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Nuutli reads every slide in a lecture deck, including tables and the speaker notes, and rewrites it as notes you can actually study from. Pick the format you learn with: a summary, bullet points, two-column Cornell notes, notebook-style handwritten notes, flashcards, a multiple-choice quiz, an exam reviewer, a full study guide, fill-in-the-blank guided notes or a clean outline. The notes keep every number, name and definition exactly as the slides had them, come back in the language of the deck, and download as a Word document or Markdown. There is no account to make and nothing to install; the free tier covers three decks a day.
Quick facts
What you get, in one list
- Price
- Free. 3 decks a day, no account, no card.
- Sign-up
- None. Upload and read the notes.
- Works on
- Any browser: Mac, Windows, Chromebook, iPad, phone.
- Input
- PowerPoint (.pptx), PDF, or a Google Slides share link. Speaker notes are read too.
- Output
- Word (.docx), Markdown, PDF via print, or copy to clipboard.
- Limits
- Up to 80 slides and 20 MB per deck on the free tier.
- Time
- About 30 seconds for a typical lecture.
- Privacy
- Files are processed in memory and never stored. Nothing is used for training.
- Languages
- Notes come back in the language of the slides: English, Spanish, French, German, Arabic and more.
Real example
An intro psychology lecture, three slides to notes
Slide text from a memory lecture on the left; the summary Nuutli returned on the right. Nothing was added that the slides did not say.
Slides in
- Slide 4: The three-stage model of memory
- - Sensory memory: holds raw input for 0.5 to 3 seconds
- - Short-term memory: 7 ± 2 items, about 20 seconds without rehearsal
- - Long-term memory: unlimited capacity, potentially permanent
- - Atkinson & Shiffrin (1968)
- Slide 5: Getting information into LTM
- - Encoding: maintenance rehearsal vs elaborative rehearsal
- - Elaborative = linking new info to existing knowledge (deeper processing)
- - Craik & Lockhart: levels of processing
- [Speaker notes: Exam tip: students confuse maintenance and elaborative. Maintenance is repetition, elaborative is meaning.]
- Slide 6: Why we forget
- - Decay theory
- - Interference: proactive (old blocks new), retroactive (new blocks old)
- - Retrieval failure: tip-of-the-tongue
Notes out
The three-stage model of memory (Atkinson & Shiffrin, 1968)
- Memory moves through three stores. Sensory memory holds raw input for 0.5 to 3 seconds. Short-term memory holds 7 ± 2 items for about 20 seconds unless rehearsed. Long-term memory has unlimited capacity and can be permanent.
Getting information into long-term memory
- Encoding happens through rehearsal. Maintenance rehearsal is repetition; elaborative rehearsal links new information to what you already know, which is deeper processing (Craik & Lockhart, levels of processing).
- Lecturer's exam tip: do not confuse the two. Maintenance is repetition, elaborative is meaning.
Why we forget
- Decay theory: the trace fades with time.
- Interference: proactive interference is old information blocking new; retroactive interference is new information blocking old.
- Retrieval failure: the memory is stored but cannot be reached, as in the tip-of-the-tongue state.
How it works
Make notes in three steps
- 1
Upload the deck
Drop a .pptx or PDF onto the box, or paste the share link of a Google Slides deck. Up to 80 slides and 20 MB on the free tier.
- 2
Choose a note style
Summary, bullets, Cornell, handwritten, flashcards, quiz, reviewer, study guide, guided notes or outline. You can run the same deck again in another style.
- 3
Read, then download
The notes appear on the page in about 30 seconds. Download them as Word or Markdown, print to PDF, or copy them into Notion or OneNote.
What good notes from slides look like
Lecture slides are written to be talked over, not read. A slide says "Interference: proactive, retroactive" and the lecturer spends four minutes explaining which is which. Notes made from slides have to put that explanation back, so the two rules Nuutli follows are: say what each bullet means in a full sentence, and never add a fact the deck does not contain. If the slide gives a number, the number stays exactly as written; if the speaker notes contain the lecturer's own explanation, it is folded into the topic it belongs to.
The style matters as much as the content. A summary is for reading the week's material in ten minutes. Cornell notes are for active recall, because the cue questions make you test yourself. Flashcards and the quiz are for the week before the exam. A study guide is for the night before, when you want objectives, terms and review questions in one document. Most students run a deck twice: once as a summary when the lecture happens, once as flashcards or a quiz before the test.
- Upload the lecturer's original .pptx when you can: it includes the speaker notes, which a PDF export usually drops.
- Decks over 80 slides are better split in two; the notes stay complete and each half runs in 30 seconds.
- Image-only slides (photos of a whiteboard, scanned handouts) have no text to read. Ask for the source deck or a text PDF.
In short
To turn slides into notes, upload the .pptx or PDF (or paste a Google Slides link) to Nuutli, choose a note style, and download the result as Word or Markdown. It reads slide text, tables and speaker notes, keeps every fact exactly as written, and takes about 30 seconds. Free, no sign-up.
Last reviewed November 3, 2026 by the Nuutli team.
Frequently asked questions
Is there a free AI that turns slides into notes?+
Yes. Nuutli turns PowerPoint, PDF or Google Slides decks into study notes free, with no account. The free tier is three decks a day, up to 80 slides each, with every note style and Word or Markdown download included.
Which files can I upload?+
PowerPoint .pptx files, PDF files, and Google Slides decks shared as "Anyone with the link". Old .ppt files should be saved as .pptx first; Keynote decks export to PowerPoint or PDF from the File menu.
Does it read speaker notes?+
Yes. When a .pptx or Google Slides deck has speaker notes, they are treated as what the lecturer said and merged into the notes for that topic. PDF exports usually do not contain speaker notes, so upload the original deck when you have it.
How accurate are the notes?+
The notes are made only from the text in the slides and speaker notes; nothing is invented. Every number, formula, date and name is kept exactly as the deck wrote it. If a slide is vague, the notes stay close to its wording rather than guessing.
Is my lecture file private?+
The file is read in memory, the notes are generated, and the file is discarded. Nothing is stored on a server, nothing is shared, and nothing is used to train models. The notes are kept in your own browser so you can come back to them.
Does it work on a Mac, Chromebook or iPad?+
Yes. It runs in the browser, so it works on Mac, Windows, Chromebook, iPad and phones with nothing to install. The Word download opens in Word, Pages, Google Docs or LibreOffice.
What about slides that are only images or diagrams?+
Nuutli reads text, tables and speaker notes. A slide that is only a photo or a diagram has no text to read, so it is skipped and the notes say so. Scanned PDFs without a text layer cannot be read either.
Can I get the notes as a PDF?+
Yes. Use Print / PDF on the result and choose Save as PDF in the print dialog. Word (.docx) and Markdown downloads are also one click, and Copy puts the notes on your clipboard for Notion, OneNote or Obsidian.
Turn your next lecture into notes
Upload the slides and read the notes in about 30 seconds. Free, no account, the file is never stored.