# Synaptic Recall > Upload one lecture. Understand it with a narrated Story, remember it with an Anki deck, and apply it with practice questions. ## Start here - [How Synaptic Recall works](https://synapticrecall.ai/how-it-works/): the primary product explanation, a step-by-step guide with lecture examples, student discussions, and inline research references. - [Full guide as plain text](https://synapticrecall.ai/llms-full.txt): the complete explanation and bibliography, generated from the same content source at build time. - [Examples](https://synapticrecall.ai/examples/): see the outputs from a lecture. ## The three outputs - Story: a causal walkthrough with pathway diagrams, explanations, and glossary terms. - Anki deck: lecture-specific cards with source slides, explanation dropdowns, and key-term tooltips; export to Anki for spaced review. - Practice questions: questions from the same lecture, with answer explanations and source slides. The research references concern learning methods, not trials of Synaptic Recall. Reddit discussions describe student problems; they are not customer endorsements. ## Use the product - [Upload a lecture](https://synapticrecall.ai/upload/) - [Frequently asked questions](https://synapticrecall.ai/faq/) - [About Synaptic Recall](https://synapticrecall.ai/about/) ## Explore a workflow - [PDF to Anki](https://synapticrecall.ai/pdf-to-anki/) - [PowerPoint to Anki](https://synapticrecall.ai/powerpoint-to-anki/) - [Lecture to practice questions](https://synapticrecall.ai/lecture-to-practice-questions/) - [How to study from lecture slides](https://synapticrecall.ai/study-from-lecture-slides/) - [AnKing and in-house lectures](https://synapticrecall.ai/anking-alternative/) - [Study guides](https://synapticrecall.ai/blog/) ## Contact and policies - [Contact](https://synapticrecall.ai/contact/) - [Privacy and terms](https://synapticrecall.ai/privacy/) ## Complete public page index - [SynapticRecall: lecture to Anki deck and practice questions](https://synapticrecall.ai/upload/): Upload a lecture PDF or PowerPoint. Get a narrated Story, an Anki deck with the slide on every card, and exam-style practice questions. Three free credits. - [How Synaptic Recall works: understand, remember, apply](https://synapticrecall.ai/how-it-works/): Upload one lecture. Understand it with a narrated Story, remember it with an Anki deck, and apply it with practice questions. See how Synaptic Recall works. - [Real output from one lecture: Story, Anki deck, questions](https://synapticrecall.ai/examples/): One 15-slide physiology lecture run through the real pipeline, unedited: the Story, 30 Anki cards, 13 practice questions, the .apkg, and what came out wrong. - [How to study effectively: understand, recall, apply](https://synapticrecall.ai/how-to-study/): Understand the material, turn it into recall cards, then practice applying it. A three-pillar method that cites Ebbinghaus and Roediger & Karpicke. - [SynapticRecall FAQ: files, Anki, practice, pricing](https://synapticrecall.ai/faq/): Answers on turning lecture PDFs into Anki decks, practice questions, and Stories: file limits, credits, privacy, accuracy, and responsible use. - [About SynapticRecall](https://synapticrecall.ai/about/): Built by a medical student who wanted one tool that takes a lecture and gives back the explanation, the Anki cards, and the practice questions. - [How to use SynapticRecall](https://synapticrecall.ai/learn/): Follow the SynapticRecall workflow step by step, inspect real output, and find practical guides for turning lecture slides into study materials. - [PDF to Anki: convert lecture slides into a deck you can check](https://synapticrecall.ai/pdf-to-anki/): Upload a lecture PDF and get a standard .apkg deck. Which PDFs work, how many cards to expect, the 100-page limit, and what to check first. - [PowerPoint to Anki: upload the .pptx without exporting it first](https://synapticrecall.ai/powerpoint-to-anki/): Upload a .pptx or .ppt and get an .apkg deck with the slide image on every card. What happens to speaker notes, and what the 100-slide limit means. - [Lecture notes to practice questions for in-house exams](https://synapticrecall.ai/lecture-to-practice-questions/): Exam-style questions from one lecture PDF or PowerPoint, each with an explanation, a note per wrong option and the source slide. Study aids, not board items. - [Too