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Video Transcript Summariser

Turn a long video or podcast transcript into a clear summary and key points, so you get the value without watching the whole thing.

Make it yours

Fill in the boxes and the prompt updates as you type. Then copy it and paste it into your AI tool of choice.

What the transcript is from

The full transcript text. Long is fine.

The angle you care about, so the summary stays relevant

Your prompt

Below is the transcript of a YouTube video / podcast episode / recorded webinar / lecture. Please summarise it for me.

[00:00] Welcome back everyone, today we're talking about...

Give me a short paragraph covering what it's about overall, then the key points as a
bulleted list in the order they came up. Pull out any practical advice, steps, or
recommendations separately so they're easy to act on. I'm mainly interested in
the main points and any practical takeaways. Skip the filler, small talk, and any adverts.

Tips

Most video sites let you open a transcript from a menu below the player, so you can copy the text without any special tools. If the transcript is very long, the AI might run out of room to hold it all at once, so paste it in two halves and ask for a combined summary at the end. You can always follow up with "tell me more about the part on X".

What a good result looks like

A short overview of what the content covers, the key points in order, and any practical advice or steps pulled out separately so they are easy to act on.

Works well with

ClaudeChatGPTGeminiCopilot

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How to summarise a long document with AI

Turn a long report, contract, or article into a clear summary you can actually use, in a few minutes. You will learn how to get the length and focus you want, and how to check the summary is faithful to the original.

Works with Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini

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