Question: I need a way to quickly understand the main points of a video without watching the whole thing - can you suggest a solution?

If you want a tool to get a quick grasp of a video's gist without having to watch the whole thing, Video Highlight is a top pick. It uses AI to summarize and take notes from videos, with features like timestamped summaries, transcripts, live Q&A and integration with the Notion productivity tool for notes. You can scrub through by timestamp, take screenshots, and export summaries and highlights to other tools, too, so it's good for market research or quick summaries.

Another good option is Eightify, which offers immediate key ideas and summaries of YouTube videos. It can handle videos up to 6 hours long and can summarize in multiple languages. With an iOS app and Chrome and Safari extensions, Eightify can translate summaries into more than 40 languages, so you can understand and share the gist of any video.

Summarize.ing offers immediate, accurate summaries of YouTube videos, including highlights, mind maps and segmented summaries. With the Claude2 AI technology, it can offer detailed summaries in a minute or less, which is great if you need to consume lots of video information. It's geared for people who need to get information fast.

Last, Summarify is an iOS app that uses sophisticated AI technology to summarize videos. It offers customizable summary styles, video timestamps, chapter summaries and the ability to download transcripts in various formats. A free version and subscription options make Summarify a good option for anyone who wants to cut down on video time.