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Samanyou Garg
TLDR This โ€” Automatically summarize any article or webpage in a click.
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TLDR This is a web app (+ chrome extension) that can take a painfully long piece of text and sum it up into five key bullet points using the power of NLP.
Spend less time reading counterproductive stuff and more on doing valuable work.
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Samanyou Garg
Hi everyone ๐Ÿ‘‹ I am delighted to share my new project ๐Ÿ“š"TLDR This" with you guys here on ProductHunt. Problem ๐Ÿค”: There's so much content out there but too little time to read. So many times, it happens that there's a long article that we're interested in, but we don't really feel like scouring through it to extract relevant information from it. Hence, I created "TLDR This" to help you navigate relevant content quickly and easily, without having to read the whole thing. Steps to get cracking - 1. Copy and paste either the URL or the text of the article you'd like summarized. 2. Press the "Process Text" button, and you are good to go. TLDR This also comes with a chrome extension, allowing you to summarize any webpage at the click of a button. How to use the chrome extension? Just click the โ€œtl;drโ€ button in Chrome's toolbar on a webpage which you'd like summarized and within a few seconds, you'll get the < 5 sentence summary right there. Please let me know if you have any feedback/suggestions. Thanks a lot ๐Ÿ™
Drew Dunn
@samanyou_garg Hey this is very cool, haven't had too much time to dive in but am very excited to jump in. And congrats on a great launch. Is this your first launch?
Samanyou Garg
@drew_dunn1 Thank you very much. Please test it out and let me know if you face any problems.
Kevin Smith
@samanyou_garg dude I hate to say this but there are at least 5-10 same extensions out there. What the point of making another one?
Samanyou Garg
@kpmg_canada Hi, sure there are extensions that do it but I personally couldn't find any extension that was suitable for my needs. The chrome extensions that are currently present either require the user to register/login or subscribe to a paid plan after some number of requests or fail to work on some websites or require you to select the text manually. I recently got started with NLP. So I created this app to create a real-world application in order to test my understanding of the same. This is just the initial version. As I continue to work on this, I will keep implementing new methods like Deep Learning based summarization to improve the result. Thank you very much for taking the time to use the app and providing your feedback.
Ksenia Larina (she/her)
awesome idea, execution is not that great. I've tried it on a number of articles, and the output was far from perfect. still upvoted, keep working and testing different algorithms. I'd love to have a product that could solve the problem you're working on.
Joseph Maxim (@josephmxm)
So whats the difference between your app and @whizzzoe 's I Lazy To Read
Samanyou Garg
@whizzzoe @josephmaxim Hi, The goal is the same - article summarization. I got to know about I Lazy To Read when I was halfway done with the development. It's a really nice project. I recently got started with NLP and created TLDR This as a side project to build a quick application of the same. Although there are some web apps out there, that allow you to summarize an article, there really isn't any useful browser extension that does the job well. TLDR This comes with accompanying chrome and firefox extensions plus it also allows you to enter text directly instead of article URL. So it can be used on offline text as well. Thank you again for your feedback.
Jordan G
This is an amazing idea! However, where is your privacy policy? There isn't a visible link on the page linked from PH and the link on the HackYogi site goes to a page that doesn't actually have a privacy policy on it: https://hackeryogi.com/privacy-p... Sorry, but I won't be trying this product out nor upvoting it until there is a satisfactory privacy policy!
Jennifer Robinson
Perfect for reddit, lol. Might want to post about it there. A common complaint from its users are that articles are too long.
Samanyou Garg
@jenniferrrrrooo That's very true! Thank you very much for taking the time to use the app.
Smart Design
I like the idea, but how to summarize as fo too different people the content that captures their attention are not the same, summary of someone does not mean necessarily for another person ?
Aazar Ali Shad
How do you know whatโ€™s important? It worked good though
Samanyou Garg
@aazar_ali_shad We are glad that you liked it. We use TextRank text summarization.
Travis Fischer
Abstractive > extractive text summarization, though it is significantly harder to get right.
Samanyou Garg
@fisch0920 Hi, yes you are totally right. I implemented extractive text summarization to quickly implement the app. Might try to implement an abstractive method in a future update.
Makarand Hazarika
I have been looking for something like this! I just hope the creator makes an extension for Firefox too.
Samanyou Garg
@makarand We are glad that you liked it. I have ported it to Firefox. Will publish the link soon. Thank you very much for taking the time to use the app and providing your feedback.
Samanyou Garg
@makarand Hi! We have added the link for Firefox extension. Please check it out and provide your feedback. Thank you!
Eileen Campbell
Love the concept, but after trying to summarize 3 different articles from 3 different sources, I got nothing meaningful. Please keep working on this, as it has fabulous potential.
Samanyou Garg
@eileenatreidcampbell We are glad that you liked it. The problem of article summarization is still in its development stage. I will keep implementing better methods as they are released. Thank you very much for taking the time to use the app and providing your feedback.
Lasse Embรธl
Are there any updates on the Chrome extension being flagged as malware? Sold it to 3rd-party, perhaps? No news and no response from the creator that I could get or find.
Dani M Vijay
Good job done. But I feel like consistent polishing needed to make this more efficient. What about adding a like and dislike button next to each line, so that readers can rate the summary if needed. This data can be used to validate and optimise the algorithm.
scott ashley
It is so simple to use it. Nothing to jump through the hoops to get result. just one click then voila! great job.
Samanyou Garg
@scott_ashley We are glad that you liked it. Thank you very much for taking the time to provide your valuable feedback.
Priyanka Ak
I heard about this product on The Social Media Examiner Podcast and decided to give it a go. Absolutely worth it! Saves me time and effort when deciding whether or not I want to go through an entire article for a small piece of information. Thank You!
Julie Chabin
TL;DR it looks cool
Samanyou Garg
@syswarren We are glad that you liked it. Thank you very much for taking the time to use the app and providing your feedback.
Hugh Macfarlane
i suspect it was good at some stage, but is no longer working. It simply hangs when clicking the extension
Ihor Levenets ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ
Chrome Extension Solution is a cool idea, gonna check it out!
Samanyou Garg
@ihor_levenets1 Thanks a lot. Do let me know if you face any problems.
Tomi Gelo
Thanks for sharing this, there is definitely a need for time savers like this one!
Samanyou Garg
@tgel0 We are glad that you liked it. Thank you very much for taking the time to provide your valuable feedback.
Damjanski
<3 <3 <3
Samanyou Garg
@damjanski We are glad that you liked it. Thank you very much for taking the time to use the app and providing your feedback.
EightyEight Eyes
The perfect app for the humanity of the 21st century, lol.
Samanyou Garg
@eightyeighteigh We are glad that you liked it. Thank you very much for taking the time to use the app and providing your feedback.