How To Summarize Any Youtube Video In Seconds (With Transcript) Using AI - ONE CLICK!

Summary

This video tutorial demonstrates how to extract a summary and transcript from any YouTube video using the 'glasp' Chrome extension. It guides viewers through the process of installing the app, obtaining a video summary, and utilizing it for educational or personal content. The video emphasizes the effectiveness of the tool for shorter videos and offers a step-by-step approach to generating a concise summary through chat GPT, ensuring users can quickly grasp the key points of lengthy content.

Takeaways

• 😀 Install the Chrome app 'glasp' to get transcripts and summaries from YouTube videos.
• 🔍 Ensure the glasp extension is enabled and pinned in your Chrome browser for easy access.
• 🎬 Choose a YouTube video you want to summarize, noting that shorter videos typically yield better summaries.
• 📋 Click on the 'transcript and summary' option in the glasp extension to initiate the process.
• 📘 Use the 'view AI summary' option to open the summary in a new tab, or copy the transcript for plain text.
• 🤖 Send the transcript to Chat GPT to generate a summary, which will be displayed automatically.
• 📝 If the initial summary isn't satisfactory, you can request a rewrite or specify a longer summary for more detail.
• 📚 The process is useful for quickly obtaining highlights from educational or informational videos without having to watch them in full.
• 👨‍🏫 This method can be particularly helpful for learning from lengthy content when time is limited.
• 💡 Remember that the effectiveness of the summary can depend on the length and complexity of the original video content.

Q & A

What is the main purpose of the video?

The main purpose of the video is to demonstrate how to obtain a summary and transcript from any YouTube video using an app called Glasp and then generate a summary with Chat GPT.

Where can I find the Glasp app?

The Glasp app can be found in the Chrome store, and a link to it will be provided in the video description.

What should I do if I don't see the Glasp extension on YouTube?

If you don't see the Glasp extension, click on the extensions button (the jigsaw icon) and ensure that Glasp is pinned and enabled.

How does the video suggest to get a transcript from a YouTube video?

After installing Glasp, you can click on the 'transcript and summary' option that appears at the top right of the YouTube video.

What are the three options provided by Glasp for a YouTube video?

Glasp provides three options: view AI summary, copy the transcript in plain text, and run it through Chat GPT to generate a summary.

Why are shorter video summaries generally better according to the video?

Shorter video summaries are generally better because it is difficult to condense a long video, such as a two-hour podcast, into a brief summary.

What is the video about that the presenter is using as an example?

The example video is about a new text-to-video app called 'decoherence'.

How can you copy the URL of a YouTube video for later use?

You can copy the URL by clicking on the 'share' button and then copying the link.

What should you do if the initial AI summary is not satisfactory?

If the initial AI summary is not satisfactory, you can rewrite the prompt and ask Chat GPT to redo it for a longer and more detailed summary.

How does the video suggest using Chat GPT for generating a summary?

After clicking the 'transcript and summary' button in Glasp, select the 'view AI summary' option, and it will open in a new tab in Chat GPT, generating the summary.

What is the name of the feature in Glasp that allows you to get a summary and transcript from YouTube videos?

The feature is called 'Social Web highlight and YouTube summary'.

Outlines

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📚 How to Get a Summary and Transcript from YouTube Videos

This paragraph introduces a tutorial video on extracting summaries and transcripts from YouTube videos using an app called 'glasp' from the Chrome store. The video aims to show viewers how to quickly obtain highlights or summaries from videos, especially useful for educational content or lengthy podcasts. The speaker emphasizes that shorter videos tend to produce better summaries due to the difficulty of condensing lengthy content into a brief summary.

🛠️ Installing and Using Glasp for Video Summarization

The speaker provides a step-by-step guide on how to install the 'glasp' extension from the Chrome store and use it to get a summary and transcript from a YouTube video. They explain how to ensure the extension is enabled and visible in the browser, and then proceed to demonstrate the process of selecting a video, copying its URL, and using the 'glasp' extension to generate a summary. The extension offers options to view the AI-generated summary in a new tab or to copy the plain text transcript.

🔍 Generating and Customizing Video Summaries with Chat GPT

The paragraph details how to use the 'glasp' extension to send a video transcript to Chat GPT for summarization. The speaker clicks on the 'transcript and summary' option in the extension, selects the 'view AI summary' feature, and the transcript is automatically opened in Chat GPT for summarization. The process results in a summary generated by Chat GPT, which can be manually edited for improvements or extended for more detail if the initial summary is not satisfactory.

Keywords

💡AI video

AI video refers to a video that discusses or utilizes artificial intelligence technology. In the context of this video, it is about demonstrating a process involving AI to summarize YouTube videos. The script mentions 'AI video' as the theme of the content being discussed.

💡transcript

A transcript is a written version of the dialogue or content of a video or audio recording. The video's theme revolves around obtaining a transcript from a YouTube video, which is essential for creating a summary and understanding the content without watching the entire video.

