Summarized YouTube Chapters is a Chrome extension that utilizes artificial intelligence to summarize chapters in YouTube videos. Users can export these summaries as a single file, allowing for easier digestion of lectures and podcasts.The extension offers several features to enhance the learning experience. Users can customize the prompt template to suit their learning style and easily navigate to specific chapters by clicking on their titles. There is also an option to increase the minimum duration in order to hide shorter chapters.If available, the extension displays the YouTube chapter titles below the video timeline. Summaries are generated by the extension’s AI component, LLM, using the transcript of each chapter. The AI samples the transcript equally to create the summary, even if the chapter is lengthy.Individual chapter summaries can be downloaded as .md files, or users can export all video chapter summaries into a single markdown file. Download options include saving to a computer, a Google Drive folder, or a Notion database page.Users can obtain an overall summary of the video by sampling in equal parts, per chapter, from the start or end of the video.The extension currently employs the ChatGPT free tier for its AI model, which may be subject to rate-limiting and has a maximum context window length.It is worth noting that the extension does not collect user data, according to the developer’s privacy policy.
