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Record it once. Chalk turns it into chapters, a searchable transcript, a study pack, and clips you can share, all from what was said.

The Cosmic Cliffs in the Carina Nebula
Concepts of astronomy
14:2051:30
Chapters12 chapters
  • 00:00Where we sit in the galaxy
  • 05:45How a star is born
  • 14:20The life and death of a star
  • 26:10What a black hole really is
  • 37:30Reading light from far away
  • 46:15The big open questions
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1:08:30New chapter · The life and death of a star

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One recording, six ways to move through it.

Concepts of astronomy
What keeps a star from collapsing?

The outward push of fusion balances gravity pulling in. When the fuel runs out, gravity wins.

05:4514:20
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    A clickable table of contents

    Every recording opens as titled topics with summaries. Tap one to land there.

  • 02

    Jump to any moment

    A chapter or a transcript line takes the player to the exact second. No scrubbing.

  • 03

    Word-level transcript

    Every word, timestamped and searchable. The line playing stays highlighted as it goes.

  • 04

    The whole video, summarized

    A plain-English recap of the entire recording before you press play.

  • 05

    Ask the video

    Pro

    Ask anything and get an answer with timestamps that jump to where it came up.

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    Search your whole library

    Find anything said across every recording you have, and land on the moment.

Study & retention

Watching it once isn’t studying.

Every recording comes with a study pack built from its own transcript, tuned to what this recording actually covered.

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Spaced-repetition flashcards

Cards that make you recall the answer, on a schedule that brings the ones you miss back sooner.

Flashcard 3 of 18

What powers a star?

Fusing hydrogen into helium in its core.

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Key-terms glossary

The recording's vocabulary, each term linked to the moment it was defined.

05:45

Fusion

Merging light nuclei into heavier ones, releasing energy.

26:10

Supernova

The explosion of a massive star at the end of its life.

Quizzes that make you think

Aimed at the answers people usually get wrong, with the reasoning spelled out.

What holds a stable star together?

  • Its magnetic field
  • Fusion pushing out against gravity
  • The solar wind

Built to be reliable

Designed around the hardest case: the three-hour recording.

Recording is split invisibly into short segments that upload while you’re still recording. Those same segments transcribe in parallel, so a long session is ready just as fast as a short one. And a network blip never costs you a minute of it.

~10–20 min

to process a 3-hour recording

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timestamp accuracy

0 seconds

lost to dropped uploads

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Transcription by OpenAI Whisper · chapters, study packs & quizzes by GPT-4o.