💡summary

A summary is a condensed version of a longer text or video, highlighting the main points. The script's main message is about creating a summary of a YouTube video using AI, which is useful for quickly grasping the key information without consuming the full content.

💡glasp

Glasp is an app mentioned in the script that enables users to get transcripts and summaries from YouTube videos. It is integral to the video's demonstration, as it is the tool used to accomplish the task of summarizing videos with a single click.

💡Chrome store

The Chrome store is the online marketplace for Google Chrome extensions. In the script, it is where the Glasp app is found and installed, which is a key step in the process of obtaining video summaries.

💡Social Web

The term 'Social Web' in the script refers to the interactive and community-driven aspect of the internet, where Glasp operates by allowing users to highlight and summarize content from YouTube, contributing to the social nature of web content consumption.

💡YouTube

YouTube is a video-sharing platform where users upload, share, and view videos. The script discusses using Glasp to summarize content from YouTube videos, emphasizing the platform as a source for the videos to be summarized.

💡text to video

Text to video refers to the process of converting written text into a video format, often automated. In the script, a video about a 'text to video' app called 'decoherence' is used as an example to demonstrate the summarization process.

💡decoherence

Decoherence is mentioned as a new app in the script that presumably converts text into video content. It serves as the specific example of a video that the presenter wants to summarize using Glasp and AI.

💡chat GPT

Chat GPT is an AI chatbot that can generate human-like text based on prompts. In the video, it is used to process the transcript from Glasp and create a summary of the YouTube video content.

💡extension

An extension in the context of the script refers to a browser extension, such as Glasp, which adds functionality to a web browser. The video instructs viewers on how to enable and use the Glasp extension for summarizing YouTube videos.

Highlights

Introduction to a method for obtaining a summary and transcript from any YouTube video.

The use of an app from the Chrome store called 'glasp' for this purpose.

Instructions on how to install and enable the 'glasp' extension.

Demonstration of using 'glasp' to get a transcript and summary from a YouTube video.

Mention that shorter videos generally yield better summaries.

Explanation of the process to select a video for summary generation.

How to copy the video URL for use with the 'glasp' extension.

Accessing the 'glasp' extension to generate a transcript and summary.

Options provided by 'glasp' for viewing an AI summary or getting a plain text transcript.

Using 'glasp' to send the transcript to Chat GPT for summary generation.

Observation that the summary may need to be rewritten for better quality.

The process of obtaining a longer and more detailed summary if needed.

Final thoughts on the utility of 'glasp' for video summarization.

Transcripts

Hello everybody welcome back to another

AI video in this one I'm going to show

you how to get a summary and a

transcript from any YouTube video you'd

like so get the transcript and then how

to send it into chat GPT to make a

summary all with one click it's pretty

wild and you can again use this for

either your own videos or maybe there's

uh educational videos that you want to

learn from and you don't have time to

listen to like two hours of talking you

want the highlights easy to do all you

need to do is install an app from the

Chrome store called glasp I'll put a

link in the description below for those

of you that want to follow along and

then once you've got it you're gonna see

here I'm just going to close this off so

I'll put the link in the description

you'll see right here at the top right

there's something called glasp a Social

Web highlight and YouTube summary if you

do not see this click on this extensions

button here this little jigsaw and make

sure that the glass is pinned and if you

don't see it here click on manage

extensions like I just did there and

then make sure that the toggle is on so

that it is up and running okay let's

close this now let's go back to YouTube

and let's walk through it the next step

is to pick the video that you want to

get a summary for I'll State up front

here that summaries for shorter videos

are generally a little better because

it's hard to sometimes put a thousand

you know put 500 words for a two hour

long podcast so just keep that in mind

uh shorter videos tend to do better but

yeah it works for everything so in this

case I've got a video I've got one here

about a text to video uh a new app that

came out so I'm going to click on it

right here hello everyone welcome back

to another and this is all it is and it

talks about this new app called

decoherence I'm going to now click on

share and I'm just going to copy this so

I'm just got the you know got the URL

just in case but now you just head up

here to the top right and then click on

right here transcript and summary you

see that it's got glass transcript and

summary you get three options the one

that I like to use is this one here view

AI summary this opens it in a new tab

however if you just want the transcript

in plain text click this button and

it'll copy it but for us we want to run

it through chat GPT so I'm just going to

click that button and then see if I

can't load it I got to reload it

actually because I turned it on and off

so let me do that here I turn the app on

so click transcript and summary click on

this button here and bang it opens up

inside chat GPT and then here you go

you'll see here here's the summary it

just copy and pasted it in and then

here's the video summary prompt and now

it's just writing it for me so that's

all there is to it keep in mind if the

summary isn't good I like to do this

sometimes rewrite but longer just type

that in and it will redo it if you want

a longer summary and a little bit more

detailed that's all there is to it

that's all there is to Glass thanks for

watching