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Video Summarizer
Video Summarizer workspace with video timeline, transcript, and AI briefing panels

YouTube transcripts, summaries, and next steps

AI Video Intelligence.

Turn long-form videos into source-grounded transcripts, sharp summaries, action items, and reusable briefings before the meeting, class, or research sprint moves on.

Services.

A focused toolkit for people who need the signal from video without rewatching every minute.

Transcript Capture

Retrieve readable transcript text from supported YouTube videos and keep the source close to every summary.

AI Briefings

Generate concise summaries shaped for study notes, executive updates, tutorial digests, or research scans.

Action Items

Pull decisions, tasks, risks, and follow-ups into a format that is easy to review after the video ends.

Template Library

Choose the tone and structure of each result so the same transcript can support different jobs.

Workflow

From link to briefing.

Paste a YouTube URL, select the language and template, then let the API prepare the transcript for summaries that stay tied to the original source.

1

Submit the video. Capture the URL and desired transcript language.

2

Resolve the transcript. Normalize the video id and return controlled failure states when unavailable.

3

Shape the result. Feed summary templates and history views when the larger product workflow connects.

POST /api/transcripts
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "youTubeUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=...",
  "language": "en"
}

Response

Transcript text

Failure mode

Controlled JSON

Languages

EN + Chinese

Examples.

Different videos need different summaries. The same transcript can become a study guide, product memo, or decision log.

Build with the API

Learning

Lecture notes in minutes

Distill a long lecture into definitions, examples, and review questions before the next class.

Research

Scan interviews faster

Extract claims, timestamps to revisit, and open questions from industry talks and creator deep dives.

Teams

Shareable video briefs

Turn demos, webinars, and recorded updates into concise notes your team can act on.

About the project

Built for the moment after someone says, "send me the recording."

Video Summarizer is designed around a practical workflow: capture the transcript, keep the original language visible, and generate output that can be reviewed later from a dashboard or consumed through API integrations.

"A good video summary should feel like the sharpest person in the room already watched it and left clean notes."
Product principle for Video Summarizer

Contact / API

Start with the transcript endpoint.

The current API v2 surface focuses on transcript lookup. Use it as the first building block for summaries, task history, and template-driven outputs.

Endpoint snapshot

Route
POST /api/transcripts
Required fields
YouTube URL and language code
Output
Success flag, video id, language, transcript text, and controlled error details
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