Audio & Video Summarizer

Get instant AI-powered summaries of your audio and video content-completely free. Upload meetings, lectures, podcasts, interviews, webinars, or any audio/video file and receive comprehensive summaries with key points, action items, and timestamps. Choose from brief overviews to detailed breakdowns, extract main topics, identify speakers, and save hours of review time with intelligent content analysis.

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Audio & Video Summarizer Features

AI-powered summarization with customizable length, format, timestamps, keyword extraction, and speaker identification. Transform hours of content into organized, actionable summaries in minutes.

Advanced artificial intelligence analyzes your audio and video content to extract key insights, main topics, and important statements automatically. The AI processes the full transcript, identifies significant information, and organizes it into coherent summaries.

Our summarization engine uses natural language processing (NLP) to understand context, recognize topic boundaries, identify important statements, and distinguish main points from supporting details. This ensures summaries capture what truly matters rather than random excerpts.

The AI adapts to different content types-meetings, lectures, podcasts, interviews, presentations-applying appropriate summarization strategies for each. Business meetings get action items and decisions; educational content gets key concepts and explanations; interviews get important Q&A exchanges.

Machine learning continuously improves accuracy by recognizing patterns in well-structured content, identifying speaker emphasis and importance indicators, understanding topic transitions, and prioritizing information based on relevance and repetition.

Best for:

  • Any audio/video content
  • Diverse content types
  • Automatic processing
  • Consistent quality

💡 Tip

For best AI results, ensure clear audio quality and organized content structure. Well-structured presentations summarize better than unstructured conversations.

Brief Summary (50-100 words): Ultra-concise overview capturing only the absolute main points. Perfect for quick gists, email updates, or when you need the essence in seconds. Ideal for deciding whether to watch full content or sharing quick takeaways.

Standard Summary (150-250 words, recommended): Balanced coverage with key topics, main takeaways, and important points. Best for most use cases-provides sufficient detail without overwhelming. Suitable for meeting notes, podcast show notes, and general documentation.

Detailed Summary (300-500 words): In-depth coverage including context, examples, supporting details, and nuanced points. Perfect for thorough reviews, study materials, comprehensive documentation, or when you need substantial detail without the full transcript.

Comprehensive Summary (500-1000 words): Full breakdown of all major points, subtopics, examples, and supporting information. Ideal for detailed analysis, creating expanded documentation, formal reports, or situations where you need near-complete information without listening to the entire recording.

Best for:

  • Different detail needs
  • Various use cases
  • Flexible documentation
  • Time management

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Start with Standard length for most content. Use Brief for quick reviews, Detailed for important content, Comprehensive for critical documentation.

Bullet Points Format: Hierarchical list structure with clear organization, easy scanning, and visual clarity. Main topics as primary bullets, subtopics and details as sub-bullets, action items clearly highlighted. Perfect for presentations, quick reference guides, meeting notes, and any situation requiring fast information retrieval.

Paragraph Format: Flowing narrative text that reads naturally like an article or report. Ideas connected logically with transitions, context provided for better understanding, professional prose suitable for sharing. Ideal for blog posts, articles, formal documentation, show notes, and content requiring smooth readability.

Executive Brief Format: Professional business format combining structure with concise language. Organized sections (Overview, Key Points, Action Items, Conclusions), formal tone appropriate for stakeholders, emphasis on business-relevant information. Perfect for board reports, stakeholder updates, formal communications, and professional business documentation.

Best for:

  • Different audiences
  • Various purposes
  • Professional presentation
  • Specific workflows

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Choose format based on usage: Bullet Points for internal reference, Paragraph for public content, Executive Brief for business reports.

Timestamps mark specific moments where key points occur in your audio/video: "5:23 - Q3 Revenue Discussion", "12:45 - Neural Networks Introduction", "28:10 - Action Item: Follow up with clients". Each important topic, statement, or transition gets a timestamp reference.

Benefits: Quickly locate specific information in the original recording without searching or scrubbing. Jump directly to relevant sections. Perfect for reviewing specific topics, fact-checking statements, creating video chapters, citing sources, or navigating long recordings efficiently.

