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Turn Google Docs and Slides notes into flashcards with AI

Download your Google Doc or Slides deck, upload it, and get a flashcard set you can study in minutes.

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Why a flashcard maker works better on your own Google material

Most lecture decks and class notes already live in Google Docs or Slides, so a flashcard maker for Google Docs is most useful when it starts from those exact files rather than a generic topic list. Upload the document you already studied from and the cards match your course wording.

Start from the Docs or Slides file you already have
Photos of printed pages are read with text recognition
Cards review on a spaced repetition schedule
Free plan includes 3 generations per month with browser study

Example flashcards on Google history and early products

In what year was Google founded?1998, by Larry Page and Sergey Brin while they were PhD students at Stanford.

Which 2004 product gave each user free email storage starting at 1 GB?Gmail, launched April 1, 2004. The 1 GB starting storage was a large amount for free email at the time.

What is PageRank named after?Larry Page, Google co-founder. It ranks pages by the number and quality of links pointing to them.

Which 2006 acquisition became the basis of Google Docs?Writely, a web-based word processor. Its technology was developed into Google Docs.

Which phone was the first commercial Android device, released in 2008?The HTC Dream, sold as the T-Mobile G1. It ran Android 1.0 and was the first commercially available Android phone.

Generate the full set

Works with your Google files

Download a Google Doc as PDF or DOCX, or a Slides deck as PDF or PPTX, and upload it directly.

Reads photos and scans too

Photos of printed pages or handwritten notes are read with text recognition, so paper notes work as well.

Spaced repetition built in

Cards resurface at the right time, so you review what you are about to forget instead of rereading everything.

How it works

Download your file from Google

In Docs or Slides, choose File, then Download, and pick PDF, DOCX or PPTX.

Upload it to DeckOwl

Drop the file in. Slides, notes and scanned pages are all accepted.

Study the cards

Review flashcards in your browser on the free plan, or export to Anki or CSV on Plus.

Generating cards from your own material also keeps you honest about what you actually covered. A 40-slide deck can produce far more cards than one study session can handle, so the spaced repetition schedule decides what comes back and when.

You can review everything in the browser on the free plan, which includes 3 generations per month. Plus adds unlimited generations and PDF, DOCX, Anki and CSV export.

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Frequently asked questions

How many flashcards should I make from one lecture deck?

Aim for one card per key term, definition or cause-and-effect point rather than one per slide. Most decks work well with a focused set you can review in 15 to 20 minutes a day.

Should I study flashcards in one long session or in short daily sessions?

Short daily sessions work better for long-term retention because spaced repetition depends on seeing cards again after gaps. Ten to twenty minutes a day beats one cram session the night before.

Can DeckOwl pull files directly from Google Drive?

You download the file from Google Docs or Slides first, then upload it to DeckOwl as PDF, DOCX or PPTX. Direct Drive import is not offered.

Is exporting my flashcards to Anki free?

Export is a paid feature. Plus includes Anki, PDF, DOCX and CSV export, while the free plan lets you study in the browser only.

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