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Chrome extension
ChatGPT Summarize
Summarises web pages, PDFs and YouTube videos and lets you ask follow-up questions about them using ChatGPT, DeepSeek or Claude.
Check who publishes it and what it asks to access on its Chrome Web Store page before you install it.
What it does
ChatGPT Summarize condenses web pages, PDFs and YouTube video transcripts in Chrome and lets you ask follow-up questions about them. It is for readers and researchers who want a quick overview of content using ChatGPT, DeepSeek or Claude without leaving the tab.
Key features
- Summarizes any website or YouTube video transcript
- Lets you chat with a page or PDF to ask questions about its content
- Choose between different model versions for summaries
- Templates for tailored summaries, such as academic, scientific or journalistic
- Supports the official OpenAI API, with markdown output and a dark mode
Use cases
- Getting the gist of a long article before deciding to read it
- Asking targeted questions about a PDF report
- Reviewing a YouTube lecture through its transcript summary
Getting started
Open the page, PDF or YouTube video you want to cover and run the extension to generate a summary. Then ask follow-up questions in the chat.
Good to know
Page text and transcripts are sent to the chosen AI service to create summaries. The developer mentions OpenAI API support, so some setups may involve your own API access.
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