Project Codename Summarizer Part 1 - Beginning a new project, building in public!

I have a problem, and perhaps you have it too. But I might also have a solution.

Actually, it’s a group of problems with the same root cause:

• We are well into the age of sharing information through media: podcasts, YouTube, etc. I can rarely resist adding things to Watch Later.

• But I have too many things to listen to and watch.

• Apple isn’t documenting their new APIs and SDKs anymore; the go-to source now is WWDC videos.

• I am much more proficient at extracting knowledge from written content.

Bonus problems

• I don’t know beforehand if the content will really interest me or be useful.

• When something is interesting, I want to take notes and act on it later.

And WWDC is in only two weeks!

This is what brought me to my current project, codenamed Summarizer. It’s pretty much an all-in-one solution to all those problems:

• Add video or audio, whether from a local file or as a URL from the internet, even YouTube.

• Transcribe the audio track.

• Summarize and extract key points.

I used to rely on many manual steps to do that, so I’m building an app that does exactly that to make the process seamless.

There are already a few apps in this area, so first that means that the market is confirmed.

I’m confident I can add a few twists that will make this app worthwhile, for instance:

• Real audio extraction, not relying on the flaky built-in YouTube transcript.

• No limit on audio duration!

• Top-notch transcription with the latest audio models from OpenAI!

• Carefully crafted summarization with top notch models (reasoning?).

• A simple, intuitive, and beautiful app (macOS and iOS).

I’m super-excited about this project. Follow along, I’ll share my progress until I ship!