YouTube to Notes — Turn Any Video Into Study Notes

Paste the YouTube video URL above. AI extracts the transcript, identifies key concepts, definitions, and ideas, and formats them as question/answer note pairs. The whole process takes about 30 seconds for a typical lecture, and the notes are ready to study, edit, or export immediately.

Flashcards are notes structured for active recall — the front holds the key concept (what would be a heading or bullet point in plain notes), the back holds the explanation (what would be the body text). Studies consistently show active recall produces ~2× the retention of passive note re-reading, so this format does the same job as plain notes plus a built-in study system. You can still export them as a flat Markdown outline if you want a traditional document.

Yes. Guest users (no account) can generate one set of notes per day. Free registered users also get one deck per day. No credit card, no trial period.

Each note is a question/answer pair — the question is the key concept or term, the answer is the explanation. You can review them card-by-card, browse them as an outline, or export the whole set as Markdown, CSV, or an Anki-compatible file.

Yes. Export options include CSV (for Anki, Quizlet, or any spreadsheet) and Markdown (for Notion, Obsidian, or any text editor). For Anki: choose File → Import → CSV, then map column 1 to Front and column 2 to Back.

If the video has neither manual nor auto-generated captions, the AI cannot read it and notes cannot be generated. Most YouTube videos uploaded after 2010 have auto-generated captions enabled by default — if a specific video lacks them, try a similar video from another channel, or paste a transcript manually if you have one.

Any length works. Longer lectures (30–60+ minutes) actually produce richer note sets — the AI keeps a steady density of key concepts across the whole video. Videos under 2 minutes may only yield a handful of notes.

Yes. The AI auto-detects the spoken language from the captions and generates notes in that language. Spanish, German, French, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Hindi, Arabic, and more are supported.

Yes. Each generated note is fully editable — rewrite the question or answer, delete cards you don't need, or add your own. The edit applies before you export, so the downloaded Markdown or Anki deck reflects your changes.

Yes, but Shorts only have enough content for a few notes. For a full study session, a 15+ minute lecture or tutorial is a much better source.

We store the video URL alongside your notes so you can re-open them later — nothing else from the video is retained. We don't download or rehost the video. Notes generated from public videos are for personal study; respect creators' rights and don't redistribute the AI output as your own teaching material without attribution.