AI YouTube Video Summarizer

Abstract

This project was developed to help students save time when studying from YouTube videos. Many students, including ourselves, often have limited time to prepare for exams, and watching long videos in full is not always realistic. This motivated us to design a system that makes it quicker and easier to capture the key points of a video. The website we built extracts the transcript from a YouTube video and transforms it into concise, well-structured notes. Users can also search for a specific word and jump directly to the exact moment it appears, instead of manually navigating through the entire video. In addition, the system offers a feature to compare two videos, highlighting both similarities and differences. This is particularly helpful when multiple videos cover the same subject. To achieve these functions, we relied on artificial intelligence (AI) techniques. By combining Python with AI-based transcript processing, the system automatically generates summaries, enables word-level search, and supports video comparisons. Through this integration of AI, our project empowers students and other users to study more efficiently without the need to watch every minute of a video.