008 - A REVIEW of the AI video summarizer, Skipit.
The Pitch
With its AI YouTube video summarizer, Skipit saves time by answering your questions in seconds, not minutes.
The Experience
Getting Started With Skipit
Skipit is a straightforward, simple app. Regarding features, it summarizes any YouTube video you give it. That's it.
When starting the app, you'll see a simple interface that prompts you to enter a YouTube link for the video you want to summarize. Once added, you can start prompting away, asking relevant questions about the video's contents.
I tested things out with several videos of various lengths and topics. To test the app's accuracy, I watched the videos at length beforehand and then asked questions based on their contents. Prompts like "briefly explain the video in bullet points" or "What is the main takeaway" of said video returned solid and accurate responses.
Videos you prompt with are stored in separate chats and can be revisited anytime, including chat history. Skipit advertises that you can summarize a video up to 12 hours long. Unfortunately, I had issues with videos that were over half an hour long. One video is the popular "The Spectacular Failure of the Star Wars Hotel," which is 4 hours long and has over 9 million views. Summarizing this video led to numerous freezes where the AI just stopped mid-chat. I had to restart the prompt, which ended up freezing repeatedly.
The Verdict
Why Should You Care
Skipit's promise of summarizing YouTube videos works well on videos that are under an hour long. One of their selling points is summarizing videos for up to 12 hours. However, they must tune their AI models to make that feature work properly, as this could be an issue for anyone wanting to summarize academic-type videos, which tend to run over an hour.
My biggest complaint is that they don't offer a free trial of their service. You have to purchase one of the tiered subscriptions before you can try the product, which is what I've done to write this review.
So be warned: The app works best for videos under an hour—the half-hour mark, to be precise—and you must pay through a subscription to use the service.
Skipit Facts:
No free trial
Paid subscription
The app freezes on videos an hour long or more
Works best with roughly 30-minute videos
Saves chats and videos for later viewing
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