Digital note-taking support for your students
Ripsa transcribes lectures and helps students follow, understand and revise them. It strengthens accessibility and makes study conditions more equal. All data stays within the EU, and processing complies with the GDPR.
What's included
Transcription
Students can follow the text as the lecture goes on, or have Ripsa transcribe the recording afterwards. The transcript stays, and it is searchable.
Summaries
Ripsa summarises every lecture and the whole course. Students see what matters most without having to read the full transcript.
Questions and answers
Students ask questions about the lecture and get answers drawn from what was said. A quick way back to a particular section.
Images and presentations
Images and PowerPoint presentations can be added. Pages are placed automatically next to the passage in the transcript where they were shown, and students can also place them themselves.
Flashcards
Ripsa makes flashcards from the key terms in the lectures: the term on the front, the explanation on the back. Students study a few at a time, and whatever they got wrong comes round again. They can add their own cards too.
Maths and formulas
Maths comes through in the transcript, set out as formulas. Students can tap a formula in the summary to reach the point where it is spoken.
How we handle data
What is digital note-taking support?
Note-taking support is one of the most common study aids in higher education. It is aimed at students who for various reasons find it hard to take notes and listen at the same time, for example due to dyslexia, ADHD, hearing impairment or chronic illness. Traditionally the support has meant a fellow student sharing their notes, a solution that is fragile: quality varies, notes can arrive late and there is not always a fellow student willing to step up.
Digital note-taking support answers the same need with technology instead of another person's notes. Ripsa records the lecture and turns it into a complete, searchable transcript. Students can follow the text as the lecture goes on, and keep it afterwards. Every lecture also gets a summary with the key points and key concepts, and the student can ask questions about the content and get answers grounded in what was actually said.
For the student this means the support is always in place, holds a consistent quality and is available shortly after the lecture ends, without recruiting a fellow student. For the institution it means a form of support that is easy to offer, easy to administer and equal for everyone granted it. Students use Ripsa on their phone, tablet or computer, and all material is organised per course.
Ripsa is built in Sweden for Swedish higher education. All data stays within the EU and processing meets the requirements of the GDPR, which makes the solution straightforward for the institution's data protection officer and procurement team to assess.
Comparison of digital note-taking support
What modern digital note-taking support needs to handle, and how three tools measure up.
| Feature | Ripsa | Genio | Teams + Copilot |
|---|---|---|---|
| The university decides whether audio recordings are kept | Yes | No | Yes |
| Transcription with KB Whisper (trained on Swedish) | Yes | No | No |
| App in Swedish and English | Yes | No | Yes |
| Support in Swedish and English | Yes | No | Partly or unclear |
| Automatic summary of every lecture | Yes | No | No |
| Automatic summary of the entire course | Yes | No | No |
| Key points, keywords and recurring themes generated automatically | Yes | No | Partly or unclear |
| Flashcards | Yes | No | No |
| Built-in feature for sharing audio and transcripts* | No | Yes | No |
| Live transcription | Yes | No | Yes |
| Support for maths, physics and chemistry formulas | Yes | Yes | No |
| Automatic placement of PowerPoint slides and photos in the transcript | Yes | No | No |
| All data handled solely in Europe by European companies | Yes | No | No |
* A lecture is protected by copyright. Sharing recordings or transcripts onwards without the lecturer's permission may therefore breach copyright law. Ripsa is built so that recordings are only used by the student themselves.
Comparison updated October 2026.
Frequently asked questions
How is Ripsa different from recording the lecture yourself?
An audio recording has to be listened to in full to be useful. Ripsa turns the recording into searchable text, summarises every lecture, highlights key concepts and turns them into flashcards. Students can ask questions about the content, mark important moments during the lecture and jump straight back to them.
Which students benefit from digital note-taking support?
The support is often granted to students with for example dyslexia, ADHD, hearing impairment or chronic illness, but the need to listen without simultaneously taking notes is broad. The institution decides which students get access to the service.
Where is student data stored and processed?
Recordings and database are in Finland, encrypted backups are kept in Germany, summaries and the course assistant are processed in France, and the AI models run exclusively in Europe. No data leaves the EU, processing of personal data meets the requirements of the GDPR, and we never keep more data, or for longer, than necessary.
How does an institution roll out Ripsa?
The institution administers the service through an admin portal where users, permissions and licences are managed. Students sign in with their email address and do not need to create an account themselves. Contact us and we will show you how it works in practice.
Contact us
We are happy to show you how Ripsa works in practice and to answer your questions about accessibility, information security, data protection, operations and rollout.