VideoBrief — YouTube AI Summary & Searchable Transcript

YouTube AI summary and transcript tool. Search video transcripts, get key takeaways, chapters, action items, and AI chat.

VideoBrief — YouTube AI Summary & Searchable Transcript Turn YouTube videos with captions into timestamped transcripts, AI summaries, key takeaways, chapters, and action items. Search a YouTube video transcript by keyword and jump directly to the exact moment you need. Wondering how to summarize a video without watching it from beginning to end? Open the video on YouTube, click VideoBrief, and get a structured overview based on the actual transcript. What you can do with VideoBrief: • Get a full YouTube transcript with timestamps • Search video transcripts for words, topics, tools, names, and phrases • Generate a concise YouTube AI summary • Jump from a transcript segment to the exact moment in the video • Extract key takeaways, chapters, and action items • Ask questions with AI chat grounded in the transcript • Copy or export results as Markdown • Share processed video insights with a public link • Follow topics and receive personalized video digests • Subscribe to channels and receive summaries of new videos SEARCHABLE YOUTUBE TRANSCRIPT Convert spoken video content into readable, timestamped text. Search the full transcript to find where a speaker mentions a specific topic, product, person, recommendation, or technical detail. Select a timestamp to return to the original context without scrubbing through the entire video. YOUTUBE AI SUMMARY Understand the main ideas before deciding whether a video deserves your time. VideoBrief generates an AI summary from the transcript, helping you review tutorials, interviews, podcasts, lectures, webinars, and conference talks faster. STRUCTURED VIDEO INSIGHTS Go beyond a basic summary with: • Key takeaways • Chapter breakdown • Action items • Important recommendations • Tools and products mentioned • Decisions, risks, and next steps AI CHAT GROUNDED IN THE TRANSCRIPT Ask questions about the video and receive answers based on what was actually said. Request a simplified explanation, comparison, checklist, meeting notes, technical brief, or step-by-step guide. PERSONALIZED TOPIC FEED VideoBrief learns from the videos you process and can suggest professional topics to follow. Receive AI digests of relevant new videos without manually searching YouTube or monitoring dozens of channels. CHANNEL SUMMARY NOTIFICATIONS Subscribe to selected YouTube channels from the extension. When a new video is published, VideoBrief can process it and deliver a summary notification. YOUTUBE VIDEO TO TEXT Use VideoBrief as a YouTube video-to-text tool when you need readable source material instead of another playback. The timestamped transcript preserves the order of the discussion and makes spoken content easier to scan, quote, copy, and organize. A video transcript with timestamps is useful for documentation, research, content review, and meeting preparation. Copy the text you need or export the transcript and generated results as Markdown for Notion, Obsidian, GitHub, and other knowledge tools. HOW TO SUMMARIZE A YOUTUBE VIDEO Open a captioned video and let the AI video summarizer analyze its transcript. Start with the short summary, review the key takeaways, then use chapters and action items to understand the structure and practical conclusions. This workflow helps you summarize a YouTube video, podcast, interview, lecture, tutorial, webinar, product demo, or conference talk without relying on the title and description alone. VIDEO NOTES FOR WORK, RESEARCH, AND STUDY Turn video content into notes that match your purpose: • Developers can extract commands, tools, architecture decisions, and technical risks • Product teams can capture customer problems, feature ideas, decisions, and next steps • Researchers can locate claims, examples, names, and supporting arguments • Students can create lecture notes, study notes, chapter outlines, and revision material • Marketers can identify messages, examples, recommendations, and content ideas • Consultants can prepare a concise video brief for clients and colleagues Instead of rewatching a long recording, search the YouTube transcript for the exact detail and verify it at the linked timestamp. MORE THAN A YOUTUBE SUMMARY EXTENSION Many video summarizer tools return one paragraph and hide the source. VideoBrief keeps the full transcript available alongside the YouTube AI summary, structured outputs, and transcript-based chat. You can move from overview to evidence without leaving the video page. Use the public sharing option to send a video brief to teammates. Recipients can review the available summary, takeaways, chapters, and action items through one link. Use Markdown export when the result belongs in documentation or a personal knowledge base. WHO VIDEOBRIEF IS FOR VideoBrief is designed for software engineers, product managers, founders, marketers, consultants, researchers, students, and professionals who use YouTube as a source of knowledge. Use it to: • Review long technical videos • Research products and markets • Extract information from interviews • Turn tutorials into practical steps • Prepare notes from lectures • Find statements inside webinars • Share concise video briefs with a team HOW IT WORKS 1. Open a YouTube video with captions. 2. Click the VideoBrief button. 3. Get the transcript, AI summary, key takeaways, chapters, and action items. 4. Search the transcript, open timestamps, or ask follow-up questions in AI chat. 5. Copy, export, or share the results. FREE TO GET STARTED VideoBrief is free to install and use. You can start without creating an account. Usage limits apply, and signing in provides higher limits and access to additional features. PRIVACY VideoBrief processes video transcripts and generated content only to provide the features you request. Data handling is described in the VideoBrief Privacy Policy. VideoBrief is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Google LLC. YouTube is a trademark of Google LLC.