FAQ

    Questions students ask before they upload.

    File limits, Anki exports, in-house exams, practice questions, privacy, and where a study aid stops and an official source begins.

    From lecture to study set

    File types, limits, and what comes back.

    Can SynapticRecall make Anki cards from my lecture slides?

    Yes. Upload the slides as PDF or PowerPoint, pick Anki, and you get a standard .apkg with the source slide on the back of every card.

    How the PDF to Anki path works
    What can I generate from one lecture?

    A Lecture Story, an Anki deck, and a practice set, one credit each. Pick one or all three from the same file.

    See the three outputs
    Can I see real output before I upload anything?

    Yes. The examples page has one lecture I wrote and ran through the real pipeline, unedited, with a list of what came out wrong.

    Open the examples page
    What files can I upload?

    PDF or PowerPoint (.pptx or .ppt). PowerPoint is converted to PDF on the server and speaker notes do not come across. Export Keynote or Google Slides first. You can also paste text or attach an existing .apkg as context.

    PowerPoint decks, in detail
    Is there a lecture size limit?

    100 pages and 200 MB per upload. A longer PDF opens a splitter. A PowerPoint over 100 slides is refused, so export it to PDF and split it, or cut it in PowerPoint.

    How long does generation take?

    A few minutes for most lectures, depending on length, how many outputs you picked, and the queue. Each output appears as it finishes.

    Where do finished materials go?

    Your library. Stories and practice sets open there, and the Anki deck downloads as an .apkg.

    Anki, in-house exams, and practice

    Where this sits next to AnKing, UWorld, and your course.

    Should I use SynapticRecall instead of AnKing?

    Different jobs. AnKing is the board deck. This makes a deck from the lecture your professor wrote, which AnKing never saw. I run both.

    The full AnKing comparison
    Can it help with in-house medical school exams?

    That is what it was built for. The output starts from your lecture, so it picks up the local emphasis a board deck misses. Your course still decides what you are responsible for.

    Running AnKing and a lecture deck in one week
    Are the practice questions official NBME or COMLEX questions?

    No. They are study questions generated from your upload. No exam board wrote, reviewed, or supplied them.

    What a generated question contains
    Can generated practice questions replace UWorld or official course questions?

    No. Lecture questions are for applying the material and finding gaps. Question banks follow the exam blueprint and stay essential for boards.

    Does SynapticRecall create image-based cards?

    Not image occlusion. Every card carries the source slide on its back, so diagrams and tables stay with the card. For occlusion cards, use the image occlusion tool built into Anki on the slide from the back of the card.

    Can I search my old lectures?

    Library search covers output titles and file names, enough to find a lecture again. It does not search inside every card.

    Accuracy and responsible use

    What to check, and where a study aid stops.

    How accurate are AI-generated cards and questions?

    It works from your slides but can still drop context or state something wrong. Check doses, lab values, staging, and treatment against the slide on the back of the card before you trust it.

    A ten-minute audit for a generated deck
    Can I use SynapticRecall for patient-care decisions?

    No. It is a study aid. Patient care runs on current clinical guidance, your institution, and supervised judgment.

    Are my uploads used to train a public AI model?

    No. Your files make the outputs you asked for and nothing else. The Privacy Policy lists where they are stored and which providers touch them.

    Read the privacy policy
    Should I upload copyrighted or confidential material?

    Only upload what you have permission to use. That rules out patient identifiers, exam questions you were told not to share, and anything your school forbids.

    Who builds and maintains SynapticRecall?

    I do. I am a medical student and built it for my own in-house exams. I still write and review every prompt.

    About SynapticRecall

    Credits and plans

    Free credits, monthly plans, cancelling.

    Can I try SynapticRecall for free?

    Yes. New accounts get three credits with no card on file.

    Upload a lecture
    How do credits work?

    One credit per output per lecture. Anki only is one, Anki plus practice is two, all three is three.

    What do paid plans cost?

    Standard is $12 a month for 20 credits, Pro $24 for 50, Premium $49 for 100. Semester plans and $1 credit packs exist too.

    Compare plans
    Can I cancel a subscription?

    Yes, from Settings under Billing. Access runs to the end of the period you paid for.

    Can a school provide SynapticRecall to students?

    Yes. If you run a program and want student access or a small pilot, get in touch.

    Get in touch

    Use a real lecture

    The quickest answer is your own lecture.

    Three credits, no card. If you would rather look first, the examples page has the full output from one lecture.