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YouTube to Notes

Paste a YouTube link and get notes you can study from: key takeaways, a summary, chapters with start times, and questions with answers.

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Paste a YouTube link and Exemplary AI transcribes the video, then AI Writer writes notes from it as Key takeaways, Summary, Chapters and Q&A; Custom content follows a format of your own.

YouTube's Show transcript panel lists a video's captions when it has them. Here the transcript comes from the video's audio, so videos without captions work too, and the notes are documents you can edit and keep. The Free plan includes 500 one-time credits; files up to 500 MB and 30 min long; 720p video exports with a watermark. Credits are used by the tasks you run, rather than a fixed number of generations.

YouTube notes at a glance

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Input
A single YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Vimeo or X video link; playlists and channels are not supported
Notes as
Key takeaways, Summary, Chapters and Q&A
Your own format
Custom content, written to your instructions
Captions needed?
No: the video's audio is transcribed
Questions about the video
Ask Emmy; answers cite the moment they came from
Copy and export
Copy it as Markdown, or download it as Text (.txt), Markdown (.md) or Word (.docx); you can also save it as a PDF from your browser's print dialog
Free plan
The Free plan includes 500 one-time credits; files up to 500 MB and 30 min long; 720p video exports with a watermark. Credits are used by the tasks you run, rather than a fixed number of generations.
How it works

How to take notes from a YouTube video

A YouTube video link pasted into Exemplary AI

Notes for courses, research and how-to videos

Key takeaways is the list to revise from, Chapters gives every topic a start time to jump back to, and Q&A turns the video into questions with answers for self-testing. Because each note is its own document, you can edit it, add your own points and keep it next to the transcript.

For a quick overview rather than study notes, the YouTube video summarizer writes a summary and chapters. For your own recordings, see lecture to notes; for the full text of a video, YouTube video transcription, and our roundup of YouTube transcript generators.

What it does

Study Notes from a YouTube Link

Paste the link once; the notes are written from everything said in the video.

Key takeaways

A bullet list of the points worth remembering, one sentence each.

Chapters with start times

The video's topics with their start times, to rewatch the part you need.

Questions with answers

Q&A writes questions and answers from the video, for review and self-testing.

Ask about the video

Ask Emmy anything about the transcript; answers link to the moment in the video they came from.

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Questions

Common questions

How do I take notes from a YouTube video with AI?
Paste the video's link into Exemplary AI with AI Writer chosen, and select Key takeaways, Summary, Chapters and Q&A. When the video is transcribed, each note opens as a document.
Does the video need captions?
No. The video's audio is transcribed, so it does not depend on YouTube's captions.
Can I get notes from a whole playlist?
No. Paste one video at a time; playlists and channels are not supported.
Can I ask questions about the video?
Yes, once it is transcribed. Ask Emmy about the transcript; answers cite the moment they came from. Paste the link to import the video first, since the chat itself does not take links.
How is this different from the YouTube video summarizer?
Both start from the same transcript. The summarizer is for a quick overview: a summary and chapters. YouTube to notes adds key takeaways and Q&A for studying, and Custom content for your own format.
Is YouTube to notes free?
You can start on the Free plan: 500 one-time credits; files up to 500 MB and 30 min long; 720p video exports with a watermark. Transcribing the video and writing the notes both use credits.

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