How does the flashcard generator work?
Scribia builds active-recall flashcards from your video transcripts and notes so lecture content becomes a study deck in seconds.
YouTube video note-taking flashcards
Turn lectures into YouTube video note taking decks with an AI flashcard generator. Create flashcards from video notes, tag YouTube flashcards by topic, and practice what you just watched.
How it works in Scribia
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Preview front and back text.
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Tag cards by topic.
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Add cards to a review queue.
Capability
Front/back cards
Capability
Tags
Capability
Review queue
Flashcard workspace
Config Options8 Cards Set
Deck Category
React & ES6 Basics
Extracted from React Hooks video masterclass.
ACTIVE DECK: REACT STUDYCARD 1 OF 4
What is a React Prop?
Tap to reveal answer
A read-only attribute passed down from a parent component to child components, used to share data.
Definition Card
Card Index
Retention Levels
Easy (Remembered)3
Medium (Tricky)2
Hard (Forgotten)1
Recall Score
50%
Calculated memory recall strength based on deck scores.
Quick rate card
Deck auto builder
Extraction CanvasAI NLP SCANNER
Segment A: "A React Prop represents custom inputs passed into custom DOM trees..."
↓ Bounding Fact Processed ↓
Result Card: Prop → Attribute pass-down logic
AI Model: GPT-Whizz-Vector
Keyword parsing
Auto-tags
Card density
Extracts 1 flashcard card per 90 seconds of video audio. Max deck size matches 30 flashcards.
Accuracy rate
98.5%
Create cards from the material users just reviewed.
Flashcard generation helps users practice definitions, examples, and key ideas from a processed video or lecture summary.
Preview front and back text.
Tag cards by topic.
Add cards to a review queue.
Practice the ideas from your
video.
Create flashcards after highlighting or summarizing a video.
Recall
Tag
Review
Review queue
Front
Card 1 of 8Define the key term.
Back
Interactive DefinitionAnswer from the generated cards.
Current
1/8
Source
Chat
Review CardsLaunch Deck
Cards make notes easier to remember.
A review queue turns saved video notes into active practice.
Reveal answers when ready.
Track which cards need more review.
Return to the source when needed.
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Generate Quizzes
AI quiz generator to create quiz from video notes—a video quiz maker and YouTube quiz AI for lecture recall.
View featureChat mode
An AI that can explain things in your video. Chat with video transcripts, ask questions about video, and get AI video Q&A with timestamps.
View featureKey Insights
Describe this video automatically—extract key points from video with AI video highlights, definitions, and action items from the transcript.
View featureSummarization
Summarize a video into concise sections and key points. Free video summarization and a video summary generator that turns YouTube into an AI summary.
View featureQuestions about Generate Flashcards
Can I generate cards from YouTube lectures?
Yes. Transcribe or summarize the video first, then generate flashcards from the resulting notes.
How do flashcards relate to quizzes?
Flashcards support recall prompts; quizzes add multiple-choice checks. Use both for a complete study loop.
Can I ask the AI what to put on cards?
Chat mode helps identify weak spots; key insights highlight dense definitions worth turning into cards.