YouTube Video to Text Summary Tool

This tool transforms YouTube videos into concise text summaries using the youtube-transcript-api for transcript retrieval and GPT-4o-mini for summarization.

Overview

Utilize youtube-transcript-api and openai Python libraries to:

1. Retrieve Transcript: Extract text transcripts from YouTube videos using youtube-transcript-api.
2. Summarize Text: Generate summaries with GPT-4o-mini, offering options for different summary lengths: short, medium, long, or extra long.

Usage Guide

1. Set Up: Install required libraries with pip:

   pip install -r requirements.txt
   

2. Get Started: Clone the repository with the Jupyter Notebook.

3. Launch Notebook: Open YoutubeScript.ipynb in Jupyter.

4. Run Notebook: Input the YouTube URL and select the desired summary length.

5. Review Summary: Access the final summary in summary.txt.

Using the Code for Telegram Bot

To use the Telegram bot that generates text summaries from YouTube URLs:

1. Visit YT_SummaryBot on Telegram.
2. Send the command /summarize to the bot.
3. Choose the summary length (short, medium, long, or extra long).
4. Reply with the YouTube URL.
5. Receive the text summary.

To run the Telegram bot:

1. Navigate to the telegram directory.
2. Run UserHandler.py to start the bot.

Acknowledgments

• youtube-transcript-api: YouTube transcript retrieval.
• OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini for summarization.