Timestamps are especially valuable for: meetings (finding decisions and action items), lectures (locating specific concepts), interviews (finding particular answers), webinars (jumping to relevant topics), and any content over 10 minutes where navigation matters.

The timestamp feature links your summary to the source material, making it easy to verify information, provide references, share specific moments with others, and use the summary as a navigation tool for the full recording.

Best for:

  • Long content
  • Reference materials
  • Fact verification
  • Content navigation

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Always enable timestamps for content over 10 minutes. They transform your summary into a navigation tool for the original recording.

Automatic identification of main themes, important terms, and recurring subjects discussed throughout your content. The AI analyzes the full transcript to extract: key topics covered, important technical terms, frequently mentioned concepts, main themes and subject areas, and relevant vocabulary.

Keyword extraction provides: Instant overview of content focus without reading the full summary. Topic categorization and tagging for organization. SEO-optimized terms for web content. Quick identification of relevant content. Subject matter classification.

Perfect for: Content creators needing SEO keywords and topics for blog optimization. Researchers organizing and categorizing interview data. Students identifying main subjects in lectures. Content managers tagging and organizing media libraries. Anyone needing quick content overview.

Keywords appear as a separate section in your summary, typically showing 10-20 most relevant terms and phrases extracted from the content, ranked by importance and frequency.

Best for:

  • Content organization
  • SEO optimization
  • Quick overview
  • Research categorization

💡 Tip

Use keyword extraction for organizing content libraries, SEO planning, and quick content relevance assessment.

Automatic detection and labeling of different speakers in multi-person recordings. The AI distinguishes voices based on vocal characteristics (pitch, tone, speaking patterns) and attributes statements to specific speakers: "Speaker 1: [comment]", "Speaker 2: [response]".

Essential for: Multi-person meetings (identifying who contributed what), interviews (distinguishing interviewer from interviewee), panel discussions (tracking individual speakers), podcasts with multiple hosts, group conversations, and any content where attribution matters.

The system labels speakers numerically (Speaker 1, Speaker 2, etc.) throughout the summary, maintaining consistency. While speakers are not identified by name automatically, the numerical system makes it easy to manually assign names after reviewing who spoke first, second, etc.

Speaker identification helps: Attribute ideas and statements correctly. Track individual contributions in meetings. Organize interview responses by participant. Create accurate meeting minutes. Understand conversation flow and dynamics.

Best for:

  • Meetings
  • Interviews
  • Panel discussions
  • Multi-host content

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Enable speaker identification for any multi-person content. Note the first speaker for easy name assignment (Speaker 1 = [person who spoke first]).

Specialized meeting support: Automatically extracts key discussion points, identifies important decisions made, highlights action items and next steps, captures questions and answers, notes topic transitions, and organizes information chronologically or by topic.

Works with all meeting platforms: Zoom recordings, Microsoft Teams meetings, Google Meet recordings, WebEx sessions, in-person recordings, phone conferences, and any meeting audio/video format. Simply export your meeting recording and upload.

Generated meeting summaries include: Overview of meeting topics discussed, key decisions and outcomes, action items (when explicitly stated), important questions and answers, timestamps for locating specific discussions, and speaker contributions (with identification enabled).

Perfect for: Creating meeting minutes and documentation. Sharing outcomes with absent team members. Following up on action items. Reviewing past decisions. Reducing meeting note-taking burden. Maintaining organizational memory.

Best for:

  • Business meetings
  • Team collaboration
  • Project discussions
  • Decision tracking

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For meetings, use Detailed or Comprehensive length, enable timestamps and speaker ID, and choose Executive Brief format for formal distribution.

Optimized for educational material: Lectures, course videos, training sessions, webinars, tutorial videos, instructional content, and academic presentations. The AI recognizes educational structures like introductions, main concepts, examples, and conclusions.

Educational summaries capture: Key concepts and definitions, important explanations and theories, examples and demonstrations, procedural steps and instructions, critical information for learning, and topic organization following lecture structure.

Perfect use cases: Creating study guides from recorded lectures. Generating course notes and supplementary materials. Reviewing training session content. Documenting instructional videos. Creating quick reference guides. Supplementing online course materials.

