Understand YouTube Videos in Seconds

AI-powered summaries and Q&A for YouTube videos - without watching the entire content

GitHub Repo Install Guide
YouTube Transcript Summarizer - How it looks on a YouTube video with no summary
YouTube Transcript Summarizer - Normal summary
YouTube Transcript Summarizer - Extended summary
YouTube Transcript Summarizer - Asking questions about the video
YouTube Transcript Summarizer - Settings Page

Features

Quick Summaries

Get concise 3-5 sentence summaries of any YouTube video with captions

Detailed Analysis

Expand summaries for in-depth content breakdowns and key insights

Ask Questions

Query specific information about the video content with AI-powered answers

Theme Support

Automatically adapts to YouTube's light or dark mode preferences

How It Works

1

Visit Any YouTube Video

Navigate to a YouTube video with auto-generated captions

2

Click "Get Summary"

Find the button below the video and click to generate a summary

3

Read or Ask Questions

Review the concise summary or ask specific questions about the content

Installation Guide

1. Download the Extension

Clone or download the repository from GitHub

GitHub Repo

2. Install in Chrome

  1. Open Chrome and go to chrome://extensions
  2. Enable "Developer mode" using the toggle in the top-right
  3. Click "Load unpacked" and select the extension folder

3. Set Up Venice AI API Key

  1. Create an account at Venice AI
  2. Generate an API key in your account settings
  3. Click the extension icon in Chrome and select "Options"
  4. Paste your API key and save

Frequently Asked Questions

The extension works with any YouTube video that has auto-generated or manually added captions/transcripts. Videos without captions cannot be summarized.

Venice AI offers both free and paid tiers. The free tier doesn't include API access, but the paid tier does (which you NEED for this addon to work).

The extension extracts transcripts directly from YouTube's built-in transcript feature. It doesn't use any external services to get the transcript data.

Yes. The extension only stores your Venice AI API key locally in your browser's secure storage. Video transcripts are only temporarily processed and sent to Venice AI for summarization - they are not stored permanently.