Turn lecture slides into flashcards
Upload your lecture slides — PowerPoint or PDF — and ExamTeX generates a flashcard deck from them in about a minute. The AI reads the slide content, writes question-and-answer cards covering the key concepts, and typesets any mathematical notation properly. The deck feeds a built-in spaced repetition schedule, so you go from a slide dump to structured daily review in one upload.
How it works
1. Upload the slide deck
PowerPoint (.pptx) or PDF exports both work. Upload one lecture or a whole unit at once.
2. The AI writes the cards
Definitions, concepts, formulas, and relationships from the slides become question-and-answer cards — with math rendered as real notation.
3. Edit, then study daily
Review the generated deck, edit or delete cards, and study with spaced repetition that schedules each card based on your answers.
What to know
Slides are the ideal source material
Lecture slides are already a distillation — your professor chose what mattered. Cards generated from slides inherit that prioritization, unlike cards generated from a full textbook chapter.
Math on slides stays math
Slides in quantitative courses are full of notation. ExamTeX preserves it: an equation on the slide becomes a properly typeset equation on the card, not a garbled text approximation.
One lecture or the whole course
Upload week by week and build the deck as the course runs — the spaced repetition queue merges everything into one daily review session.
Generated cards are a first draft
You should read and edit the deck before drilling it; cards you have engaged with are learned faster. The editor makes this a few minutes of work, not hours.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I turn a PowerPoint directly into flashcards?
Yes — upload the .pptx file directly. ExamTeX extracts the text from each slide and generates question-and-answer flashcards from the content. PDF exports of slide decks work equally well.
How many flashcards does one lecture produce?
It depends on the density of the slides, but a typical 30-40 slide lecture produces roughly 15-30 cards. You control the deck after generation: delete cards that are too easy, edit ones that miss nuance, and add your own.
Does it work for math-heavy slides?
Yes — this is the core strength. Equations, subscripts, Greek letters, and matrices from the slides are typeset with LaTeX-quality rendering on the cards, which matters for calculus, statistics, economics, finance, and physics courses.
Is this free?
There is a free tier that lets you generate decks without entering a card. Pro (from 4.16 euros per month billed yearly) raises monthly generation limits.
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