# Turn lecture slides into notes without uploading | Whizra

> To turn lecture slides into notes, double-tap the right Option key and type “turn these slides into notes”. A "name (slides)" folder: a picture of…

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# Turn lecture slides into notes

To turn lecture slides into notes, double-tap the right Option key and type “turn these slides into notes”. A "name (slides)" folder: a picture of each slide, the pictures inside them, and the text as name.md and name.txt (titles, bullets, tables, notes). Photos of slides are read with text recognition. Legacy Sinhala FM fonts are converted to Unicode.

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**Recorded on the app** (“turn these slides into notes” on Lecture 4 - Color.pptx): Lecture 4 - Color (slides), a folder of notes and slide pictures · done in 0.6 s.

## How to do it
1. Select the files in Finder, pick them with @ in the bar, or name them in plain words ("my last pdf").
2. Double-tap the right Option key to open the bar.
3. Type “turn these slides into notes”.
4. Press Return. The new file appears next to the original.

### Type
- turn these slides into notes
- make notes from my lecture pdf
- pull the text out of these slide photos

### What you get

A "name (slides)" folder: a picture of each slide, the pictures inside them, and the text as name.md and name.txt (titles, bullets, tables, notes). Photos of slides are read with text recognition. Legacy Sinhala FM fonts are converted to Unicode.

The original is never changed or overwritten. Undo trashes what the job made.

### The free Mac way

None.

### Limits
- Keynote files need Keynote.
- Text recognition can't read Sinhala from photos.

## Questions

**Is my file uploaded?**

No. Whizra does the job on your Mac, and your files never leave it. The only thing the app sends is your license key check.

**Does it change the original?**

No. The original is never changed or overwritten, and Undo takes the job back.

**What can't it do?**

Keynote files need Keynote. Text recognition can't read Sinhala from photos.

**Is there a free way on a Mac?**

None.

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