The digestVid extension

digestVid turns YouTube and Vimeo videos into readable summaries and clean transcripts, right in your browser, using your own AI API key.

Chrome Web Store version coming soon. Until then, install the download below in about a minute.

How to install

1. Download the zip

   Click Download digestVid 1.2.3 above.

2. Unzip it

   Double-click the file (Mac) or right-click it and choose Extract All (Windows). You get a folder named digestvid-extension-1.2.3. Keep this folder: Chrome runs the extension from it.

3. Open the extensions page

   Type chrome://extensions in the address bar and press Enter.

4. Turn on Developer mode

   Use the Developer mode switch in the top right corner.

   

5. Click “Load unpacked” and select the unzipped folder

   Pick the folder from step 2 (the one that contains manifest.json). digestVid appears in your list of extensions.

   

   

6. Pin digestVid

   Click the puzzle-piece icon in Chrome's toolbar, then the pin next to digestVid, so its icon is always one click away.

   

7. Open a YouTube video and click the icon

   Pick an engine, a summary style, and click summarize. The first time, add an API key in Settings (see below).

Microsoft Edge and Brave work too: open edge://extensions or brave://extensions, turn on Developer mode (in Edge the switch is in the left sidebar), and use Load unpacked the same way.

Updating: download the new zip, replace the old folder with the new one, then click the reload arrow on the digestVid card in chrome://extensions. Your settings and keys stay.