Alternatives to NotebookLM
and ChatGPT for studying

Google's notebook or the lecture explained

NotebookLM is free, handles many sources at once and answers with citations. Filmina starts from your lecture: it explains each slide while you look at it and builds the summaries, the map and the practice from it. See the comparison

A chat that answers or a lecture covered end to end

A chat answers what you ask, and does it well. Filmina goes through the lecture slide by slide, skipping nothing, and keeps everything organized by course and by semester. See the comparison

Storing your notes or understanding the lecture

Notion is the tidiest notebook you will ever own, but it is only as good as what you put in. In Filmina the notes come from the lecture: it transcribes it, explains it and builds the summary. See the comparison

Memorizing cards or understanding where they come from

Quizlet has you repeat what the card says, and for memorizing it works. Filmina explains the slide the card comes from and then has you practice in eight formats. See the comparison

Having the PDF read to you or explained to you

Speechify reads any text out loud, with good voices and at any speed. Filmina doesn't read you the slide: it explains it and points at the part it's talking about. See the comparison