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Show HN: Turn YouTube Videos into AI-Generated Notes in Seconds

2 points by sohombh 2y ago

i use youtube every day for things like tutorials, recipes, philosophy, podcasts, etc. i enjoy learning visually but it's nice to have something to read and learn from as well. so i built this tool that turns youtube videos into AI-generated notes. main features: - inline citations to jump directly to the relevant part of the video just like how Perplexity cites sources - share notes with anyone - save notes as PDF or markdown here's a demo for a 1.5 hour podcast episode with Satya Nadella discussing AI: youtube link - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NtsnzRFJ_o&ab_channel=Bg2Pod https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NtsnzRFJ_o&ab_channel=Bg2Po... notes link - https://swiftnotes.ai/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D9NtsnzRFJ_o%26ab_channel%3DBg2Pod https://swiftnotes.ai/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fw... would love to get some feedback on this

ybhavish 2y ago
I use youtube a lot for random research queries, but I hate going to youtube.com and seeing all the recos, shorts, etc.. This is a great idea for learning. Tested with some job video: https://swiftnotes.ai/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DSy0Mx4u-RHc https://swiftnotes.ai/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fw... One suggestion: a more shareable-looking link when sharing the URL might help with user to user spreading.
- sohombh 2y ago
  thank you and great suggestion. i'll work on making shareable links look better
  - sohombh 2y ago
    new shareable link for the youtube video you gave. https://swiftnotes.ai?v=Sy0Mx4u-RHc https://swiftnotes.ai?v=Sy0Mx4u-RHc
robsalasco 2y ago
great work! can you give us details about the tech stack that are you using?
- sohombh 2y ago
  Storage - S3 BE - Flask FE - React
gaguinaga2000 2y ago
Ok. I am impressed! I fed a youtube Link to notebook LM and it came back saying: "This video cannot be imported. Transcript not available." I fed it to swiftnotes.ai and worked like a champ. Great work!! Much love, Gabriel
- sohombh 2y ago
  thank you! if this is something you find useful would be great to chat. can reach me on X @sohombh

2 points by sohombh 2y ago

ybhavish 2y ago

I use youtube a lot for random research queries, but I hate going to youtube.com and seeing all the recos, shorts, etc.. This is a great idea for learning. Tested with some job video: https://swiftnotes.ai/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DSy0Mx4u-RHc https://swiftnotes.ai/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fw... One suggestion: a more shareable-looking link when sharing the URL might help with user to user spreading.

sohombh 2y ago
thank you and great suggestion. i'll work on making shareable links look better
- sohombh 2y ago
  new shareable link for the youtube video you gave. https://swiftnotes.ai?v=Sy0Mx4u-RHc https://swiftnotes.ai?v=Sy0Mx4u-RHc

robsalasco 2y ago

great work! can you give us details about the tech stack that are you using?

sohombh 2y ago
Storage - S3 BE - Flask FE - React

gaguinaga2000 2y ago

Ok. I am impressed! I fed a youtube Link to notebook LM and it came back saying: "This video cannot be imported. Transcript not available." I fed it to swiftnotes.ai and worked like a champ. Great work!! Much love, Gabriel

sohombh 2y ago
thank you! if this is something you find useful would be great to chat. can reach me on X @sohombh