What every summary contains
| Part | What it is | Good for |
|---|---|---|
| TL;DR | The whole video in two or three sentences | Deciding whether to watch |
| Key points | Five to eight bullets with the claims, numbers and advice that matter | Notes, briefs, revision |
| Chapters | Titled sections with start times; click to jump, or copy in YouTube's chapter format | Navigating long videos; chapters for your own uploads |
| Full transcript | Right under the summary, timestamped | Checking any point against what was said |
Which videos it can summarize
| Source | How | Free |
|---|---|---|
| YouTube video, Short, lecture or podcast | Paste the link | 3 summaries a day |
| TikTok | Paste the link | Same daily allowance |
| Your own MP4, MOV, MP3, Zoom or phone recording | Upload on Video to text, then Summarize | 120 upload min a month |
Long videos are summarized from the full transcript, not from the first few minutes — a three-hour podcast gets chapters all the way to the end.
How to summarize a video
- Paste a YouTube or TikTok link above (or upload a file on the Video to text page).
- Press Get transcript — the summary starts on its own on this page.
- Pick the output language if you want it in something other than English.
- Copy the TL;DR, the key points or the chapters, or download the full transcript.
Before and after: a 15-minute talk
The input is the transcript — about 2,200 words for Steve Jobs' Stanford commencement address. The output is what you read instead: a TL;DR, the key points and chapters. Here is the shape of it, chapter times taken from the real transcript:
| Before (transcript) | After (summary) |
|---|---|
| 2,200 words, 15 minutes, three stories with no headings | TL;DR: three stories — connecting the dots, love and loss, death — and one line of advice |
| Timestamps on every caption fragment | Chapters: 0:47 Three stories · 0:55 Connecting the dots · later chapters for love and loss and for death |
| Has to be read or watched in order | Key points you can paste into notes, each traceable to the transcript below |
Because the transcript sits under the summary, you can check every key point against the exact words — the summary never stands alone.
What it can and can't do
Can
- Summarize any public YouTube or TikTok video that has captions, of any length.
- Summarize your own uploaded recordings, with speaker labels in the transcript.
- Write the summary in 24 languages, whatever language the video is in.
- Give chapters you can paste straight into a YouTube description.
Can't
- See what is only on screen — slides, charts or on-screen text that nobody says out loud.
- Summarize a link that has no captions; upload the file instead.
- Replace watching when tone or visuals matter: it summarizes what was said.
Free vs. Pro
| Free | Pro ($12/month or $96/year) | |
|---|---|---|
| Summaries | 3 a day, no account | Unlimited |
| Transcripts from links | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Upload minutes | 120 a month | 1,500 a month |
| Longest upload | 120 min | 3 h |
Frequently asked questions
Is the AI video summarizer free?
Yes — 3 summaries a day with no account. Pro ($12/month) makes them unlimited.
Can it summarize TikTok videos?
Yes. Paste the TikTok link the same way as a YouTube link; transcribe it first if it has no captions.
Can it summarize my own video file?
Yes. Upload it on Video to text (MP3, M4A, WAV, AAC, OGG, OPUS, FLAC, WebM, MP4, MOV, MKV and M4V); when the transcript is ready, press Summarize.
How long can the video be?
Links have no length limit. Uploads are up to 2 hours per file on the free minutes and up to 3 hours with a pack or Pro.
Does it get chapters right?
Chapters are drawn from where the topic changes in the transcript and link to the exact second. Edit the titles freely before pasting them into YouTube.
What languages does it summarize in?
It reads videos in any language that has captions and writes the summary in any of 24 languages.