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Show HN: I've built a tool that summarizes 3-hour YouTube videos

6 points by anngel 3y ago

monkeydust 3y ago
Great but some basic 101 issues. - Spelling errors. - No free option to try, if you cant do this (cost) then put up an example video with summary so people know what they are buying. Btw Kagi does this for free for now.
- jruohonen 3y ago
  > No free option to try This. And get rid of the Google logins etc.
- cinntaile 3y ago
  I wouldn't call it free, it's included in Kagi's 10usd/month package. Although you can also use their API for $0.030/1000 tokens.
  - monkeydust 3y ago
    I stand corrected. It used to be free to all but now wrapped under paid account which is fair enough.
- Closi 3y ago
  Are we confident that the Kagi thing doesn't just summarise the subtitles from youtube? This seems to actually write the subs.
- anngel 3y ago
  Thanks for the feedback! Regarding free options, there's an example video right on the landing page. Adding more examples is not a problem: check out my newsletter at https://talkelite.substack.com/ https://talkelite.substack.com/ - I launched it to showcase how voxweave makes summaries. Offering a free option is not feasible for a solopreneur. As for Kargi it has significant limitations. you can compare
anjel 3y ago
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toddmorey 3y ago
You should put an example of the output right on the homepage
jbverschoor 3y ago
Please put some samples of Lex Fridman and Andrew Huberman, or perhaps some lectures.
hbarka 3y ago
Hey, I like my hours-long YouTube videos and would be remiss getting the Cliffs Notes. I wish Google would put those Shorts somewhere less in-your-face but sigh I know we live in a TikTok era.
- chaoticmass 3y ago
  I like long videos, too, but I could see this being useful to let it summarize a video beforehand so I can see if it's worth spending the time to watch it myself. Could also be good if you have a long video and you want the text transcription to use for reference later.
pogue 3y ago
Maybe give out some ways for people to try it, at least if you're trying to promote it. With a single example, how can I be confident that it works as advertised? If you don't want to do entire free videos, consider allowing users trying a 5 minute snippet of a video of their choose so they can see what they can expect. You could also just make some Hacker News coupons so people here could give a review/feedback if that's what you're looking for.
zipping1549 3y ago
Isn't this what Google is actively developing?
- quaffapint 3y ago
  Yes, you can try it as a Premium member. I didn't try it on any 3-hour long videos, but for a couple of shorter ones it worked well enough to give a tl;dr;.
  - Tostino 3y ago
    Hmm, it's not showing up for me to try in my account... Here is the site talking about the features though: https://blog.youtube/news-and-events/new-youtube-premium-features/ https://blog.youtube/news-and-events/new-youtube-premium-fea...

6 points by anngel 3y ago

Great but some basic 101 issues. - Spelling errors. - No free option to try, if you cant do this (cost) then put up an example video with summary so people know what they are buying. Btw Kagi does this for free for now.

jruohonen 3y ago
> No free option to try This. And get rid of the Google logins etc.
cinntaile 3y ago
I wouldn't call it free, it's included in Kagi's 10usd/month package. Although you can also use their API for $0.030/1000 tokens.
- monkeydust 3y ago
  I stand corrected. It used to be free to all but now wrapped under paid account which is fair enough.
Closi 3y ago
Are we confident that the Kagi thing doesn't just summarise the subtitles from youtube? This seems to actually write the subs.
anngel 3y ago
Thanks for the feedback! Regarding free options, there's an example video right on the landing page. Adding more examples is not a problem: check out my newsletter at https://talkelite.substack.com/ https://talkelite.substack.com/ - I launched it to showcase how voxweave makes summaries. Offering a free option is not feasible for a solopreneur. As for Kargi it has significant limitations. you can compare

anjel 3y ago

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toddmorey 3y ago

You should put an example of the output right on the homepage

jbverschoor 3y ago

Please put some samples of Lex Fridman and Andrew Huberman, or perhaps some lectures.

hbarka 3y ago

Hey, I like my hours-long YouTube videos and would be remiss getting the Cliffs Notes. I wish Google would put those Shorts somewhere less in-your-face but sigh I know we live in a TikTok era.

chaoticmass 3y ago
I like long videos, too, but I could see this being useful to let it summarize a video beforehand so I can see if it's worth spending the time to watch it myself. Could also be good if you have a long video and you want the text transcription to use for reference later.

pogue 3y ago

Maybe give out some ways for people to try it, at least if you're trying to promote it. With a single example, how can I be confident that it works as advertised? If you don't want to do entire free videos, consider allowing users trying a 5 minute snippet of a video of their choose so they can see what they can expect. You could also just make some Hacker News coupons so people here could give a review/feedback if that's what you're looking for.

zipping1549 3y ago

Isn't this what Google is actively developing?

quaffapint 3y ago
Yes, you can try it as a Premium member. I didn't try it on any 3-hour long videos, but for a couple of shorter ones it worked well enough to give a tl;dr;.
- Tostino 3y ago
  Hmm, it's not showing up for me to try in my account... Here is the site talking about the features though: https://blog.youtube/news-and-events/new-youtube-premium-features/ https://blog.youtube/news-and-events/new-youtube-premium-fea...