Drop in the slides. Get notes you can study.
Drop a PDF of lecture slides, a Word document or a saved web page into Breef. It reads the text and writes it up as an overview and a note for each main topic, linked to each other and to the notes you already have.
From a pile of slides to a set of notes
Slides are written to be presented, not studied. Breef rewrites them to be studied.
An overview, then a note per topic
One note sums up the whole document and links to a note for each of its main topics, so a 60-slide deck becomes a handful of clear notes.
Linked to what you know
Where a topic already has a note in your account, the new notes link to it, so the course joins up with the rest.
The file stays with them
The original file is kept, attached to the overview, so the slides are a click away while you read.
Ready for review
Each new note comes back for review like any other: a day later, then at growing intervals, with quizzes written from it.
Questions
Which files can I drop in?
A PDF, a Word document (.docx), an OpenDocument text (.odt) or a saved web page. Markdown files and .zip exports from other notes apps are imported as they are, without being rewritten.
Does it work with scanned PDFs?
Not yet. Breef needs the text in the PDF, and a scan is only pictures of pages. Slides exported from PowerPoint, Keynote or Google Slides have their text.
How many pages can I import?
50 pages a month on the free plan, enough for a lecture’s slides or two, and 2,000 with Pro. A single document can be up to 80 pages.
Can I edit the notes it writes?
Yes. They’re ordinary notes: change them, split them, link them, or delete what you don’t need.
More about Breef
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