Why do students still make study guides by hand?
Because automated tools have been hard to trust. Generic AI summaries can invent details. Decks made by other students may not match your textbook edition. Lecture slides can miss what your professor actually stressed.
Recitare solves this by generating study materials from your specific document. Recitare reads the full text in one pass using Gemini's long context window, a 300-page textbook in a single pass, and produces a study guide grounded entirely in what you uploaded. Every bullet, every practice problem, every FAQ answer includes a page citation so you can verify it at once.
The result is a study guide that actually matches your reading, generated in under 15 seconds.
What study guide formats are available?
Five formats, each designed for a different study situation. Choose the one that matches where you are in your prep cycle.
Key Concepts
Free tierA tight bulleted list of the most important ideas, definitions, and arguments in the document. Optimised for quick review the night before class or as a preview before diving in.
Best for: First pass overview, pre-lecture prep, free tier users
Full Study Guide
Scholar & ResearcherA comprehensive structured guide with section headings, explanations of core concepts, and connections between ideas. Reads like a condensed textbook chapter for the material you uploaded.
Best for: Deep review, exam prep, understanding unfamiliar subjects
Timeline
Scholar & ResearcherEvents, developments, or process steps arranged in chronological order. Works for history papers, scientific papers describing experimental phases, legal cases, or any material with a temporal structure.
Best for: History, case studies, research papers with methodology phases
FAQ
Scholar & ResearcherRecitare anticipates the questions a student or reader would ask about the document and answers each one in plain language. A fast way to find the comprehension gaps worth going back to the source for.
Best for: Self-assessment, quick comprehension checks, teaching prep
Practice Problems
Scholar & ResearcherApplication-level questions drawn directly from the document's content, with model answers. Goes beyond recall. Problems require students to apply, analyse, or evaluate the material the same way an exam would.
Best for: Exam practice, active recall, STEM and social science coursework
How does Recitare generate study guides?
The pipeline is straightforward and deliberately transparent:
You upload a document
PDF, DOCX, TXT, PPTX, image, or URL. Recitare parses it client-side (for PDFs) or server-side and produces clean text with --- Page --- markers inserted between pages.
You choose a format
Select Key Concepts, Full Study Guide, Timeline, FAQ, or Practice Problems from the study guide modal. The format choice shapes the prompt and the output structure.
Gemini reads your full document
The complete parsed text is sent to Gemini in one pass; even a 300-page textbook fits without being cut into pieces.
Recitare structures the output with page citations
The model is instructed to cite [Page X] for every key point using the page markers in the text. This grounds every claim and gives you a direct path back to the source.
You read, listen, or export
The study guide appears inline. You can read it, play it via TTS (with sentence-by-sentence highlighting), or export it in three formats: Markdown, rich-text clipboard, or PDF.
Can I export study guides?
Yes. Three export options appear below every generated study guide:
Download Markdown
A .md file that opens in Obsidian, Notion, Bear, or any text editor. Headings, bullets, and citations all preserved.
Copy Rich Text
Formatted HTML in your clipboard. Paste into Google Docs, Notion, or Word and it lands with structure intact.
Export PDF
One-click PDF download with clean typography. Print it, annotate it, or attach it to a study group share.
What makes the Practice Problems format different?
Most AI-generated practice questions test recall: “What year did X happen?” or “Define Y.” Recitare is instructed to write application-level problems that match the cognitive demand of real exams.
A recall question (what Recitare avoids)
“What is the name of the cognitive bias described in Chapter 4?”
An application question (what Recitare writes)
“A marketing team uses social proof to increase sign-ups but sees no effect. Using the anchoring bias framework from Chapter 4, explain two alternative interventions they could test and predict which would be more effective in a high-friction purchase context.”
Each problem also includes a model answer grounded in your document, so you can check your reasoning without needing a professor in the room.
Who is this for?
Students prepping for exams
Stop re-reading the same chapter. Generate a targeted study guide the night before and focus your review on what matters.
Grad students reading papers
Use the FAQ format to self-test before a seminar, or the Timeline to map a paper's experimental phases at a glance.
Self-directed learners
Working through a textbook solo? The Practice Problems format gives you exam-quality questions without a teacher assigning them.
Study groups
Generate a shared study guide and export it to your group's Notion page or Google Doc in one click. Everyone works from the same source.
Busy professionals
Need to get up to speed on a 60-page report before a meeting? Key Concepts gives you the essentials in under a minute.
Teachers and instructors
Upload course readings and generate draft FAQ or practice problem sets in seconds. Review and refine instead of writing from scratch.
What's included on each plan?
| Plan | Formats available | Daily / monthly limit |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Key Concepts only | 3 per day |
| Scholar ($9/mo) | All 5 formats | 100/month (fair use) |
| Researcher ($18/mo) | All 5 formats | 100/month (fair use) |
The 100/month soft cap applies to all paid plans. In practice, less than 1% of users approach it.
How do you generate a study guide?
Four steps, total time under 30 seconds:
- Upload your document: PDF, DOCX, TXT, PPTX, image, or paste a URL.
- Open Study tools at the top right, or Tools in the bottom bar on a phone.
- Open the Study Guide panel and choose a format.
- Read, listen, or export: the guide appears in seconds.
Frequently asked questions
What study guide formats are available?
Five formats: Key Concepts (tight bullet-point overview), Full Study Guide (structured chapter-style notes), Timeline (chronological event map), FAQ (anticipated student questions answered), and Practice Problems (application-level questions with model answers). Free users get Key Concepts; all paid plans unlock all five.
How does Recitare generate study guides?
Recitare sends your full document to Gemini, in one pass, along with instructions for the format you selected. The model reads the actual text, not a summary of a summary. Every point it returns is grounded in the source material and cited back to a specific page using the page markers inserted during parsing.
Can I export study guides?
Yes. Three export options appear below every generated study guide: Download as Markdown (a .md file you can open in Obsidian, Notion, or any text editor), Copy as Rich Text (formatted HTML in your clipboard, ready to paste into Google Docs or Notion), and Export as PDF (a clean one-click PDF download). All three options preserve headings, bullets, and page citations.
How is this different from ready-made flashcard sets?
A ready-made set is written for someone else's course and may not match your reading. Recitare builds study material from your own document, in the format you need for your next session, with the page each point came from. The practice problems in particular ask you to apply ideas, not just recall them.
Does it work with any document type?
Yes. Study guides can be generated from any document Recitare can open: PDFs (including academic papers), DOCX and TXT files, PowerPoint slides (PPTX), images with extracted OCR text, and web pages pasted as URLs. The model reads the full parsed text whichever format it came from.
How long does it take to generate?
Typically 5–15 seconds for most documents. Very long textbooks or reports (50,000+ words) may take up to 30 seconds. Recitare uses Gemini specifically for its combination of speed and 1M context. It can handle a 300-page book in a single pass without chunking.
Is there a limit on how many study guides I can generate?
Free users can generate Key Concepts up to 2 times a day. Paid plans (Scholar at $9/month and Researcher at $18/month) get study guides in all five formats, as many as they need within a fair-use cap of 100 per month.
Can I listen to a study guide with TTS?
Yes. Once a study guide is generated, you can tap the play button to have Recitare read it aloud using the same Inworld voice as your document, with Researcher using the higher-quality model. Each line highlights as it is read, so you can follow along.