many lectures before the exam? Triage them, don't catch up](https://synapticrecall.ai/too-many-lectures-before-exam/): Eighteen lectures, one week, cards for four. How to rank lectures by exam weight, put your hours on the right ones, and skip the rest on purpose. - [Making Anki cards takes too long? Build less, review sooner](https://synapticrecall.ai/making-anki-cards-takes-too-long/): Why the deck eats the study block in medical and PA school, the hours students report, and the order change that gets you reviewing tonight. - [How to study lecture slides for medical school exams](https://synapticrecall.ai/study-from-lecture-slides/): Turn lecture slides into exam prep: understand the why, make short recall cards, and practice with questions from your own material. - [AI active recall study tool for medical students | SynapticRecall](https://synapticrecall.ai/ai-active-recall-study-tool/): One lecture in, three things out: a narrated Story, an Anki deck, and practice questions. Built by a medical student for in-house exams. - [AnKing alternative for in-house exams: your own cards](https://synapticrecall.ai/anking-alternative/): AnKing covers what someone else's professor taught. For block exams you need cards from your own slides. When each one wins, from a student who uses both. - [Anki vs Quizlet for medical school: which one wins](https://synapticrecall.ai/anki-vs-quizlet/): Anki wins on scheduling, image occlusion and the open .apkg format. Quizlet wins on day-one ease. For medical school it is not close. - [Study guides: active recall, Anki & lecture study](https://synapticrecall.ai/blog/): Stop spending the evening rewriting slides. Learn how to turn your lectures into clear explanations, Anki cards, and practice that builds recall. - [AnKing vs in-house lectures: cover the gaps in your course](https://synapticrecall.ai/blog/anking-vs-in-house-lectures/): Keep your AnKing foundation and build a lecture-specific study set. Use your slides to find gaps, generate Anki cards, and practice course concepts. - [Spaced repetition for medical students: make lectures stick](https://synapticrecall.ai/blog/spaced-repetition-medical-students/): Use the forgetting curve, active recall, and Anki to revisit what matters. Turn one lecture into explanations, flashcards, and practice questions. - [AI tools for medical students: turn lectures into study time](https://synapticrecall.ai/blog/ai-tools-medical-students/): Use AI to explain lectures, create Anki cards, and generate practice questions. See what Synaptic Recall does and how to evaluate it on your own slides. - [How many Anki cards per lecture can you actually review?](https://synapticrecall.ai/blog/how-many-anki-cards-per-lecture/): Choose a lecture deck you can keep reviewing. Balance coverage, clear prompts, and your daily workload with Anki cards generated from your own slides. - [How to check AI-generated Anki cards before you study them](https://synapticrecall.ai/blog/check-ai-generated-anki-cards/): Check AI-generated Anki cards against your lecture. Find unsupported facts, missing objectives, and unclear prompts before they enter your review routine. - [How to study 100 slides of med surg before one exam](https://synapticrecall.ai/blog/study-100-slides-med-surg-nursing/): Turn a dense med-surg lecture into explanations, recall cards, and practice questions. Build a nursing study routine around the slides you have to know. - [A PA school study workflow for 100-slide lectures](https://synapticrecall.ai/blog/pa-school-lecture-workflow/): Turn PA school lectures into a Story, Anki cards, and practice questions. Spend less time moving notes around and more time explaining and applying them. - [Studying on clinical rotations in ten-minute units](https://synapticrecall.ai/blog/studying-on-clinical-rotations/): Prepare study materials before your next clinical day. Use short gaps for Anki review, explanations, and course-based practice with Synaptic Recall. - [Privacy Policy | SynapticRecall](https://synapticrecall.ai/privacy/): How SynapticRecall handles uploaded lecture PDFs, account data, and payments. Uploads are used only to generate your study material. - [Contact SynapticRecall](https://synapticrecall.ai/contact/): Questions about lecture PDFs, Anki exports, credits, or billing? Email Haziq, the medical student who built SynapticRecall and uses it for his own exams.