Lecture notes

Talk through the lecture. Keep the structure.

The minutes right after a lecture are when the material is freshest. Overscope lets you walk out, hold the button, and recap what was covered into a mind map that mirrors how the topic was organized.

Why speaking beats typing here

Recapping aloud forces active recall, which is what actually moves a lecture into memory. Speaking your summary back is faster than retyping notes and surfaces the gaps you didn't fully understand.

How it works

  1. Hold to speak and recap the lecture's main topic and the points under it.
  2. Overscope structures your recap into a topic-and-subpoint mind map.
  3. Switch to the outline layout for a clean study list, fix any nodes, and export a PNG.

What you get

  • Turn passive listening into active recall by summarizing out loud.
  • Get a hierarchy of topic to subpoints instead of an unstructured paragraph.
  • Audio is processed on-device and discarded — nothing from the lecture is stored or uploaded.

Recap each lecture by voice while it's fresh, and you leave with a map instead of a blank page to fill in later.

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Lecture notes — FAQ

Overscope isn't a lecture recorder and never saves audio. It's push-to-talk by design, so it only listens while you hold the button. It's built for capturing your own thinking, like recapping the key points of a lecture in your own words right after class.
No. There's no always-on listening and no transcript output. Overscope turns what you speak into a structured map of the concepts, so it works best when you talk through what you learned rather than trying to capture every word live.
Yes. You can switch between six layouts and edit nodes by tapping or dragging, so an outline of a topic can become a radial map for review. Export the finished map as a PNG to keep with your study materials.

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