cleanly into Notion, Obsidian and Apple Notes.

Is this cheating?

It's a study aid, like lecture notes from a friend who went. It's not a substitute for doing the problem sets.

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