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Turn YouTube video notes into flashcards you can review

Paste a transcript or your notes from any video, upload them, and get flashcards that come back on a schedule so the lesson sticks.

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From a video you watched to cards you can recall

Watching a lecture on YouTube is easy, but remembering it a week later is hard. A YouTube flashcard maker works best when it starts from the words of the lesson, not the video link itself, so you turn captions or your own notes into questions you can answer from memory.

Turn lecture transcripts and typed notes into flashcards
Review cards in the browser with spaced repetition
Upload slides, PDFs, or photos of handwritten pages
Export to Anki or CSV on Plus

Example solar system flashcards

Which planet is closest to the Sun?Mercury. It is the innermost planet and has the shortest orbit, about 88 Earth days.

What is the largest planet in the solar system?Jupiter. Its mass is more than twice that of all the other planets combined.

Why is Pluto no longer classified as a planet?In 2006 the IAU reclassified it as a dwarf planet because it has not cleared other objects from its orbital neighborhood.

What keeps the planets in orbit around the Sun?Gravity. The Sun's gravity pulls the planets toward it while their sideways motion keeps them moving around it.

What is the asteroid belt?A region between Mars and Jupiter containing many rocky bodies left over from the early solar system.

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Works from transcripts and notes

Upload PDFs, DOCX or PPTX files, plain text, or photos of handwritten notes. Video lessons become study material once their key points are in a text form.

Spaced repetition built in

Cards return just before you would forget them, so ideas from a video stay with you past the day you watched it.

Study in the browser

Review flashcards on any device without installing anything. The free plan includes 3 generations per month.

How it works

Get the transcript or notes

Copy the captions or transcript from the video, or type your own summary into a document or plain text file.

Upload and generate

Add the file to DeckOwl and generate flashcards. Edit or remove any card that is off target.

Review on a schedule

Study the cards in the browser and let spaced repetition bring back the ones you are most likely to forget.

DeckOwl reads PDFs, DOCX and PPTX files, plain text, and images, so the practical route is to copy a transcript or your notes into one of those formats and upload it. The generator then produces flashcards you can review in the browser on the free plan.

Plus adds unlimited generations and export to PDF, DOCX, Anki and CSV, so you can move cards into the study tools you already use. Pro adds a stronger AI model and bulk upload for longer course material.

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Frequently asked questions

What should go on each flashcard made from a video?

Focus on key terms, definitions, and cause-and-effect points rather than every sentence of the transcript. One idea per card makes recall easier.

Can I make flashcards directly from a YouTube link?

DeckOwl takes PDFs, DOCX, PPTX, plain text, notes, and images, so copy the transcript or your notes into one of those first. Then upload the file to generate cards.

Does the free plan let me export flashcards?

No. The free plan includes 3 generations per month and studying in the browser. Exporting to PDF, DOCX, Anki or CSV requires Plus, which is $39/year or $7.99/month.

How does spaced repetition help with video lessons?

It schedules each card to return just before you would likely forget it. That timing helps ideas from a video move from short-term memory to longer recall.

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