Video summary with timestamps
Paste a link or drop a recording and get the key points of the video, each quoted from what was actually said with a time you can click, plus a short TL;DR. It works in every browser; in desktop Chrome you can also have the points rewritten by Chrome's on-device AI.
Runs on your device. The speech model (OpenAI Whisper) downloads once, then works offline.
Transcript only. Add the video file to preview captions and export clips. It stays on your device.
Caption style and frame
Safe areas are approximate.
Clip none
Click the first line, Shift-click (or long-press) the last.
Exports at the frame and caption style above. No watermark.
Batch delivery 0 Pro
Many captioned clips, SRTs and a manifest in one zip. Open to everyone during early access.
Client style presets
Check and fix 0
Shift timing
Two-point sync
For drift: when should an early and a late line appear?
YouTube chapters –
Breaks at pauses; rewrite the titles, then copy.
Summary –
Translate subtitles –
Runs on your device with Chrome's built-in translator.
Download
Notes are the full transcript; the summary panel above gives the short version.
Project = transcript, edits and settings, to pick up later.
How to use it
- Load the transcriptPaste a YouTube, TikTok or Instagram link, drop a recording, or open subtitles.
- Press SummarizeChoose how many key points, or leave it on Auto (about one every two minutes).
- Jump to any pointEach point has the time it was said; click it to jump there once the video is added.
- Copy or save itCopy the summary, or download Markdown with links to each moment.
What you can download here
- Key points with timestampsquoted from the transcript, in the order they were said
- TL;DRthe two most central sentences
- Markdownsummary, key points with timestamp links and keywords, for notes apps
- Chrome AI rewrite (desktop Chrome)fluent bullets written by Chrome's on-device model, clearly labelled
Good to know
Summaries made by AI services can state things the speaker never said. The key points here are sentences from the transcript itself, so every one can be checked by clicking its time. The optional Chrome rewrite reads better but can paraphrase; compare it with the quotes.
Long lectures and podcasts summarize best when the transcript has punctuation: creator captions and on-device transcription have it; very old YouTube automatic captions often don't, so the points may be cut at about 30 words.
Cuescribe for Chrome
Get the transcript while you watch: a side panel on every YouTube and TikTok video, click a line to jump there, copy or download it. It also makes YouTube links here faster.
Get the extensionPro in the extension
Whole YouTube playlists to text in one go (up to 200 videos, zipped), an unlimited transcript library with full-text search, and Markdown or JSON export.
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Questions
How does it choose the key points?
It ranks every sentence by how much it shares with the rest of the talk (an algorithm called TextRank), then takes the best sentence from each part of the video so the summary covers the whole thing. Because the points are quoted, it can't invent anything the speaker didn't say.
Is there a limit on summaries?
No. The summary is computed in your browser, so there is no daily or monthly cap and no account.
Can I summarize a video without captions?
Yes: drop the video file and it is transcribed on your device first, then summarized.
Does it work for meetings and lectures?
Yes, for any recording: drop the file, or open its subtitles. Long recordings get up to ten key points spread over the whole length.