Summarize a YouTube video from its link
Paste a YouTube link and get a short summary with the key points and the moments they come from. Reads the captions, no download. Free preview.
or paste the transcript of the video
This preview shows the first 150 words and does not keep your file.
Need a different result? Turn anything into anything: drop any file, pick what you want out of it.Try it →A forty-minute video often says what a page of text could. This tool reads the captions of the video and writes the page: what it is about, the five points that matter and the minute each one is said, so you can jump to it if you want the detail.
What you get
Key points with times
Each bullet ends with the moment in the video, so you can verify it or watch just that part.
No download
It works from the public captions, so a long video takes seconds, not minutes.
Any language
A video with Spanish, German or Romanian captions is summarized in that language.
How it works
- Step 1
Paste the link of the video.
- Step 2
Read the overview, the key points and their times.
- Step 3
Create a free account to summarize long videos and turn the result into notes, slides or a document.
Who uses it
Students
Get the point of a recorded lecture before deciding to watch the whole thing.
Researchers
Triage a list of conference talks in an afternoon.
Busy professionals
Catch up on a webinar you missed.
Questions
Does it download the video?
No. It reads the public captions of the video, the same text YouTube shows when you turn subtitles on. Nothing is downloaded, and your link is not kept.
What if the video has no captions?
Then there is nothing to read. Paste the transcript into the box instead, or open the video's three-dot menu on YouTube and choose Show transcript.
Which languages work?
Any language the video has captions in. The result is written in the language of the captions unless you ask for another in your account.
Can I trust the summary?
It is written only from the captions, and automatic captions can contain mistakes in names and numbers. Check the time it points to before you rely on a detail.