Study guides from the Clearly team

Step-by-step answers to the questions students actually search — recording, transcribing and translating lectures, and studying smarter with AI.

How to Transcribe a Lecture on iPhone (Live, While It Happens)

Turn any class into live, accurate speech-to-text on your iPhone. What built-in iOS tools can and can't do, and how to get a full lecture transcript with Clearly.

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Real-Time Lecture Translation: Follow Any Class in Your Language

An app that translates lectures in real time: live captions in the professor's language with instant translation in yours, in 75+ languages. How it works and how to set it up.

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How to Record College Lectures (and Actually Use the Recordings)

A practical guide to recording university lectures: permission, mic placement, and the workflow that turns recordings into searchable transcripts and AI study notes.

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Is It Legal to Record Lectures? Consent Rules, University Policies & Etiquette

Whether you can record university lectures depends on consent laws, your university's policy, and your professor. The rules explained simply — plus how to record responsibly.

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Turn Lecture Recordings into Exam Notes with AI (in Minutes)

Stop re-listening to hours of audio. How to use an AI lecture summarizer to turn recordings into key points, exam-focused notes and a Q&A tutor — a 15-minute routine.

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Chat With Your Lecture Notes: How an AI Tutor Beats a Generic Chatbot

Generic chatbots don't know what your professor said. An AI tutor grounded in your own lecture transcripts, notes and slides answers exam questions from your actual course.

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Can't Understand Lectures in English? A Survival Guide for International Students

Fast professors, unfamiliar accents, academic jargon: why English lectures are so hard for international students — and the in-class and after-class tactics that fix it.

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How to Take Lecture Notes Faster (Stop Writing Everything Down)

Typing every word is the slowest way to learn. The capture-vs-think method: let an app record and transcribe the lecture while your notes shrink to ideas and questions.

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