AI summaries · free Chrome extension

Summarize any YouTube video with AI

VoxCue reads the whole video for you and gives back what matters: a short executive overview, the key takeaways as bullet points, and chapters you can click to jump to each part. Decide in a minute whether an hour-long video is worth your time — and if it is, go straight to the part you need.

Free account · free daily allowance · works in Chrome and Chromium browsers

How it works

  1. 1

    Add VoxCue to Chrome

    Free from the Chrome Web Store, with a free account.

  2. 2

    Open the video

    Click the VoxCue icon; the transcript loads in the side panel.

  3. 3

    Generate the summary

    One click turns the transcript into an overview, takeaways and chapters.

Executive overview

What the video is about and what it concludes, in a few sentences.

Key takeaways

The main points as a bullet list you can copy into your notes.

Clickable chapters

The video split into sections — click one to jump the player there.

Minutes, not hours

Get the substance of a long lecture, podcast or webinar before you commit to it.

A summary built from the transcript, not the title

Many “summaries” are guesses from a video’s title and description. VoxCue works from what is actually said: it first gets the full transcript — from YouTube’s captions, or by transcribing the audio when there are none — and only then writes the summary. If the speaker contradicts the title, the summary says what the speaker said.

Because the chapters come from the same timestamped transcript, every one of them is linked to the real moment in the video. The summary is a map, not a replacement: when a takeaway matters, one click takes you to the speaker saying it.

Copy the notes anywhere

The overview, takeaways and chapters copy to your clipboard as clean text, ready for Notion, Google Docs, an email or a study guide. Need the full text as well? Export the transcript as TXT, SRT, VTT or JSON.

Beyond YouTube

The same summary works on any video VoxCue can transcribe: Vimeo, Loom recordings, Coursera lectures, and most websites with a standard HTML5 video player. That makes it as useful for a recorded team meeting or a product demo as for a YouTube tutorial.

Who uses it

  • Students. Turn a recorded lecture into revision notes and a chapter list.
  • Professionals. Get the decisions and action points out of a webinar or recorded meeting.
  • Researchers. Screen dozens of talks quickly and keep only the ones worth watching in full.
  • Lifelong learners. Keep the key ideas from every podcast and tutorial you watch.

Frequently asked questions

Is the AI YouTube summarizer free?+

Yes. VoxCue is free to install with a free daily allowance. The Pro plan removes the limit and puts your transcriptions in a priority queue.

How long a video can it summarize?+

It summarizes whatever transcript it has, so long lectures and podcasts work as well as short clips. Longer videos simply take a little longer to process.

Does it work on videos in other languages?+

Yes. VoxCue detects the spoken language automatically, and its live subtitles can be translated into 20+ languages while you watch.

Can I jump to the part of the video a takeaway came from?+

Yes. The chapters are tied to timestamps in the transcript; clicking one moves the video to that point.

Do I need to upload the video?+

No. VoxCue works inside the page you are already watching. Nothing is downloaded or uploaded by you.

Know what a video says before you spend an hour on it.

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