Study Abroad Smarter with 5cut
Studying in a country where you don't fully speak the language is hard enough. When your professor records a 90-minute lecture in German, Japanese, Korean, or Spanish, the last thing you need is 30 minutes of dead air making it even longer.
5cut is an iPhone app built for exactly this situation.
The problem with foreign language lectures
When you're following a lecture in a second language, every minute of attention costs more effort. You're translating in your head, re-listening to phrases, and trying to keep up with unfamiliar vocabulary. Silence between slides or during transitions doesn't give you a rest — it breaks your concentration.
Removing that silence means you spend less total time per lecture, and the remaining content flows without interruption.
What 5cut does for international students
Removes silence
Automatically detects and cuts pauses, transitions, and dead air. A 90-minute lecture typically becomes 55–65 minutes. Use Smart Mode presets or fine-tune the threshold yourself.
Transcribes in 30+ languages
Generate subtitles for your lectures in the original language. Burn them into the video or export as SRT. Everything happens on your device — no uploads, no privacy concerns. Supported languages include German, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, Vietnamese, and many more.
Identifies speakers
Seminars and group discussions with multiple speakers? 5cut identifies up to 4 speakers automatically, color-coded and renamable. Know exactly who said what.
Batch processes a whole semester
Don't process lectures one by one. Queue up an entire semester and let 5cut handle them all in the background with the same or individual settings.
Works with lectures in any language
5cut supports transcription in 30+ languages, making it useful wherever you study:
- Germany — lectures in German
- Japan — lectures in Japanese
- South Korea — lectures in Korean
- France — lectures in French
- Spain — lectures in Spanish
- Italy — lectures in Italian
- Brazil — lectures in Portuguese
- USA/UK/Australia — lectures in English for non-native speakers
App available in 10 languages
The 5cut interface is localized in English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese (Brazil), Vietnamese, and Simplified Chinese. The app automatically matches your iPhone's language.
Free and private
5cut is free with 10 exports per month. All processing is on-device — your recordings never leave your phone. Premium ($1.99/month or $6.99 lifetime) adds unlimited exports and batch processing.
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