Students benefit from: Efficient lecture review without re-watching everything. Organized notes highlighting key concepts. Timestamps for reviewing unclear topics. Keyword extraction showing main subjects. Quick refreshers before exams.

Best for:

  • Students
  • Educators
  • Training programs
  • Online courses

💡 Tip

For lectures, use Detailed length with timestamps. The summary becomes a study guide with timestamps as reference points for concept review.

Specialized podcast features: Extracts main topics discussed in each episode, identifies key insights and takeaways, captures memorable quotes and statements, notes topic transitions and segments, highlights guest contributions, and organizes information for show notes.

Perfect for podcast workflows: Creating detailed show notes and descriptions. Generating episode summaries for websites. Producing social media content from episodes. Creating blog posts from podcast discussions. Documenting interview content. Sharing key points with audience.

Interview processing: Organizes questions and answers logically. Highlights important responses and insights. Identifies key statements and quotable moments. Tracks conversation flow and topics. Separates interviewer questions from interviewee responses (with speaker ID).

Content creators use summaries for: Episode descriptions on podcast platforms. Show notes on websites and blogs. Social media posts highlighting key moments. Newsletter content featuring episode insights. Quote graphics and promotional content. SEO-optimized episode pages.

Best for:

  • Podcasters
  • Content creators
  • Interviewers
  • Media producers

💡 Tip

For podcasts, use Standard or Detailed length with keywords enabled. Export keywords for SEO and summary for show notes-perfect content creation workflow.

Review hours of content in minutes: A 60-minute meeting becomes a 3-minute read (Standard summary). A 2-hour lecture converts to 5-8 minutes of essential information. A 45-minute podcast yields 2-4 minutes of key insights. Time savings compound across multiple recordings.

Eliminate repetitive listening: Stop scrubbing through recordings to find specific moments. No need to re-watch entire videos to recall key points. Skip to relevant sections using timestamps. Focus only on information you need.

Practical time savings examples: Meeting review: 1 hour -> 5 minutes (92% time savings). Lecture review: 90 minutes -> 8 minutes (91% savings). Podcast research: 45 minutes -> 3 minutes (93% savings). Interview documentation: 2 hours -> 10 minutes (92% savings).

Multiply these savings across dozens or hundreds of recordings, and you save hours daily or days monthly. Time reclaimed can focus on analysis, decision-making, creative work, or simply reducing information overload.

Best for:

  • Busy professionals
  • Researchers
  • Students
  • Content teams

💡 Tip

Summarize all long-form content you receive. The few minutes of processing saves hours of listening time and makes information more accessible.

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about AI-powered audio and video summarization

