FREE YouTube Video Summarising in Microsoft Edge! Huge Productivity Alert!

Summary

Stuart, the productivity coach at Microsoft, introduces a feature in the free version of Copilot that summarizes YouTube videos using transcripts. This tool quickly provides a video summary, highlights, and timestamps, making it easy to find specific information without watching the entire video. It also answers questions based on the transcript and searches the web for related information, although users should be cautious as it may provide external links not mentioned in the video. The feature is available for any video with an enabled transcript, offering a time-saving way to navigate lengthy content.

Takeaways

• 😀 Stuart, the productivity coach from Microsoft, introduces a new feature in the free version of Copilot that can summarize YouTube videos.
• 🔍 The feature is accessible via the Edge browser and works for both personal and Enterprise Microsoft 365 accounts.
• 📹 The video being summarized in the example is 14 minutes long about co-pilot in Microsoft Word.
• ⏸ By clicking 'summarize this video', the feature quickly generates a summary using the video's transcript.
• 📝 The summary includes the purpose and benefits of co-pilot, ingredients for a good prompt, and how to create new content in Word.
• 🕒 Time stamps are provided in the summary, allowing users to jump to specific parts of the video.
• 🔗 The feature also pulls out web addresses mentioned in the video and makes them clickable for easy access.
• 🤖 The AI can answer questions about the video content by searching the transcript for specific information.
• 🌐 The AI searches the web for additional information if the user asks about useful websites mentioned in the video.
• ⚠️ Users should be cautious as the AI may provide links from the web that were not in the original video.
• 📚 The AI provides citations and references to ensure the information's accuracy.
• 🎥 The feature is useful for long videos without chapters, as long as a transcript is available.

Q & A

What is the main purpose of the video?

The main purpose of the video is to demonstrate how to use the free version of Copilot to summarize YouTube videos efficiently.

Who is the presenter in the video?

The presenter is Stuart, a productivity coach who works at Microsoft as part of the Modern Work AI and Ecosystem team.

What is the prerequisite for using the summarization feature in the video?

The prerequisite is to have the Edge browser open and to access a YouTube video with an enabled transcript.

How does the summarization feature work?

The feature uses the video's transcript to generate a summary and highlights within seconds, without the need to watch the entire video.

What additional information does the summary provide besides the main points?

The summary provides highlights, timestamps for key points in the video, and even pulls out mentioned web addresses.

Can the summarization tool answer specific questions about the video content?

Yes, the tool can look into the transcript and provide answers to specific questions posed by the user.

What is an example of a question the tool can answer?

An example question it can answer is about the ingredients of a good prompt, which the tool can extract from the transcript.

Does the tool search the internet for additional information?

Yes, the tool can search the internet for useful websites mentioned in the document, but it's important to note that the links provided may not be from the video itself.

How can users verify the information found by the tool?

Users can verify the information by checking the citations and timestamps provided, which allow them to jump to the right place in the video.

What is a limitation mentioned in the video regarding the summarization tool?

A limitation is that the tool should not be used on videos where the presenter wants to maximize watch time, such as the presenter's own videos.

How can users apply the summarization tool to their benefit?

Users can apply the tool to long videos without chapters to quickly find the content they want, saving time and increasing productivity.

Outlines

00:00

😀 Summarizing YouTube Videos with Co-Pilot

Stuart, the productivity coach at Microsoft, introduces a new feature in the free version of Co-Pilot that allows users to summarize YouTube videos quickly. He demonstrates the process using the Edge browser on a video about Co-Pilot in Microsoft Word. By clicking the Co-Pilot symbol and selecting 'summarize this video,' the tool uses the video's transcript to generate a summary and highlights within seconds. It also provides clickable timestamps to jump to specific parts of the video. Stuart asks questions to test the feature's ability to pull information from the transcript and mentions the importance of citations for verifying the accuracy of the extracted information.

