Three steps. Slides become notes.
Drop your PPTX
Drag a presentation onto the page or pick one from your files. Anything up to 50 MB works.
Slides become notes
Titles, bullet points, and speaker notes are pulled out and laid out slide by slide. Nothing is invented — just what's in the deck.
Use them anywhere
Copy to clipboard, download as Markdown or plain text, or hand the notes to AI narration for a study-while-you-walk version.
What you get
Who turns slides into notes?
Mostly: anyone whose homework, training, or work lives inside someone else's PowerPoint deck.
Students cramming for exams
Professor sent the lecture slides? Extract the text once and study from clean notes — no more squinting at slide-share thumbnails.
New hires going through onboarding
Internal training decks become searchable notes you can reread on day 2, day 30, or year 2.
Knowledge workers building second-brains
Drop decks into Notion, Obsidian, or Bear with one paste. The Markdown comes out clean.
Anyone who learns by writing
Some people remember things only after they've rewritten them. Start with the extracted notes, then annotate.
Speakers prepping their own talks
Pull your script out of the speaker-notes panel and review it on the train instead of opening PowerPoint.
Anyone making narrated content
Get the notes, polish the writing, then send to AI narration. Faster than starting from scratch.
What the notes look like
One block per slide. Title at the top, bullets underneath, speaker notes quoted at the bottom. Plays nicely with every note app.
Copy to clipboard
Paste into Notion, Obsidian, Bear, Apple Notes, Google Docs — any text-friendly app.
Download as .md
Standard Markdown file. Open in any editor, version-control it, drop it in your second brain.
Download as .txt
Plain ASCII. Useful when you need zero formatting — for read-aloud apps, screen readers, or simple archives.
Other ways to get notes from slides
Most options either take an hour of busywork or charge you for the privilege. Here's how the tradeoffs stack up.
| Retype by Hand | This Tool | PowerPoint Outline View | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time per 30-slide deck | 20–40 min | ~5 sec | 5–10 min |
| Speaker notes included | If you remember to | Yes, automatically | No (separate view) |
| Format | Whatever you type | Clean Markdown | Plain text only |
| Requires PowerPoint | No | No | Yes |
| Cost | Your evening | Free | $70–$160/yr |
Your deck stays on your device
Some online converters quietly upload your file to a server. This one doesn't.
No upload
The .pptx is parsed in your browser. Verify it yourself in DevTools — no network requests when you drop a file.
No content tracking
We never see your slide text or speaker notes. The data doesn't reach our servers, so we can't analyze it.
Works offline
After the page loads, the parser runs locally — drop new decks even with Wi-Fi off.
Questions?
How do I turn a PowerPoint into notes?
Drop your .pptx into the tool above. The extractor pulls out slide titles, bullet points, and speaker notes, then renders them as clean Markdown you can copy or download.
Does it grab speaker notes too?
Yes. Speaker notes appear as a quoted block under each slide so you keep the full context — not just what was visible on screen.
What format are the notes in?
Markdown by default — opens in Notion, Obsidian, Bear, Apple Notes, GitHub, and every text editor. Plain text is also available for tools that don't handle Markdown.
Is my file uploaded?
No. Parsing runs entirely in your browser. Open DevTools while you drop a file — you'll see no network traffic.
What's the file size limit?
50 MB. Almost every academic or business deck fits well under that. Very large decks with lots of embedded video should be compressed first.
Can I have the notes read to me?
Yes. Once notes are extracted, click "Read aloud" to send them to Notevibes' AI narration tool. Pick a voice, generate MP3, study on the go.
Does it work for .ppt (older format)?
No, only .pptx (PowerPoint 2007 and later). For older files, open in PowerPoint, Keynote, or Google Slides and save as .pptx first.
What if there are no speaker notes?
You still get titles and bullets per slide. The speaker-notes block just doesn't appear for that slide.
Is it really free?
Yes. No account, no sign-up, no caps. The tool runs in your browser so there's no per-file server cost to pass on.
Can I edit the notes before downloading?
Not in this tool — it's extraction only. Copy to clipboard, paste into your favorite editor, and edit there.
Read the deck. Then hear it back.
Notevibes turns any document into something you can actually listen to. Notes today, audio tomorrow, finished study session by the weekend.
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