YouTube to Notes
Turn a lecture, tutorial or talk into clear study notes, with a timestamp on every section.
Works with watch links, youtu.be links, Shorts, live replays and bare 11-character video IDs.
Paste a link, then pick the tool on the transcript page. Sign in to run it: 1 credit per run, and new accounts get free credits.
What you get
0:04 Recognizing handwritten digits - Your brain reads a sloppy 28x28 pixel image of a 3 without effort. - Writing a program to do the same is surprisingly hard. 1:07 What a neural network is - Each neuron holds a number between 0 and 1, called its activation. - The input layer has 784 neurons, one per pixel; the output layer has 10, one per digit. - Two hidden layers of 16 neurons sit in between. Key terms - weight: a number that scales the link between neurons in neighbouring layers - bias: a number added to the weighted sum before the activation function
How it works
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Paste the video link
We fetch the full transcript from the video's captions.
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Generate notes
AI splits the video into topics and writes the key points of each, plus the key terms.
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Study or save
Copy the notes into Notion, Obsidian or any notes app. Each section starts with its time in the video.
Why notes beat rewatching
Read, don't rewatch
Notes from an 18-minute lecture come to about 650 words, a few minutes of reading.
Jump back to any topic
Every section starts with its timestamp, so you can open the video at the part you need.
Only what the video says
Notes come from the transcript, with the names, numbers and steps the speaker gives. Nothing is added.
Key terms included
Terms the video defines are listed at the end, with what they mean in that video.
Questions
How are notes different from a summary?
A summary is a short overview of the whole video. Notes follow the video topic by topic, keep the details under each one and give each topic its timestamp, so they work as a study sheet.
Can I paste the notes into Notion or Obsidian?
Yes. The notes are plain text with "- " bullet points, which Notion and Obsidian show as a bulleted list when you paste them.
Which videos work best?
Lectures, tutorials, explainers, podcasts and talks with clear speech. The video needs captions, including auto-generated ones.
How much does it cost?
Getting the transcript is free. Generating notes needs an account and costs 1 credit per run; new accounts get free credits to try it.
Does it work in other languages?
Yes. The notes are written in the same language as the video's transcript.