Every student who takes handwritten notes faces the same problem come exam season. You have done all the hard work, filled page after page with everything your professor said, and now you are staring at a pile of paper with no idea where to start.
Gemini has released a surprisingly simple solution for this. It now lets you scan your handwritten notes and turn them into study guides.
How does it work?
The process to convert your notes into a study guide is straightforward. You capture a photo of each page of your notes, upload the files to Gemini, and use the following prompt: “Create a study guide based on my course materials for my exams.”
That’s it. Gemini will take your handwritten pages and turn them into a clean, structured study guide. If you already have a good handle on the basics, you can tell Gemini to skip the intro material and focus on the more complex topics.
You can also ask it to generate flashcards instead of a full study guide, which is great if you prefer a more bite-sized way to review. This makes learning and revising the material so much easier compared to going through the entire year’s worth of handwritten notes.
What else can Gemini do with your notes?
Uploading your notes also unlocks a few other useful tools. You can ask Gemini to create a custom practice exam based on your materials, which is a great way to figure out what you actually know versus what you only think you know.
You can also ask it to turn your notes into an Audio Overview, where two AI hosts break down your material in a conversational format. The feature was first released as part of NotebookLM, but now Gemini can do it too. It’s surprisingly good for reviewing while commuting or doing something else.
Gemini is packed with features that can help you study. The only thing missing was a way to incorporate your handwritten notes. With the new update, even that’s not an issue.