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AI Summary

Summarize Audio and Video With AI

Upload audio or video, or paste a public link, and Hear2Text transcribes it and writes an overview: key points, decisions and action items, each linked to its moment in the recording. AI summaries are included in the Monthly and Yearly plans.

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Key Points, Decisions and Action Items, Each With a Timestamp

When a transcript is ready, Hear2Text writes an overview on its own: a short title and three lists covering the key points, the decisions that were made and the action items people agreed to. Each item is a short heading with a timestamp, and clicking it moves the player to that moment, so you can hear exactly what was said before you act on it. A longer recording gets more items. The overview is part of the Monthly and Yearly plans; on the free plan the panel shows an upgrade prompt.

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Ask for the Summary You Need

The overview has a fixed shape. When you want a different one, open the AI assistant, also on the paid plans, and press Summarise for a free-form summary of a few sentences or bullets. Then keep asking: what did we decide about the budget, what did the guest say about pricing, who is sending the follow-up. The answers come from your transcript, and you can copy them into an email or a document.

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Reviewing a Recording With and Without AI Summary

FeatureWithoutWith Hear2Text
Reviewing a one-hour meetingRead the full transcript line by lineSkim three short lists, then read only the parts you need
Finding who agreed to do whatScrub through the audio and take notes by handAn action items list, each with a timestamp
Writing a recap for your teamWrite the recap yourself from memoryAsk the assistant to summarise, then copy the text
Catching up on a call you missedPlay the whole recording from the startRead the key points and decisions, click one to hear that moment

Use Cases

  • Meeting recaps

    Record the call in Zoom, Teams, Meet or on a phone, upload it afterwards, and send your team the decisions and action items. There is no meeting bot and no live summary.

  • Lectures, webinars and podcasts

    Students and researchers summarise a recorded lecture, webinar or podcast episode, then click through to the parts worth rewatching instead of replaying the whole thing.

  • Interviews and research

    Journalists and researchers see the main points of a long interview at a glance, then ask the assistant where a topic came up and check the quote against the recording.

How to Summarize a Recording With Hear2Text

There is no separate summary step to start. Transcribe a recording, and the overview is written as soon as the transcript is ready.

  1. Step 01

    Add your recording

    Upload a file up to 500 MB and 6 hours long, paste a public YouTube, Vimeo or Zoom recording link, or record in the browser or the app. The language is detected automatically.

  2. Step 02

    Read the overview

    Once the transcript is ready, the overview appears with a short title and three lists: key points, decisions and action items, in the recording's language.

  3. Step 03

    Jump to the moment

    Click any item's timestamp and the player jumps to that moment, so you can check the exact words next to the transcript line.

  4. Step 04

    Ask for more

    Press Summarise in the AI assistant for a free-form summary, or ask follow-up questions about anything in the recording.

Key Features

  • Key points

    The main topics as short headings. Click one to play the recording from that point.

  • Action items

    Tasks people agreed to are pulled into their own list, each with the timestamp where it was said.

  • Decisions

    What the group settled on gets a separate list, so it does not get lost among the discussion points.

  • Length that follows the recording

    Longer recordings get more items, so a two-hour workshop is not squeezed into the same few lines as a ten-minute call.

  • Summaries in the recording's language

    The overview is written in the language that was spoken, whichever of the 100 transcription languages that is.

  • Copy a summary into your notes

    Press Summarise in the assistant for a free-form summary and copy it anywhere. The summary is not a separate download; exports hold the transcript.

Frequently Asked Questions

How long does it take to summarize a recording?
It depends on the recording's length. The overview is created automatically once the transcript is ready, so you wait for the transcription and then a little more. Transcription takes minutes, not hours, and longer recordings take longer. You do not need to press anything. A free-form summary from the assistant's Summarise button is written when you ask for it, on the paid plans.
Can I change the format of the summary?
Partly. The automatic overview always has the same shape: a short title and three lists of key points, decisions and action items. If you want something different, open the AI assistant on a paid plan and ask for it, for example a three-sentence summary, five bullets or a recap of one topic. The assistant writes a free-form answer you can copy.
What kind of audio or video can I summarize?
Mostly yes, as long as the recording is speech. Meetings, lectures, interviews, podcasts, webinars and YouTube videos all work well. The summary is only as good as the transcript, so noise, music under speech, crosstalk and distant microphones lower the quality. Songs are a poor fit: singing transcribes badly, and there are no lyrics or notes to summarise.
Can I summarize a recording in another language?
Yes. Hear2Text transcribes 100 languages and detects the language automatically, and the overview is written in the recording's language, so a Spanish meeting gets a Spanish summary. Translation into more than 60 languages is a separate paid feature that works on the transcript; it does not change the language the automatic overview is written in.
How accurate are AI summaries?
Usually good, but not guaranteed. The summary is written by AI from the transcript, and transcription reaches up to 99% accuracy on clear audio. Misheard names or numbers can carry into the summary, and AI can occasionally overstate or miss a point. Every item has a timestamp, so click it and listen before you rely on a decision or quote someone.

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Start on the free plan with 120 minutes of transcription every week. AI summaries and the assistant come with the Monthly ($9.99) or Yearly ($89.99) plan.

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