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Upload your video
Drag in a video or audio clip — MP4, MOV, WebM, MKV, MP3, or M4A. The file is read locally; nothing is uploaded yet.
Video → text & notes
Video to Notes — Upload a Video, Get Transcription with Summary & Notes
For students, researchers, and anyone who would rather read the key points than watch the whole thing.
This AI video to notes converter transcribes a video — MP4, MOV, WebM, or MKV — and turns it into notes: a transcript, a summary, key points, and a timeline you can download as Markdown or text. Upload a short clip here; use the Chrome extension for long videos and YouTube. Your video stays in your browser — only the extracted audio is sent to AI.
- Upload a video
- Short videos, right in your browser.
- MP4 to notes & text
- Full transcript plus AI notes.
- Notes summary
- Summary, key points, timeline.
How it works
Three steps from a video to text and notes.
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Transcribe and summarize
We extract the audio in your browser, transcribe it to text, then use AI to turn it into a summary, key points, a timeline, and any action items, decisions, or key terms.
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Read, copy, or download
Review the notes summary on the page, copy it, or download the notes as Markdown and the full transcript as a text file.
For long videos, MP4s & YouTube
Get the Chrome extension.
The website turns short uploaded clips into notes. For long videos — long MP4s, lectures, and meetings — and YouTube links, install the Chrome extension: a YouTube video to notes converter that also turns long MP4 and other video files into notes, transcribing and summarizing right in your browser, on any tab, with the same AI notes, summary, and timeline you can export as PDF, Markdown, HTML, or TXT.
- Turn long MP4s and other video files into notes
- Make notes from any YouTube video
- Handle long lectures, talks, and meetings
- Export to PDF, Markdown, HTML, or TXT
Why use it
Less watching, more understanding.
An AI note taker from video: summarize a lecture, talk, tutorial, or meeting in a fraction of the time — and turn YouTube videos into notes with the Chrome extension.
Get the whole video as text plus a timeline so you can jump to what matters.
Keep the transcript, notes, and summary as files you actually own.
More video tools
A whole toolkit — all in your browser.
Extract audio
Pull a video's audio track out as MP3, M4A, or WAV.
Trim video
Cut a clip to the part you want — lossless, no re-encode.
Mute video
Remove the audio track and keep the video, instantly.
Audio converter
Convert between MP3, M4A, and WAV in your browser.
Video to GIF
Turn a short clip into a shareable animated GIF.
Extract frames
Grab a still frame from a video as a JPG or PNG.
Compress video
Make a video smaller while keeping it watchable.
Convert video
Change a video's format — MOV, WebM, AVI → MP4.
Video resolution checker
Check a video's resolution, aspect ratio, length, size, bitrate and codec — and whether it fits YouTube, Shorts, TikTok, Reels, LinkedIn or X.
Video to text
Transcribe video to text — the full transcript of any clip.
Meeting notes
Turn a meeting recording into AI notes and actions.
Lecture notes
Turn a lecture video into structured study notes.
Podcast summary
Summarize a podcast episode into key points.
FAQ
Video to Notes questions
How do I turn a video into notes?
Drop a video file onto the box at the top of this page or choose one to upload. Video to Notes extracts the audio in your browser, transcribes it, and writes AI notes — a summary, key points, and a timeline — you can download as Markdown or read on the page.
Is my video uploaded to a server?
No. The video stays in your browser. We extract a small compressed audio track locally and send only that audio to generate the transcript and notes — never the original video file.
Can I make notes from a YouTube link or a longer video?
Yes — with the Chrome extension. The website turns uploaded video clips into notes; the extension makes notes from YouTube videos and longer videos right in your browser.
What can I export — text, Markdown, or notes?
You can download the AI notes as a Markdown (.md) file and the full transcript as a plain text (.txt) file, or copy the notes to your clipboard.
Can it convert MP4 to notes or MP4 to text?
Yes. MP4 is the most common upload — the converter transcribes the MP4 to text, then writes AI notes from the transcript, so one upload gives you both. MOV, WebM, and MKV work the same way, and longer MP4s or YouTube links are handled by the Chrome extension.
Is there a usage limit?
You can turn videos into notes here for up to two hours of audio per device — a single Trial PRO allowance in total, not a daily one. After that the Chrome extension takes over for longer videos and YouTube links.
What file types are supported?
Common video and audio formats work — MP4, MOV, WebM, MKV, MP3, and M4A among them. For long videos and YouTube links, use the Chrome extension.
Try it now
Convert your video to notes and text.
Choose a clip first, then sign in to generate notes — your original video stays in your browser.