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YouTube Video

Summarize any YouTube video using its transcript.

How to Use

See Your First Video Summary for a step-by-step walkthrough.

YouTube Button

A quick-access button appears directly on the YouTube video page. It shows the current state:

StateAppearanceMeaning
ActiveBright, clickableTranscript available, ready to summarize
DisabledDimmed (40% opacity)No transcript available
Disabled (Live)Dimmed (40% opacity)Live stream, no transcript

Supported Content

Content TypeSupported
Regular videosYes (with captions)
YouTube ShortsYes (with captions)
Live streamsNo
Videos without captionsNo
note

Some videos have auto-generated captions that may take a moment to load. The extension retries detection several times before marking a video as having no transcript.

Disabling the Button

  1. Open the extension popup
  2. Go to Settings
  3. Toggle off "Show YouTube summarize button"

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