Summarize English and Tamil YouTube videos with Comet
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What went wrong: Good on English videos; slow and missed key points on a Tamil one.
Outcome
Comet Assistant summarized English YouTube conversations quickly and well, but on a Tamil discussion it had to play the whole video and made a few mistakes, missing some crucial points.
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Let's work this out together. I'll tell you what I'm after; help me sharpen the goal before you dive in, and check in with me before anything you can't undo. Goal: Help me get the key points from videos, including ones in other languages. Questions to explore first: Which videos and languages, and what will I use the summary for? What I'll give you: - Video links ([URLS]) - What I care about (e.g. main arguments, decisions) - The language of each video Rules: - Start by restating my goal and suggesting 2–3 ways to approach it; recommend one. - Tell me if a video has no transcript; for non-English videos, note that accuracy may be lower. - Give timestamps for each key point so I can check. - Flag anything you were unsure about rather than guessing. - Say whether you used a transcript or had to play the video. Output: A summary per video with timestamped points and a confidence note, plus 2–3 suggested next steps. You'll know it worked when: I can jump to each timestamp and it matches the point.
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Summarize this YouTube video.
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Let's work this out together. I'll tell you what I'm after; help me sharpen the goal before you dive in, and check in with me before anything you can't undo. Goal: Get the key points from videos, including ones in other languages, accurately. First: restate the goal in one sentence, suggest 2–3 ways to approach it, recommend one, and wait for my pick. Inputs (fill in or confirm): - Video links - What I care about - Language of each video Rules: - Get captions or transcripts in the original language first. - For non-English videos, translate the transcript section by section, then summarize. - Quote key lines in the original language with translation. - Mark confidence per video. - Note the language of each video and give summaries in English unless I ask otherwise. What went wrong before, and how to avoid it: - Last time it was slow and missed key points on a Tamil video: work from the full transcript and translate before summarizing. If you get stuck: If no captions exist, say so rather than summarizing from the title. If a login, CAPTCHA or two-step code appears, stop and ask me to handle it; never guess or store passwords. Verify before you finish: Check that each summary covers the whole video, not just the start. Output: Per video: key points, quotes with timestamps, confidence, plus next steps. Done when: summaries are complete for every language.
Source
https://x.com/bseshadri/status/1982688143888597156
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