05:01

🎬 Wrapping Up the Video Tutorial

The script concludes with Stuart signaling the end of the tutorial, perhaps with a musical cue indicated by '[Music]'. He looks forward to the next video, suggesting a series of instructional content. This paragraph serves as a sign-off, inviting viewers to engage with the channel through likes, shares, and subscriptions, and reinforcing the utility of the video by emphasizing its brevity in contrast to the lengthy videos discussed in the tutorial.

Keywords

💡YouTube videos

YouTube videos refer to the content hosted on the YouTube platform, which can range from short clips to lengthy educational or entertainment pieces. In the context of the video, the script discusses the increasing length of these videos and the difficulty in extracting useful information from them. An example from the script is the mention of a 14-minute video about co-pilot in Microsoft Word.

💡Productivity coach

A productivity coach is a professional who helps individuals or teams improve their efficiency and effectiveness by providing guidance and strategies. In this video, the speaker introduces himself as a productivity coach working at Microsoft, indicating that the content will likely focus on tips and tools to enhance productivity.

💡Microsoft 365

Microsoft 365 is a suite of productivity software and services offered by Microsoft, which includes familiar applications like Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, as well as additional cloud services. The video mentions that the functionality being demonstrated is available in the free version of co-pilot for both personal and enterprise Microsoft 365 accounts.

💡Edge browser

The Edge browser, developed by Microsoft, is the platform on which the video's demonstrated functionality operates. The script specifies that the user must be using Edge to access the co-pilot symbol and utilize the summarization feature for YouTube videos.

💡Co-pilot

In the video, co-pilot refers to a feature or tool within the Microsoft ecosystem that assists users in various tasks. The script mentions co-pilot in Microsoft Word, suggesting that it is an AI-based assistant that can help with document creation and editing.

💡Summarize

To summarize, in the context of the video, means to condense a longer piece of content into a shorter, more digestible form. The script describes a feature that allows users to summarize a YouTube video, providing a quick overview and key points without watching the entire video.

💡Transcript

A transcript is a written version of the dialogue or content of a video or audio recording. The script mentions that the summarization feature uses the YouTube video's transcript to generate a summary, which is crucial for accessibility and the functionality of the co-pilot tool.

💡Highlights

In the video, highlights refer to the key points or sections of the video that are extracted and presented in the summary. The script indicates that the co-pilot tool not only summarizes the video but also identifies highlights, including the purpose, benefits, and instructions related to co-pilot.

💡Time stamps

Time stamps are indicators of specific points in time within a video or audio recording. The script mentions that the summary includes time stamps, allowing users to easily navigate to the parts of the video that correspond to the summary points.

💡Citations

Citations in this context are references or links to the source material, ensuring that the information provided in the summary is verifiable. The script notes that the co-pilot tool includes citations, turning time stamps into clickable links for users to verify the summarized content.

💡AI and ecosystem team

The AI and ecosystem team at Microsoft is likely a group responsible for developing and maintaining AI technologies and ensuring they integrate well within the broader Microsoft product ecosystem. The speaker's affiliation with this team suggests that the video's content is related to AI-driven productivity tools.

Highlights

YouTube videos are getting longer, making it harder to find specific information quickly.

Free summarization of YouTube videos is possible using the free version of Copilot.

Stuart, the productivity coach at Microsoft, demonstrates the summarization feature.

The feature is available in the Edge browser for both personal and Enterprise Microsoft 365 accounts.

The summarization uses the YouTube transcript to provide a quick overview of the video content.

The summary includes highlights and timestamps to navigate the video easily.

Automatic summarization can be done in seconds for long videos.

Citations and clickable timestamps are provided for direct navigation to specific parts of the video.

Users can ask questions about the video content, and the system will find answers from the transcript.

The system identifies the ingredients of a good prompt, including goal, context, source, and expectations.

The feature can search the internet for useful websites mentioned in the video.

There is a caution about the system searching the web for information, which may not always be accurate.

The system can confirm if the presenter mentioned any websites and provide the timestamp.

The summarization feature is recommended for long videos without chapters.

The video encourages viewers to like, share, and subscribe for more productivity tips.

