BrainyBrief: AI Reading & Research Assistant

AI summarizer for PDFs, YouTube, webpages and transcripts with citations, source analysis, citation mapping and reference manager.

BrainyBrief is an AI reading and research assistant for Chrome. It helps you turn long webpages, PDFs, YouTube videos, transcripts, articles, emails, and research sources into clear summaries, cited answers, organized notes, and export-ready references. Use BrainyBrief when you are reading academic papers, news articles, blog posts, reports, documentation, course material, or long webpages and want to understand the source faster while keeping track of citations, evidence, and saved research. Key features: ⚡ Summarize webpages in seconds 📄 Summarize PDFs with page-aware citations ▶️ Summarize YouTube videos using available captions and transcripts 🎧 Summarize transcripts from meetings, lectures, calls, podcasts, and interviews 💬 Ask BrainyBrief questions about the current page, PDF, video, transcript, or captured screen area 📸 Capture part of a webpage and ask AI to explain, translate, extract text, or answer questions 🌍 Translate summaries into multiple languages 🔎 View cited source snippets for key points 📍 Highlight citation sources on the original webpage when available ⏱️ Open PDF page references and YouTube timestamp references when available 🧠 Run Source Analysis to evaluate evidence, framing, tone, reliability, limitations, and claims to verify 🔬 Use Research Finder to discover related academic papers and sources 🗺️ Use Citation Mapping to explore cited-by papers, references, and related research around a seed paper 🗂️ Manage saved citations with Reference Manager, including collections, status, notes, and citation exports 📚 Save summaries, citations, papers, and recent work in your Library 📝 Export Notes in DOCX, TXT, Markdown, and PDF-ready HTML format 📖 Get Citation in APA, MLA, Chicago, Harvard, Vancouver, AMA, and IEEE 📤 Copy citations instantly or export as RIS, BibTeX, CSL JSON, or EndNote XML 💎 Use credit-based Lite, Plus, and Pro plans BrainyBrief V2.0 adds a more complete research workspace with Reference Manager, Citation Mapping, improved citation handling, better Library organization, cleaner exports, polished PDF/transcript workflows, and improved Source Analysis formatting. BrainyBrief only reads active content when you choose to summarize, ask, translate, capture, cite, map, or analyze a source. It does not continuously monitor your browsing.