Upload your audio or video file (meetings, podcasts, lectures, interviews, webinars, or any media), choose your summary length (brief, standard, detailed, or comprehensive), select your preferred format (bullet points, paragraph, or executive brief), and click "Generate Summary". Our AI analyzes the content, extracts key points, and creates an organized summary with timestamps, keywords, and speaker identification if enabled. The process typically takes 1-3 minutes depending on file length.
Choose based on your needs: Brief Summary (50-100 words) for quick overviews of main points-ideal when you only need the gist. Standard Summary (150-250 words, recommended) provides balanced coverage with key topics and takeaways-best for most use cases. Detailed Summary (300-500 words) offers in-depth coverage with context and examples-useful for thorough reviews. Comprehensive Summary (500-1000 words) gives full breakdown of all major points-perfect for detailed analysis or documentation.
The summarizer accepts all common audio formats: MP3, WAV, AAC, FLAC, M4A, OGG, WMA, ALAC, AIFF, OPUS, and more. Video formats supported include: MP4, AVI, MOV, MKV, WMV, FLV, WEBM, MPEG, M4V, 3GP, and others. The tool automatically extracts audio from video files and processes the content. Files up to 500MB and 3 hours duration are supported. Any format containing speech can be summarized.
Upload your meeting recording (Zoom, Teams, Google Meet, or any recording format), select "Standard" or "Detailed" length for meetings, choose "Bullet Points" or "Executive Brief" format, enable timestamps to mark key discussion points, enable speaker identification to attribute comments to individuals, and enable keywords to identify main topics discussed. The summary will extract action items, decisions made, key discussion points, and important timestamps-perfect for meeting notes and follow-ups.
Upload your podcast audio file, select your desired length (Brief for quick overview, Standard for episode notes, Detailed for comprehensive show notes), choose Bullet Points format for easy scanning or Paragraph format for flowing text, enable timestamps to mark segment changes and key moments, and enable keywords to extract main themes and topics. Perfect for creating show notes, episode descriptions, blog posts, or social media content from podcast episodes.
Bullet Points format creates easy-to-scan lists with clear hierarchical structure-best for quick reference, action items, and presentations. Paragraph Format produces flowing narrative text that reads naturally-ideal for blog posts, articles, and formal documentation. Executive Brief combines structured sections with concise professional language-perfect for business reports, stakeholder updates, and formal communications. Choose based on how you will use the summary.
Upload your lecture or educational video, choose Detailed or Comprehensive length to capture important concepts, select Paragraph format for study notes or Bullet Points for key concepts, enable timestamps to mark topic transitions and important explanations, and enable keywords to identify main subjects and terminology. The summary extracts key concepts, definitions, examples, and important explanations-perfect for study materials, course notes, or creating supplementary documentation.
Timestamps mark specific moments in the audio/video where key points occur (for example, "5:23 - Discussion of Q3 revenue" or "12:45 - Introduction to neural networks"). They help you quickly locate important sections in the original recording without listening to the entire file. Essential for meeting reviews, finding specific topics in lectures, creating video chapters, referencing exact moments in interviews, and navigating long-form content. Highly recommended for any content over 10 minutes.
Speaker identification detects and labels different speakers in your audio/video (for example, "Speaker 1: [comment]", "Speaker 2: [response]"). The system distinguishes voices based on vocal characteristics and attributes statements to specific speakers. Essential for: multi-person meetings or interviews, panel discussions, podcasts with multiple hosts, group conversations, and any content where knowing who said what matters. Note: speakers are labeled numerically (Speaker 1, 2, 3) rather than by name.
Keywords and topics extraction identifies the main themes, important terms, and recurring subjects discussed in your content. The AI analyzes the full transcript and identifies: key topics covered, important technical terms, frequently mentioned concepts, main themes and subject areas, and relevant vocabulary. Useful for SEO optimization, content categorization, quick topic overview, creating tags or labels, and understanding content focus at a glance.
Summary accuracy depends on several factors: audio quality (clear audio produces better results), speech clarity (distinct speech is easier to process), content structure (organized presentations summarize better than freeform discussions), and language (English content achieves highest accuracy). The AI captures main points, key topics, and important statements reliably for clear audio. However, nuances, tone, sarcasm, or highly technical jargon may be simplified. For critical business decisions or legal matters, review the full recording.
Yes! Download the video file from YouTube (using YouTube's download feature or third-party tools), social media platforms, or any online source, then upload it to our summarizer. The tool processes the video, extracts the audio, and generates your summary. Perfect for: educational YouTube videos, webinar recordings, conference presentations, social media videos, online courses, and any web-based video content. Respects personal use of downloaded content.
Upload your interview or Q&A recording, select Detailed or Comprehensive length to capture nuanced responses, choose format based on your need (Bullet Points for key answers, Paragraph for flowing dialogue, Executive Brief for formal reports), enable speaker identification to distinguish interviewer from interviewee(s), and enable timestamps to mark question transitions. The summary organizes questions and answers, extracts key insights, and identifies important statements-perfect for interview notes, research documentation, or publication preparation.
