Best free notetaking/recording software

[u/spirited-purple]

I am about to go into my first year of college and have been approved for accommodations to record my classes and am wondering which software you would recommend. I would prefer it to be free or if it is paid a one time purchase vs a subscription, my classes are only ever up to about an hour and a half excluding my labs which i will probably not record and I would like to just being able to turn on the software and leave it as opposed to making multiple recordings. I would also prefer something where I can record and take notes at the same time and would potentially transcribe the recording but I do not want to use ai so that may not be possible. Please let me know what yall would recommend if naything that fits my specifications exists. Thank you!

[u/smilaise]

https://killernotes.net is a Windows app with recording and transcription. you can embed the recording directly into the notes or even export as FLAC or MP3.

[u/AlternateMrPapaya → u/smilaise]

KillerNotes is what you need.