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AI-generated summary
You’re like me: you often stumble across a 25-minute YouTube video with a clickbait title and wonder whether it’s even worth clicking. Well, I’ve got good news: I found a magic extension that does the work for you. Its name? QuickTube. 🚀
[EDIT 22/05/2025] this extension no longer works! but here’s a new method: Quicktube: it’s broken 😭!
A Simple, Effective, and Smart Extension ✅
QuickTube installs in seconds on Chrome only (sorry Firefox and Safari… 😅), and plugs right in just below YouTube videos. Once installed, it lets you summarize the video in one click. Even better, you can choose the AI engine used to generate the summary. ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini… take your pick. 🤓
👉 Install the QuickTube extension on the Chrome Web Store
How Does It Work? 🧠
Once the video loads, QuickTube automatically analyzes its transcript (when one’s available) and generates a clear, concise, and often very accurate summary. No need to waste 20 minutes listening to someone rambling: in under 30 seconds, you’ve got the essentials right in front of you. 🕒
Bonus: you can even ask the AI a custom question. For example: “What are the advantages of this product compared to the previous model?” — and boom, the answer appears based on the video’s content. Mind-blowing. 😲
And if the transcript isn’t available — which is increasingly rare — you can use tools like MacWhisper (available here ) or WhisperTranscribe (see the official site ) to generate a local transcript you can work with. These tools, based on OpenAI’s Whisper model, quickly produce accurate text from a simple URL or a downloaded audio file. 🎧
Why I Adopted It 💡
Personally, I use it every day. QuickTube saves me precious time. ⏱️
And for those who, like me, sometimes struggle with the accent of an overly enthusiastic American reviewer, the written summary is often easier to digest than a free-wheeling video ramble — and in French, to boot. 🇫🇷
Verdict 🏁
QuickTube is the kind of extension you install “just to see” and then forget about… until the day you come across a 45-minute video on “the best Android smartphone of 2025” and think: “wait, let me read the summary first.” And then you thank yourself. 🙏
Definitely worth trying. 😉
