Text Summarizer
Paste an article, meeting transcript, or research section — get the summary you need at the length you want.
- AI powered
- Server processed
- Free
- No signup
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🔒 Your text is sent to our API + Anthropic's Claude API for summarization, then discarded. Nothing is logged.
This tool sends your input to an AI model on our server to produce a result.
How to use Summarize Text
- Paste text — an article, meeting transcript, research paper section, product description (up to 20,000 chars = ~3,500 words).
- Pick length: TL;DR (one sentence), Short (2-3 sentences), Medium (paragraph), Long (multi-paragraph).
- Pick format: Paragraph for reading, Bullet list for scanning.
- Click Summarize. Copy the result with one click.
Common use cases
- Meeting notes → action-ready summary. Paste a Zoom / Teams / Otter transcript, get bullet-list summary with decisions and action items highlighted.
- Research paper reading. TL;DR mode on the introduction + conclusion helps you decide if the paper is worth reading in full.
- News catch-up. Paste long articles, get Medium paragraph summaries. Read 5 articles' worth of substance in 5 minutes.
- Content briefs. Turn a long PDF or article into a Short bullet summary to send to a designer or client.
- Learning long documentation. Long technical docs summarized to Medium give you the mental model to navigate the full doc more effectively.
Tips
- For news articles, Short (2-3 sentences) captures the headline + key context.
- For research and technical content, Long (multi-paragraph) preserves the nuance you need.
- Bullet-list format is best for meetings, briefings, and content you want to scan later.
- The summarizer preserves facts and numbers — but always double-check numbers before quoting them from a summary.
Troubleshooting
- Summary missed something important.
- Try a longer summary length — TL;DR often drops secondary points. Or split the input into sections and summarize each.
- Summary added something not in the original.
- Rare with Claude but possible on very short inputs. Cross-check against the source before quoting.
Frequently asked questions
- Is my text stored?
- No. Zero-retention.
- Character limit?
- 20,000 characters per request (about 3,500 words). For very long content, summarize by section.
- What languages?
- English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Turkish, Japanese, Chinese, and 20+ more — Claude handles them all fluently.
- Can I summarize YouTube videos?
- Not directly — this tool takes text input. But you can grab the transcript from YouTube (in the video menu → Show transcript) and paste it here.
- Is the summary accurate?
- Claude (Anthropic) preserves facts, numbers, and named entities reliably. Always sanity-check numeric claims before quoting a summary in a document with legal or business weight.