LectureToBook vs Trace

AI converts your lecture recordings into polished, editable course PDFs and ePub books, chapters from your words, figures pulled from your slides, exact price up front.

A macOS menu-bar app that turns any conversation into a clean markdown transcript, with an optional on-device summary. Runs a local speech model entirely on your Mac, in...

About LectureToBook

AI converts your lecture recordings into polished, editable course PDFs and ePub books, chapters from your words, figures pulled from your slides, exact price up front. Lecture to Book, AI turns lecture videos into course PDFs and books Skip to main content. Ranges are based on input duration so you can decide before conversion starts. Processing times are estimates that tighten as real timing data comes in. Every figure here was lifted from one real NIH lecture with its labels intact, not a mockup.

About Trace

A macOS menu-bar app that turns any conversation into a clean markdown transcript, with an optional on-device summary. Runs a local speech model entirely on your Mac, in dozens of languages. The moment is pinned to your transcript at the exact timestamp. Trace provides you with clear markdown transcripts and summaries that you can use anywhere. Either copy the markdown from Trace directly or have it place the file anywhere in your filesystem. Trace can also send files directly to Obsidian, Bear, Drafts or Things with a button press.