What you get
Notes in your class's format
Standard notes for a quick review, Cornell notes with key terms and questions beside them, or an outline that follows the chapter section by section.
Chapter by chapter
Summarize one section or a whole chapter at a time, and keep each chapter's notes together in your account for the exam.
Follow-up questions
Ask about any idea in your notes that didn't click, on every plan, including the free one.
More on Premium
Upload the chapter PDF or a photo of a printed page instead of pasting, and turn your notes into practice quizzes. Premium is $9.99 a month or $49.99 a year.
How it works
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Copy the text. Copy a section or chapter from your e-textbook, course reader or PDF. Paste at least 100 words.
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Pick a note style. Outline to follow the chapter step by step, Cornell for definitions and review questions, or standard for a quick review. Then click Summarize.
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Check against the book. Read your notes, then go back to the textbook for figures, worked examples and anything you'll be tested on in detail. Check names, numbers and formulas against the original.
What to paste
Paste the text of one section or chapter at a time: the explanations, definitions and examples you'll be tested on. Leave out the table of contents, index and end-of-chapter answer keys. Formulas and equations come through as text, so study structures, diagrams and figures in the textbook itself.
Use AI responsibly
Use your notes to understand and review the reading, not to replace it. Cite the textbook, not the notes, and don't hand in AI-generated text as your own work.
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Frequently asked questions
Is the textbook summarizer free?
Yes. Your first summary works without an account. After that, a free account includes 10,000 words a month, counting the text you paste and the notes Notedly writes, which is about one long chapter. Premium is $9.99 a month or $49.99 a year for 500,000 words a month.
Can I upload a textbook PDF?
On Premium, yes: upload the chapter PDF in Notedly and get the same notes. On the free plan, copy the chapter's text and paste it here. Summarizing a chapter at a time works better than a whole book at once.
I only have a printed textbook. Can I still use it?
Yes, on Premium. Take a photo of the page and upload it, and Notedly reads the text from the image. On the free plan, you'd need to type or paste the text.
Can it solve the end-of-chapter problems?
No. Notedly writes notes on what the chapter explains, so you understand the ideas behind each problem type. Work the problems yourself, and follow your course's rules on AI use.
Can I use the Notedly Chrome extension on my textbook?
The extension is for quick reads. It summarizes the text you highlight, the part of the page on your screen, or the first part of a PDF, up to about 1,300 words at a time. For a full chapter, paste it here.