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“Summarize this YouTube video” (given a link) is what I’d like to see and Google could easily do when there’s a transcript, but they’d probably rather make peop

“Summarize this YouTube video” (given a link) is what I’d like to see and Google could easily do when there’s a transcript, but they’d probably rather make people watch the video. I think Kagi might do this? Any other good solutions?

hostcontroller 3y ago
I used summarize.tech [0] once, and it worked fine, although it was quite repetitive iirc. [0]: https://www.summarize.tech https://www.summarize.tech
Xeophon 3y ago
Kagi has such a feature, its called Universal Summarizer [0] [0] https://kagi.com/summarizer/index.html?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DUF8uR6Z6KLc&target_language=&summary=summary https://kagi.com/summarizer/index.html?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww...
cesarvarela 3y ago
I've been using this one: https://glasp.co/youtube-summary https://glasp.co/youtube-summary
crazygringo 3y ago
Exactly. It's already easy enough to scan an article in 15 seconds to get the overall gist. But scanning through a YouTube transcript, in the tiny box, without any punctuation, without paragraphs, without sections, takes forever.
speedgoose 3y ago
ChatGPT plus with a YouTube plugin does that too.
- skybrian 3y ago
  Interesting. I see multiple plugins. Any there any you recommend?
  - speedgoose 3y ago
    I use VoxScript because the first plugin I tried didn’t work well (time-outs) and it was the second and last YouTube plugin I tried. It’s okay but sometimes I need to ask for a full transcript otherwise it will get only the first chunk of the subtitles.
  - jaredchung 3y ago
    I use the AAAsummarize.io chatgpt plugin to summarize youtube videos. Has worked really well for me.
    - gregsadetsky 3y ago
      so many chatgpt plugins start with an "A " in their name to "rank" first in the list of all plugins. throw back to the telephone directory days :-)
machdiamonds 3y ago
I typically run lengthy YouTube video transcripts through Anthropic Claude to get a summary. It's free and offers a 100k context window. After summarizing, you can engage in a conversation with Claude. You can ask specific questions about the covered topics or prompt it with queries such as "What were the standout points?". It's quite adept at extracting key highlights.
- ignite 3y ago
  Looks like that is still invitation only.
  - machdiamonds 3y ago
    Really? I was under the impression that it is available to everyone. Are you attempting to access the API? There might be a waitlist for that. But, it should be readily available for use here: https://www.anthropic.com/index/claude-2 https://www.anthropic.com/index/claude-2
    - RugnirViking 3y ago
      "Unfortunately, Claude.ai is only available in the US and UK. We're working hard to expand to other regions soon."

hostcontroller 3y ago

I used summarize.tech [0] once, and it worked fine, although it was quite repetitive iirc. [0]: https://www.summarize.tech https://www.summarize.tech

Xeophon 3y ago

Kagi has such a feature, its called Universal Summarizer [0] [0] https://kagi.com/summarizer/index.html?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DUF8uR6Z6KLc&target_language=&summary=summary https://kagi.com/summarizer/index.html?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww...

cesarvarela 3y ago

I've been using this one: https://glasp.co/youtube-summary https://glasp.co/youtube-summary

crazygringo 3y ago

Exactly. It's already easy enough to scan an article in 15 seconds to get the overall gist. But scanning through a YouTube transcript, in the tiny box, without any punctuation, without paragraphs, without sections, takes forever.

speedgoose 3y ago

ChatGPT plus with a YouTube plugin does that too.

skybrian 3y ago
Interesting. I see multiple plugins. Any there any you recommend?
- speedgoose 3y ago
  I use VoxScript because the first plugin I tried didn’t work well (time-outs) and it was the second and last YouTube plugin I tried. It’s okay but sometimes I need to ask for a full transcript otherwise it will get only the first chunk of the subtitles.
- jaredchung 3y ago
  I use the AAAsummarize.io chatgpt plugin to summarize youtube videos. Has worked really well for me.
  - gregsadetsky 3y ago
    so many chatgpt plugins start with an "A " in their name to "rank" first in the list of all plugins. throw back to the telephone directory days :-)

machdiamonds 3y ago

I typically run lengthy YouTube video transcripts through Anthropic Claude to get a summary. It's free and offers a 100k context window. After summarizing, you can engage in a conversation with Claude. You can ask specific questions about the covered topics or prompt it with queries such as "What were the standout points?". It's quite adept at extracting key highlights.

ignite 3y ago
Looks like that is still invitation only.
- machdiamonds 3y ago
  Really? I was under the impression that it is available to everyone. Are you attempting to access the API? There might be a waitlist for that. But, it should be readily available for use here: https://www.anthropic.com/index/claude-2 https://www.anthropic.com/index/claude-2
  - RugnirViking 3y ago
    "Unfortunately, Claude.ai is only available in the US and UK. We're working hard to expand to other regions soon."