Best results with: business meetings (clear structure, defined topics), educational lectures (organized presentations, clear speech), podcasts and interviews (focused discussions), webinars and presentations (scripted content), conference talks (prepared speeches), training sessions (structured instruction), and recorded calls (business discussions). Challenging content: music with minimal speech, heavily accented or unclear speech, overlapping conversations, very technical jargon-heavy content, and content under 1 minute or over 3 hours duration.
Processing time depends on file length and options selected: Short files (under 5 minutes) = 1-2 minutes processing. Medium files (5-30 minutes) = 2-5 minutes processing. Long files (30-120 minutes) = 5-15 minutes processing. Very long files (2-3 hours) = 15-30 minutes processing. Additional features (timestamps, speaker ID, keywords) add minimal time. Upload and transcription take most of the processing time; summary generation is fast once transcription completes.
Currently, the summarizer is optimized for English-language content and produces the most accurate results with English audio. Other languages may have limited support or reduced accuracy. For multilingual content, mixed languages, or languages other than English, professional human transcription and summarization services (like GoTranscript) offer better accuracy and support for 60+ languages with native-speaking experts who understand linguistic nuances and cultural context.
Upload your webinar or conference recording, choose Detailed or Comprehensive length to capture all key points, select Executive Brief format for professional documentation or Bullet Points for attendee notes, enable timestamps to mark presentation sections and topic transitions, enable keywords to identify main themes and subjects, and consider speaker identification for panel discussions. Perfect for: creating attendee resources, generating post-event summaries, producing marketing content, documenting learning sessions, and sharing with absent team members.
Maximum file size: 500MB. Supported duration: 30 seconds to 3 hours. Files under 30 seconds may not contain enough content for meaningful summarization. Files over 3 hours may time out or require excessive processing time. For optimal results, keep files between 5 minutes and 2 hours. If you have longer content, consider splitting it into segments (for example, summarize each hour separately) or use professional services designed for very long-form content analysis.
AI summaries are perfect for: Blog posts (expand summary into article format), Social media content (extract key quotes and points), Show notes (podcast episode descriptions), Video descriptions (YouTube video summaries), Email updates (share meeting outcomes), Newsletter content (summarize webinars or events), Study guides (educational content summaries), and Research notes (interview and lecture documentation). The summary provides structured content you can adapt, expand, or format for various platforms and purposes.
The summarizer extracts key points and important statements from meetings, which often include action items and decisions if they are clearly stated. For best results: ensure speakers explicitly mention action items, decisions, and next steps during the meeting; use Detailed or Comprehensive summary length; enable speaker identification to attribute action items to individuals; and enable timestamps to locate action items in the original recording. Review the summary to identify and organize action items for your specific workflow.
Yes. All uploaded files are encrypted during transmission and storage. Processing happens on secure servers. Files are automatically deleted after summarization completes. We do not share, sell, or use your content for any purpose beyond generating your requested summary. The AI processes content temporarily and does not retain or learn from your specific files. Your summaries are private to you. However, avoid uploading confidential, classified, or highly sensitive content to any online tool-use offline or enterprise solutions for such materials.
AI summarization (this tool): Fast processing (minutes), extracts main points automatically, good for general content, affordable/free, best for internal use and quick reviews. Human transcription (GoTranscript): 99%+ accuracy, captures every word verbatim, handles poor audio quality, supports 60+ languages, identifies speakers by name, includes every detail, professional formatting, suitable for legal/medical/official use. Use AI for quick insights; use human services for accuracy-critical, official, or challenging content.
The generated summary is provided as a downloadable document that you can edit in any text editor or word processor. After downloading: open in Microsoft Word, Google Docs, or any text editor; edit, reorganize, or expand any sections; add your own notes or commentary; adjust formatting and structure; combine with other summaries; or integrate into larger documents. The summary serves as a starting point-customize it to fit your specific needs, style preferences, and documentation requirements.
Upload your training or instructional video, select Detailed or Comprehensive length to capture all steps and explanations, choose Bullet Points format for step-by-step procedures or Paragraph format for flowing instructions, enable timestamps to mark procedure steps and important demonstrations, and enable keywords to identify key skills and concepts taught. Perfect for: creating training documentation, generating procedure guides, supplementing video courses, onboarding materials, and reference documentation for trainees.
Common issues: Poor audio quality (heavy noise, distortion, very low volume makes transcription inaccurate), No speech content (music-only, ambient sounds, silent video cannot be summarized), Unclear or heavily accented speech (AI struggles with very unclear pronunciation), Multiple overlapping speakers (simultaneous speech is difficult to process), Very short duration (under 1 minute lacks sufficient content), Very long duration (over 3 hours may time out), Non-English language (currently optimized for English), and File corruption or encoding issues. For challenging content, professional human transcription delivers better results.