Chrome extension

Glasp YouTube Summary

Shows the transcript of a YouTube video and creates a summary with ChatGPT, Claude or other models from a box beside the player.

What it does

YouTube Summary by Glasp places a box beside YouTube videos that shows the transcript and can generate an AI summary. It is aimed at viewers who want the main points of a video quickly and also gives quick access to ChatGPT from the toolbar.

Key features

  • Shows a box on YouTube video pages with the video transcript
  • Generates a summary when you click View AI Summary
  • Lets you choose between several AI models for the summary
  • Opens ChatGPT from the Chrome toolbar for quick questions

Use cases

  • Skimming a tutorial transcript to find a specific step
  • Deciding whether a long video is worth watching
  • Turning a lecture into notes you can review later

Getting started

Open a YouTube video and use the box at the top right of the page to view the transcript, then click View AI Summary.

Good to know

Transcripts are only available when the video has captions. Summaries are generated by third-party AI services.