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Writer's pictureAmar Harolikar

How to summarize & analyze YouTube videos with AI: Two FREE and EASY options

Updated: Oct 24

Are there YouTube videos where you need highlights or a detailed written report... or maybe both? For instance, earnings calls, tutorials, documentaries, or lectures?





Here are 2 free and easy options:

1๏ธโƒฃ ๐—š๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ ๐Ÿญ.๐Ÿฑ : ๐Ÿญ ๐— ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜…๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐˜„


Available atย aistudio.google.com. Generous free tier.


Just download an MP4 version of the YouTube video and upload it to Gemini.ย 


Share your instructions/prompts. (Sharing some sample prompts in comments.) Modify as per requirement.


It has a 1 Million token limit.


For instance, Google (Alphabet) 2023 10K filing of 97 pages is around 80K tokens... Larsen & Tubro's 700-page Annual Report for FY23 is ~600K tokens.


A million tokens will accommodate a one-hour video.


๐Ÿ‘‰ ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜”๐˜—4 ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ข ๐˜ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜›๐˜ถ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฐ?


Many public websites have download tools, or you can use the YouTube Downloader tool on my website atย tigzig.com.


2๏ธโƒฃย  ๐—š๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜„ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐˜ & ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—”๐—œ

Get transcript and upload it to an AI Chatbot with a large enough context window.ย 


Check out Claude (claude.ai), Mistral AI (chat.mistral.ai), and Google Gemini Pro 1.5. All of them have a large context window and a generous free tier.


๐Ÿ‘‰ ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต transcript of ๐˜ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜›๐˜ถ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฐ?

Directly from YouTube / third party sites / Transcript Extractor Tool on my website. These only work if transcript enabled for YouTube video....which is usually the case.


๐Ÿ‘‰ ๐˜ž๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ต ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ?

Create one using a Speech-to-Text Tool. Many websites would have it. Or use the one on my website.

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