The video is intentionally short to contrast with the topic of long YouTube videos.

Transcripts

are you finding that YouTube videos are

getting longer and longer and it's

harder just to watch a huge long video

just to find a tiny little nugget of

information do you know that you can

summarize YouTube videos for free like

this I'm the productivity coach and

today I'll show you

how hi I'm Stuart the productivity coach

and I work at Microsoft as part of our

modern work Ai and ecosystem team and

today I want to show you a great

functionality that is in the free

version of cop pilot that anyone has

access to regardless of whether use a

personal or an Enterprise Microsoft 365

account so let's get started and I'll

show you how it

works so here I am on my computer and

I'm just going to open up the edge

browser now you have to be on edge um so

I've got a YouTube video here it's

nearly 14 minutes about co-pilot in

Microsoft Word and I'm going to click on

the co-pilot symbol up here in the top

right now it can be on a personal one or

you can see here um I'm on an Enterprise

account because I've got this protected

thing it doesn't matter they both work

um so let's say I want to find out about

this video without watching it so I'm

going to click summarize this video and

I'm going to uh hit enter and now it

will go through and it will summarize a

video now it uses the transcript which

is already uh enabled in YouTube to be

able to summarize that video um but you

can see here that this video is 14

minutes nearly um and in only seconds

it's got uh my summary so I've got a bit

of a summary about what the video is

about and then I've got highlights so

the purpose and benefits of co-pilot the

ingredients a prompt how to use uh or

how to create new content in word uh

Etc okay and you can see it doing all of

this

automatically um and you can see it's

put little time stamps here as well um

so you know whereabouts in the video

those things are happening um I can even

see that it's pulled out a web address

that I've mentioned there as part of

that so it's really really uh really

really easy to use but now it's finished

you can see that actually it's put

citations so those Tim stamps have

become clickable so I can even jump to

the right place of

that okay but one of the great things is

I can ask questions so I'm going to say

what are the ingredients of a good

prompt so I saw it mentioned a little

further up in the summary but it didn't

actually tell me what those ingredients

are and again what it's going to do now

is look into the transcript and come

back with the answer so it's saying okay

so the first one is goal what do you

want to achieve then context then the

source and then your expectations of

what would a successful outcome look

like okay so again it's pulled that out

I haven't even had to go to that place

in the video to be able to find that

it's all done it for me

automatically okay so I had mentioned a

web address so I'm going to say are

there any useful websites

mentioned uh in here so okay so are

there any useful websites mentioned uh

searching for the

information ah now I can already see

what's going to happen here now you can

see here it says searching for useful

websites mentioned in the document and I

can tell that what it's doing yes it is

uh it's now looking on the web so you

can see here it's got adoption site it's

telling me about it but you can see here

that it's put lifewire.com uh it's got

the Purdue uh online writing lab as as

well uh so you can see that what it's

actually done here is it's gone off onto

the internet for that so it's something

you really need to be just be be mindful

of because these aren't the uh aren't

the links that I gave in the video so

you need to just be really careful of

that um and that's why you get these

that's why you get these citations and

these references so you know um what is

uh what is true and what isn't so I'm

going to change this and say in this

video does the presenter me mention

any

websites okay and now it's saying

searching your video for information so

you can see here um now it's searching

the right source and it says yes the

presenter mentions one website in the

video adoption. microsoft.com copilot

and it's given me the timestamp there as

well so really really easy to get us uh

start using that straight away um

especially for those much longer videos

um obviously don't use them on any of my

videos uh because I need to have as much

of the uh as much watch time as possible

um but honestly you can do this on any

video as long as it's got a transcript

turned on then you can use this so it's

a really great way to be able to cut

through and find the content that you

want um especially if that video hasn't

put like chapters in and things like

this um so just while we're talking

about videos please remember to like

share and subscribe to my uh Channel

hopefully you found this useful it is a

very short video uh because we're

talking about those horrible long videos

here so uh hopefully you find it useful

and I'll see you again on another

[Music]

video