I built a Chrome extension that summarizes any article in 3 sentences – would you use it?
I built a Chrome extension that summarizes any article from a link into 3 sentences (sites like CNN.com).
We often click on articles because of the headline, but the key points are hidden inside. With this extension, you just click the link and instantly see a popup with the summary, demo 🎥: https://youtu.be/nidQr6W-HeM
Now, I don’t have to open every long article – I just click the link and get a 3-sentence summary. At the bottom, I can see the time I’ve saved; for a few articles, sometimes up to 10 minutes.
Some ideas for the future: 1-minute reads, full summaries, text-to-speech, translations, saving summaries.
Would this be useful for you? Who else could benefit? Do you think this is worth developing further?
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Nice build! Summaries are a lifesaver when scanning content. My first question would be: how accurate is it with technical or niche articles (say, programming tutorials or legal docs)? If it works well in those tricky cases, that could be a strong differentiator.
Yeah, that’s a great point! Legal/technical stuff is always trickier. I use these short summaries myself, but I’m not sure yet if others would find them interesting too.
I’m also thinking about which direction to take this so it’s actually useful for people. Do you feel a quick 3-sentence summary right from the link would already help, or would you need something more detailed? i am using it, but not sure if some
What i would say or do is to either define a target and adapt the extension, or maybe to have a set of options (detailed, generic, specific...) that the user can choose from based on their needs or preferences.
Yeah, there are already plenty of article summarizers out there, so it’s not easy to stand out. I’m really trying to find the feature that would actually interest users. One idea is getting a summary straight from the link, speed, and I also think pricing will play a big role.
good point
That sounds really useful! A Chrome extension that can summarize any article in 3 sentences would save a lot of time, especially for people who read multiple sources daily. I’d definitely try it out — though I’d also want the option to expand into a longer summary when needed.
It reminds me of learning with a qurantajweedteacher.com: the beauty lies in precision. Just as the teacher condenses complex rules into clear, structured guidance, your tool condenses long articles into concise takeaways without losing the essence.
I created product site https://www.indiehackers.com/product/readzi so working in progress, and of course landing page https://readzi.carrd.co/
I actually use it every day myself 😄 New ideas keep popping up all the time, but before launching it more widely I want to see which direction makes sense and what features people would find most valuable. For now I focused on the 3-sentence summary, since to me that’s the most interesting and useful part. Full, summary and other option i add, for sure.
This looks cool!
Can I do it async? Kinda like set it up for summarization and see it on my homepage!
Good point! The extension already opens and analyzes each article in a extra browser tab, so async/batch is doable. The nice thing is it doesn’t need a separate server, which keeps things simple and cheap — unlike other tools that run extra backend infrastructure just to fetch links.
This is my product site https://www.indiehackers.com/product/readzi and landing page https://readzi.carrd.co/.
it really got me thinking!
I’m now working on an idea for a dashboard with summaries of articles I’ve read, along with Notion connected to them or separate site. It could work as a note-taking feature or maybe even as a separate app.