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Dev tools · July 25, 2023

Time-Saving Chrome Extension for Journalists Doing Research on YouTube

Hello Hacker News community, I've been developing a simple Chrome extension designed to assist journalists and researchers or learners in their YouTube investigations. You can swiftly identify specific segments within a video using semantic searches, powered by the OpenAI API. This transforms hours of potential scrubbing into moments of precision seeking. Whether you're sifting through extensive interviews, press conferences, and event footage on YouTube, or you require a quote from a video source, This extension is a handy tool. It also aids in quickly fact-checking statements made in…

Time-Saving Chrome Extension for Journalists Doing Research on YouTube launched on July 25, 2023 with 14 votes, #1,538 of 4,347 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 3 years on.

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This Chrome extension helps journalists, researchers, and learners search YouTube videos using natural language queries powered by OpenAI's API. Instead of manually scrubbing through long interviews, press conferences, and event footage, users can quickly locate specific segments and find exact quotes. The tool is designed to speed up video research and fact-checking by transforming time-consuming searches into precise, semantic lookups.

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Hello Hacker News community, I've been developing a simple Chrome extension designed to assist journalists and researchers or learners in their YouTube investigations. You can swiftly identify specific segments within a video using semantic searches, powered by the OpenAI API. This transforms hours of potential…

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