YouTube Video Summarizer – Free AI, No Login | Shorty AI

How It Works

Users paste a YouTube link (watch, share, Shorts, embed, or live-stream). Shorty reads the video's captions or downloads and transcribes the audio if none exist, then provides a summary with titled sections and clickable timestamps.

Key Features

The tool supports 113 languages, works without captions by transcribing audio, allows users to jump to specific video parts via timestamps, and does not require an account or credit card for basic use.

Accepted and Unaccepted Content

Shorty accepts single video links but cannot process channel pages, playlists, or private, deleted, age-restricted, and region-locked videos. Live streams must be finished before they can be summarized.

Use Cases and Pricing

Ideal for students, professionals, content creators, and researchers. The service is free without an account, while paid Premium and Pro plans increase size and volume limits. Failed jobs do not count against quotas.

Developer Tools

Shorty offers a public REST API, an official TypeScript SDK, and an OAuth 2.1 MCP server to allow AI assistants like Claude to summarize, transcribe, and search on behalf of users.