Glean | Audio Note-Taking Solution

Glean is the antidote to information overload for improved learning, productivity, and student success. Our inclusive learning technology empowers students of all abilities to take meaningful audio notes with a proven note taking process. Our technology doesn’t take notes for you, instead it scaffolds how you learn from information so you build effective note taking skills.

Record classes, add notes, slides, transcripts and more with Glean, the personal study tool for students – available on mobile, desktop, and tablet.

Glean makes effective learning easy. With a simple set of features built around a highly effective 4-step learning process, Glean’s study tool has helped 85% of users become more confident learners.

Capture everything from class

• Record your classes: Capture every last word from your classes, in person or online, on any device, with every moment visualized in speech bubbles.
• Attach quick labels and notes: Hear something important? A task for later? Mark it up with a quick label or text note, time-stamped to your recording.
• Import lecture slides: Got slides? Import them before or after class for structure and context.

Organize your notes and time

• Convert audio to text: Review classes your way with transcribed audio.
• Sort and search your classes: Drop your recordings into personalized categories, and quickly find important moments by searching for text notes.
• Add definitions and images: Something you’re unsure of? Quickly add a definition from Wikipedia. Need a diagram? Search, find, and attach to your notes within Glean.

Refine at your own pace

• Clean up your recording: Get rid of background noise, coughs, clicks, and other distractions with audio clean-up.
• Check in on outstanding tasks: Those tasks you marked up in class can be found in one handy spot next to your Events.
• Get some focus: Glean comes with a built-in time management feature. Use Focus Timer to work on your notes without distractions.

Apply your learning

• Strip it all back: Use Reading View to zero in on your refined notes before a test or assignment.
• Work across your devices: Access your recordings and notes across tablet and mobile with the Glean app.

• Scribble – the latest feature release that allows uses to add handwritten notes directly into their Glean notes. You can find out more about Scribble in this recent blog post.
• Quiz Me allows users to generate 5 multiple-choice questions based on the transcript’s content. It’s a great way to test your knowledge of the content and identify any knowledge gaps. You can find out more and see it in action on the Quiz Me feature page.
• AI Outlines (coming soon!) – will allow users to create an automatic outline of an event with headings linked to moments in their recording. quickly navigate to the information they need through a structured outline of their event. If you’d like to take a look and see how it is going to work then let me know.

Transcription in Glean for Individuals

Product Delivery: 

Glean is a web-based software so no physical product is shipped to the customer. To purchase, select the type of license you would like (1 year, 2 year, 3 year, or 4 year), click on “Add to Cart” and complete the purchase.

Your order will be received by the Secrest team, who will send an invitation to the end user’s email address that has been provided. If the purchaser is not the end user, please make sure to provide the end user contact information in the “Order Notes” section during check out. It may take 2-3 business days for the invitation to be sent.

Once the invitation is sent to the end user, the time will start running on that license – make sure that the person using it is ready to have it set up to maximize the amount of time they have to use it.

PLEASE NOTE: All web-based software products are non-refundable once the invitation has been sent to the end-user. It is the buyer’s responsibility to check the system requirements of any product prior to purchase. 

Once you purchase a software product and Secrest Resources or the Publisher sends you the activation invitation, you are responsible for confirming your ability to access the software. The buyer bears all risk of loss after downloading the application or receiving the license key, including any loss due to a computer or hard drive malfunction. If you are unable to complete a download or access an application, please contact Secrest Resources customer service for assistance. We will do our best to troubleshoot any issues and help you get started. If necessary, we will put you directly in contact with the manufacturer for further support.

We do not offer exchanges or give refunds for wrongful purchases once the invitation is sent to the end user.

Supported devices & platforms

Glean Web
Glean is a web application which can be accessed on any laptop or desktop computer through the Chrome web browser.
It works on any operating system: Windows, Mac, Chromebooks and Linux.

Glean Mobile
Glean has both an iOS (iPhone and iPad) and an Android app.

Glean Web Specifications

Supported browsers

Desktop web browsers:

Glean is currently tested and supported on the latest versions of  Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge for use on a computer (laptop, desktop or Chromebook).
Get the latest version of Google Chrome
Get the latest version of Microsoft Edge

Mobile web browsers:

For Mobile use, we recommend users download the Glean app for iOS or Android.
We don’t test extensively on mobile browsers, so we have restricted access to Glean on mobile browsers.
Download iOS app
Download Android app

System Requirements

• System Recommendations: Dual Core 2.4GHz Processor (or higher), 8GB Ram; Minimum: Dual Core 1.6 GHz Processor, 4GB RAM
• Storage: Glean records at approximately 50mb per hour, that’s around 20 hours of recording per GB of storage. PDFs added to your Event will increase the storage needs.
• Important! Devices which might not meet minimum requirements may encounter problems with recordings longer than one hour and when using other apps alongside Glean.

Operating Systems

• Windows: Windows 10 recommended; Windows 7 minimum (Glean only supports 64-bit systems)
• Mac: Mac OS 10.14 High Sierra (or higher) recommended; Mac OS 10.10 Yosemite minimum 
• Chromebook: Any device within its Auto Update Expiry (AUE) date, that meets the system requirements recommended; Any device that meets the system and browser requirements minimum\
• Linux: 64-bit Ubuntu 14.04+, Debian 8+, openSUSE 13.3+, or Fedora Linus 2.4+ minimum 

Glean Mobile Specifications

• Android: Android 10 recommended; Android 7 (Nougat) or higher minimum
• iOS: iOS 13 or higher recommended; iOS 12 (earliest supported device is the iPhone 5s) minimum