ParrotNotes

AI Video Summarizer

Upload a video file up to 10 minutes and read a short summary of what was said, with the full transcript beside it. This tool works from files only: there is no YouTube or link input. Free with a ParrotNotes account, 3 videos a month.

Drop your video here or click to browse

MP4, WebM or MPEG up to 10 minutes; audio files work too

    How to summarize a video file

    You need the video saved on your device. Then it takes three steps.

    1. 1

      Choose the clip

      Pick an MP4, WebM or MPEG file of 10 minutes or less and 100 MB or less. Only one part of a long video matters? Cut that part out first, then upload it.

    2. 2

      Sign in and let it run

      Set the spoken language or keep Auto-detect, then sign in with Google, Apple or a one-time email code. The sound track becomes text, and the AI writes its summary from that text.

    3. 3

      Switch to the Summary tab

      The result opens on the Transcript tab. Switch to Summary for the short version, and go back to the transcript whenever you want to check a detail or the exact wording.

    More on this in our guides to summarizing a YouTube video and giving a product demonstration.

    Which videos summarize well

    The summary is built from speech, so what counts is how clearly someone explains things in the video.

    A webinar clip

    1. Download the replay if the host offers a file.
    2. Cut out the talk or the Q&A you missed, up to 10 minutes.
    3. Upload it and see whether the full replay deserves your hour.

    A training video or sales demo clip

    1. Choose a single topic or module, not the whole course.
    2. Upload it and use the summary as your review note.
    3. Check product names, prices and steps in the transcript.

    Before you upload a recorded customer call or demo, make sure the people in it agreed to the recording and to this use.

    A screen recording

    1. Talk through what you are doing; silent footage gives no summary to speak of.
    2. Save it as MP4 or WebM if your recorder offers that.
    3. Got a .mov from a Mac? Convert it to MP3 first, as the FAQ explains.

    Accepted files: MP4, WebM and MPEG video, plus MP3, M4A, WAV, FLAC, OGG and MPGA audio, up to 10 minutes and 100 MB each. MOV and AVI are not accepted.

    What you get

    Two views of the same upload: the short version and the full record.

    • Transcript tab

      All the speech in the video as punctuated plain text, for finding one moment without scrubbing through the timeline.

    • Summary tab

      A short AI-written account of what the speaker covered, so you can tell in moments what the video is about.

    • Share link

      Pass the text on to a colleague with one link. They read it without an account, and the video itself is not shared.

    • Copy menu

      Copy the summary or the transcript as text into an email, a ticket, your CRM or your notes.

    Is this the right tool for your video?

    This page has one job: an uploaded video file, summarized. Some videos need a different route.

    Use this page when

    • The video is a file on your device, or you can download it
    • It is 10 minutes or less and 100 MB or less, or you can cut out the part you need
    • The value is in what people say, not what they show
    • You want the gist first and the exact words one tab away

    Go elsewhere when

    • All you have is a YouTube link: see the YouTube guide above
    • You already have the transcript: paste it into the AI Lecture Summarizer
    • You have a recording with no picture: use the AI Audio Summarizer
    • You need a whole long webinar summarized in one go: this page cannot do that

    Want the words themselves, with the summary as a side note? The Video to Text Converter is built around the transcript.

    Skip the video next time

    If you sat in the meeting or the demo, you do not need a video of it to get a summary. ParrotNotes records the conversation on your phone and adds a summary to every recording. The free plan gives you 100 minutes of recording a month, up to 30 minutes per recording. Ask first when you record other people.

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