Ask on Video
One-click video capture, instant GPT-4V answers
- Pricing:
- Free plan
Overview
Ask on Video is an AI video assistant extension built for the Chrome browser that lets you interact deeply with video content without leaving the playback page. Simply click the icon or use a keyboard shortcut to capture any frame of the current video and ask GPT-4Vision directly, receiving instant, intelligent answers.
Built on OpenAI's multimodal large model GPT-4V visual understanding capabilities, it accurately recognizes text, charts, formulas, and scene content in video frames, covering multiple disciplines such as mathematics, economics, and programming. Whether it's educational courses or tech talks on YouTube, or demo content on other video platforms, Ask on Video helps you quickly locate key information and answer your questions.
Extremely simple to use, there's no need to switch windows or copy-paste—capturing and asking happen in one seamless flow, significantly boosting learning and information-gathering efficiency. It's ideal for online learners, programmers, researchers, and anyone who needs to quickly extract knowledge from videos.
Core capabilities
- One-click frame capture
- Capture the current video frame instantly with a click or keyboard shortcut
- GPT-4V smart Q&A
- Leverages a multimodal large model to recognize screen content and generate precise answers
- Multi-subject understanding
- Parses video content across fields like math, economics, and programming
- Seamless video experience
- Ask and watch in the same window without switching tabs
- Keyboard shortcut support
- Trigger actions via shortcuts for greater efficiency
- Multi-platform compatibility
- Works on YouTube and various video sites
- Privacy protection
- Clearly states that user data is never sold to third parties
Use cases
- When watching math tutorials, capture a formula or example and ask for step-by-step solutions
- While learning programming, screenshot code snippets to ask about syntax and logic meaning
- During economics courses, screenshot charts to request a detailed interpretation
- When watching tech talks, capture interface actions to ask how they are implemented
- While watching language videos, screenshot subtitles or keywords for translation and explanation
- When viewing science experiment videos, screenshot phenomena to ask for principle explanations
- When watching product demos, capture feature screens to learn usage instructions
Who it's for
Online learners, Students, Programmers, Researchers, Video content creators, Knowledge workers, Educators
Getting started
- 1Install the extension — Search and install Ask on Video from the Chrome Web Store
- 2Open a video page — Play the video you want to ask about on YouTube or another video site
- 3Pause and capture — Pause at the frame you want to ask about, then click the extension icon or press a shortcut to capture it
- 4Enter your question — Type your question in the popup dialog and send it to GPT-4V
- 5Get the answer — Review the AI response, and continue asking or capture a new frame as needed
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