Show HN: Turn any YouTube video into a summary, quiz, & flashcards

asterlab.io

5 points by rtills 2 days ago

YouTube is the greatest learning resource in the world. Yet it doesn't provide any tools to help you learn from videos.

I built a simple app that turns YouTube videos into structured learning material using AI. It generates a summary, quiz and flashcards from video content, meaning you can learn from anything (well, at least any YouTube video).

Try it out. Would be happy to keep building features based on feedback!

nancy_le 2 days ago

How do you plan to handle the variability in video quality and content style on YouTube? For example, some educational channels might have a very structured approach, while others might be more conversational or rambling. How does your AI model adapt to these differences, and what kind of limitations have you encountered so far?

  • rtills a day ago

    Good question - currently it is just hooked into the OpenAI API. I think it actually performs generally well for its purposes but to make it get more traction I would have to consider fine-tuning or prompt engineering further

    The limitations are mostly that the questions and flashcards can veer into being generic - I've still found them useful in my own dogfooding though...

HardwareLust 2 days ago

Pretty impressive so far. How are you paying for the compute on this?

  • rtills 2 days ago

    My own pocket at the moment. Very happy for folks to try and use it as a tool. If it becomes a problem - hopefully the community will contribute. What do you think?

    • HardwareLust 2 days ago

      Hopefully you won't be overwhelmed too quickly. =)

codingdave 2 days ago

How does this give back to the people whose videos are being used?

  • rtills 2 days ago

    Hi - could you explain more? If you look at the site - the videos are embedded on the page so should still generate the same revenue -> https://asterlab.io/