Smartphones have long ceased to be just toys for entertainment. They are actively used for educational purposes today. All necessary information is on the students’ fingertips. Young people can read online encyclopedias and textbooks, watch documental videos, contact essay and dissertation writing services and also install helpful mobile apps. This article is about the latter trend. The experts from Pro-Papers will consider the most popular mobile programs for learning and explain how they simplify students’ life.

Lecture capture apps

Most people do not like lectures because it is necessary to write a lot and listen to monotonous explanations of a professor. Have you ever felt a pain in a hand after such classes? This unpleasant feeling causes dislike for learning. Sometimes, professors dictate material way too quickly and repeat unclear points with irritation on students’ requests. As a result, some information can be missed. In addition, young people focus on writing instead of comprehending a topic, pay attention to routine, technical issues instead of gaining knowledge.

Thanks to rapid technological development, there are many lecture capture programs today. Yes, some people used dictaphones yet several decades ago. But today, it is not necessary to buy additional equipment. It is enough to download a free app to your smartphone. Also, it is much convenient to listen back, speed up and slow down tracks, cut out the most important fragments.

If you are an iPad user, we recommend trying SoundNote which creates video and audio versions of lectures. Office Lens allows photographing a whiteboard, converting an image into various formats, storing all materials captured in OneDrive or OneNote.