Summarize a YouTube video from the current page's YouTube video
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How does this automation work?
Bardeen's automation creates a summary of a YouTube video that you're currently watching. This can be particularly useful if you're looking for a quick overview of a long video, or if you're conducting research and need concise summaries of various video content. Here is how this automation works:
- Get Current Page URL: This first step involves obtaining the URL of the page you're currently on. This is essential to identify the YouTube video that needs to be summarized.
- Find Values Using Regular Expression: Using a regular expression, this step extracts the specific video ID from the URL obtained in the previous step.
- Merge Text: The video ID is then combined with the base URL of the YouTube transcript service. This forms the URL for the transcript of the video.
- Find All Links in Text: All the links in the text obtained from the previous step are extracted. This includes the link to the YouTube transcript.
- Scrape Data in the Background: Using the Scraper, the transcript of the YouTube video is scraped in the background. The transcript is then ready to be summarized.
- Merge Text: The scraped transcript is prepared for summarization. This involves combining the transcript with an instruction for the AI to summarize the video script.
- Get Summary of a Text by OpenAI: The final step involves using OpenAI's GPT-3 model to generate a summary of the video transcript. The result is a succinct summary of the YouTube video.
How to run the playbook
Is watching YouTube on 2X speed still not fast enough for you? If you're a busy professional who needs to stay on top of the latest industry trends, or a student trying to cram for an exam, this automation has got you covered!
Using OpenAI, this automation will automatically summarize the currently opened YouTube video, saving you valuable time and effort. No more frantically taking notes or re-watching videos to make sure you didn't miss anything important.
This automation can help you gather information from lengthy or complex videos, save time by avoiding the need to watch and take notes on multiple videos, and quickly find key information from past videos.
It can also help you stay up-to-date with industry news and trends, conduct research for academic or professional purposes, or simply improve personal productivity and efficiency. So why not give it a try and see how much time and hassle it can save you?
Let’s set it up!
Step 1: Install the extension and run the playbook
Click the “Pin it” button at the top of this page to get this automation saved to your Playbooks. If it’s your first time using Bardeen, you will be redirected to install the extension.
You'll get an error when you "Try it" on this page, because the playbook is designed to run on the YouTube page.
Step 2: Start automating!
Whenever you want to get a summary from the currently opened YouTube video.
Activate Bardeen (press Option + B on Mac or Alt + B on a Window machine on your keyboard to launch Bardeen) and run this playbook.
It will create an AI-generated summary of the currently opened YouTube video.
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Try editing the playbook and adding your next action to further customize the automation.
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FAQs
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