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Turn 4-hour YouTube videos into 5-minute reads.
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Unlock up to 16x speed with native-style controls
Jan 2026 · youtube-playback.space
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Hi! I'm living as an expat in France and I had a hard time following the news. So I've been working on Fluentsubs that turns YouTube content into a language learning experience. YouTube videos up to 20 minutes can be transcribed and listened to. At the same time I made it easy to lookup certain words and automatically add spaced repetition cards using the given context. This means that you can also rehearse with a real voice and not with AI dubs. This works especially well for the somewhat smaller languages that have a small track on Duolingo, and now are desperately looking for content…
2025 · fluentsubs.com
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I made an open source, no BS youtube summary website that makes use of the tldw [1] python library to create really quick youtube summaries. The longer a talk is, the more ad revenue a creator gets. But we don't all have 40 minutes to listen to someone slowly edge around a point. This website has no ads, no login, and is 100% free.You can find the source code here [2]. [1] https://pypi.org/project/tldw/ [2] https://github.com/DavidZirinsky/tldw-site
2025 · youtubetldw.com
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I built Watchlist to solve a problem that's been nagging at me (and I suspect many others): YouTube's addictive nature and its impact on productivity. The Problem: YouTube is an incredible source of knowledge, but its homepage is an unending scroll of rabbit holes. The algorithm is designed to maximize watch time, often at the expense of our intentions and productivity. I found myself wasting hours, jumping from video to video, and then blaming myself for the lack of self-control. The Solution: Watchlist! Watchlist is essentially YouTube playlists on steroids. Here's how it works: 1. Create…
2024 · watchlist.so
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