Ask questions about video content
ChatYT lets you chat with any YouTube video as if you were talking to someone who watched it. Paste a link, and the AI reads the full transcript so you can ask questions, request explanations, or explore specific topics — all in natural language. Need a quick overview first? Try the video summarizer.
How AI understands transcripts
1. Paste a YouTube link
Copy any video URL and paste it in. ChatYT extracts the transcript automatically.
2. Ask anything
Type your questions in plain language. The AI understands the full video context.
3. Get precise answers
Receive answers with timestamps linking to the exact moment in the video.
Example conversation
Here is what chatting with a YouTube video looks like in ChatYT.
Video Chat
How Large Language Models Work
You
What is the attention mechanism?
ChatYT
Based on the video at 1:20, the attention mechanism is a core component of transformer architecture that allows the model to focus on relevant parts of the input when generating each word. At 2:00, self-attention computes relationships between all pairs of words in a sequence.
You
Why do they use multiple attention heads?
ChatYT
At 3:15, the video explains that multiple attention heads capture different types of relationships simultaneously — some track grammatical structure while others capture semantic meaning.
You can export the conversation as PDF for offline reference.
Use cases
Explanations
“Explain the concept discussed at the 5-minute mark”
Summaries
“Summarize the main arguments of this video”
Timestamps
“When does the speaker talk about machine learning?”
Study notes
“Create bullet-point notes from this lecture”
Comparisons
“Compare the two methods discussed in the video”
Follow-ups
“Tell me more about that last point”
Who benefits from video chat
Students
Ask questions about lecture recordings to deepen understanding before exams.
Professionals
Get specific answers from training videos and webinars without watching them fully.