Key point extraction
The load-bearing claims, pulled out of the surrounding prose so the shape of the argument is audible.
Feature
An educational summariser you listen to, not another wall of bullet points
Most AI summarisers produce a shorter block of text, which you then have to read - so if reading was your bottleneck, nothing changed. Loudly's summaries are built for a different consumption pattern: structured for study, and delivered as audio you can replay while doing something else.
What a summary contains
This is what goes into a spoken summary.
Concept mapping
The important concepts and how they relate - the part that turns a list of facts into something you can reason with.
Practice questions
Questions drawn from the same material, so a summary becomes active recall rather than passive listening.
Multi-language support
Summaries can be produced in more than one language.
Why practice questions change what a summary is for
A summary you read is a compression. A summary with questions in it is a study session, and the difference in what it does for retention is not small.
The useful habit is to answer out loud before the audio continues. Pause, attempt it, then hear it. That converts a passive listen into retrieval practice, which is the mechanism that actually makes material stick.
Listening without pausing is still better than not covering the material - but it is the weakest way to use this feature, and worth knowing that up front.
Using it well
- One topic per summary. Per lecture or per chapter. Short items are far easier to replay and re-order.
- Build a playlist per subject. Ordered the way the exam or module is structured.
- Answer the questions out loud. Pause before it tells you. This is the whole point.
- Replay across days, not in one sitting. Spacing beats cramming, and audio makes spacing nearly free.
- Promote what does not stick. Anything you keep getting wrong is a candidate for full narration of the source.
What a summary cannot do
- It is a compression, so fine detail is deliberately absent. If the exam tests detail, you still need the source.
- It will not mark your answers or explain why you got something wrong.
- Quality depends on the source - a badly structured document produces a badly structured summary.
- It is not a substitute for problem sets, past papers or writing things out.
Frequently asked questions
How long is a summary?
Much shorter than the source, which is the point - and cheaper, since credits are minutes of finished audio.
Can I get both a summary and the full narration?
Yes. Both outputs come from the same upload, so you can summarise first and narrate the material that turns out to matter.
Are the practice questions any good?
They are generated from your source material, so they track what the document actually covers. They are recall prompts, not a substitute for past papers.
Can I summarise a whole textbook?
Better per chapter. One giant summary loses the structure that makes it useful for revision.
Summarise this week's lecture
Then answer the questions on the walk home.
No commitment - credit packs, cancel anytime. · 1 credit = 1 minute of finished audio