Paste a link. Get the gist. Three-sentence TL;DR, full bullet summary, or chapter-by-chapter breakdown — pick your depth.
The whole video in three sentences. For when you just need to know whether to watch the rest.
Five to fifteen bullets covering the substantive arguments. Most popular output.
Section-by-section summary with timestamps. The closest thing to reading the video.
If the video gives advice, the advice is extracted as a numbered checklist. Skip the rambling, keep the recommendations.
Any public YouTube video — even hours-long interviews and full lectures.
TL;DR, bullets, chapters, or all three. Generated in parallel.
Skim the summary in two minutes. Decide whether to watch the full video — and if so, jump to the part that matters.
The 3-hour podcast everyone's talking about doesn't fit your 30-minute commute. Now it does.
Earnings call recaps. Strategy day summaries. Founder interviews. The substance, without the small talk.
Survey the landscape of a topic by summarizing twenty videos in an hour, then dive deep on the three that matter.
RecapGPT preserves the speaker's voice in pull-quotes and writes connective prose in a neutral editorial tone. Most users tweak 10-15% before publishing — far less than starting from a raw transcript. If you want a stronger personal voice, edit the connective sentences and leave the quotes alone.
Yes. You get 3 free conversions per month with no credit card required. Pro is $5.99/mo for unlimited conversions and longer videos. We don't run ads or sell your data.
Markdown, HTML, or plain text — your choice. Works with WordPress, Ghost, Substack, Medium, Notion, Obsidian, and anything else that accepts standard text. No lock-in.
Yes, if the video is public. The output is your draft, but the underlying ideas belong to the original creator — cite them, link to the video, and don't republish verbatim. Best practice is to use AI drafts as a starting point for your own analysis or commentary, not a substitute for it.
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