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Lecture Transcription - Convert Recorded Lectures to Study Notes Automatically

Upload any recorded lecture, seminar, or online course session and get a complete, timestamped transcript in minutes. Supports MP3, MP4, WAV, M4A, and more - up to 3 hours per upload.

Lectures & Seminars
Up to 3 Hours
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Why Students & Educators Choose ForgeFile for Lecture Transcription

Manually typing lecture notes from a recording takes hours. ForgeFile transcribes your lecture recording automatically - producing a complete, timestamped text document in minutes. Whether you're a student transcribing a professor's lecture, an educator making your course accessible, or a training team documenting internal sessions, AI does the heavy lifting.

Who Uses Lecture Transcription?

  • Students - Convert recorded lectures into searchable study notes. Highlight key concepts, review timestamps, and focus on understanding rather than frantic note-taking.
  • Educators & Professors - Publish transcripts alongside recordings to improve accessibility and SEO for online course platforms.
  • Online Course Creators - Generate captions (SRT/VTT) for online courses (Udemy, Teachable, Coursera) to meet accessibility requirements.
  • Corporate Trainers - Convert internal training webinars and onboarding sessions into searchable reference documents.
  • Researchers - Transcribe conference presentations, keynotes, and academic seminars for analysis and citation.

Why Choose ForgeFile for Lecture Transcription?

  • Up to 3-hour lectures - Long lecture recordings are fully supported within the file size limit.
  • Timestamps throughout - Every paragraph is time-coded so students can jump to any topic in the original recording.
  • SRT/VTT for e-learning - Generate caption files for Moodle, Canvas, Teachable, Udemy, and Coursera.
  • Technical terminology support - AI handles academic vocabulary, scientific notation, and domain-specific language.
  • 50+ languages - Transcribe lectures in English, Spanish, French, German, Arabic, Chinese, and more.
  • Secure & private - Recordings encrypted and permanently deleted after transcription.

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Everything you need to know about our service

MP3, WAV, M4A, FLAC, AAC, OGG (audio) and MP4, MOV, AVI, WebM (video) are all supported. Most lecture recordings from Zoom, Teams, Google Meet, and university lecture capture systems use MP4 or M4A.

Files up to 500 MB (audio) or 2 GB (video) are accepted. At typical recording quality, this covers 3–8 hours of audio or 2–4 hours of video - sufficient for most lecture recordings.

Yes. Every paragraph is time-coded to the original recording. Students can click or search for a timestamp and jump directly to that point in the video or audio.

Yes. SRT and VTT caption files are generated automatically alongside the text transcript. Upload the SRT directly to Moodle, Canvas, Teachable, Udemy, or Coursera to add compliant closed captions.

Yes. The AI models are trained on academic and technical corpora and handle domain-specific vocabulary across sciences, humanities, social sciences, and engineering. Accuracy improves when the correct language is selected.

Yes. Select the lecture language from 50+ supported options before uploading for best accuracy.

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