Inspiration
A new aspect of my life is that I have started to take notes from everything that I read/watch/listen to. One of the main things I watch are youtube videos, however, there isn't a good way for you to take notes. That's where clipsnip comes in
What it does
With a click of a button, clipsnip takes a snapshot of your current spot in the video, and will generate a transcript for you to come back to. We store these notes on a database for later viewing, and also integrates with Readwise, a very popular service for users to take notes from any and all content
How we built it
We decided to go with a chrome extension, to allow for an extremely easy way for users to take notes, with just a click of a button. We will capture the current point of the video, then go 30 seconds forwards and 30 seconds backwards to capture to context. From this, we retrieve the youtube captions. We then put these notes onto Readwise through their api, as well as have an external website for later viewing.
Challenges we ran into
This was the first time any of us built a chrome extension, or used a mongodb database, so it took a bit to learn about them.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
We were able to accomplish nearly everything we set out on, and believe that with a few improvements, it is ready for publishing.
What we learned
We learned how to make a chrome extension, and use a mongoDB database. We also learned more about UI/UX, and how to design the most easy to use interface.
What's next for Clip Snip
We hope to add some minor UI improvements, deploy our server to heroku or AWS, and submit to the extension store
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