Efficient Text Summarization with Briefly
Briefly is a Chrome extension designed to help students efficiently summarize text from various sources, including articles and research papers. Utilizing the TextRank algorithm, it extracts key concepts and main ideas, making it an ideal tool for high school and college students seeking to streamline their study sessions. The extension features a user-friendly interface and supports a word limit of over 750, providing summaries that are approximately 15% of the original text length.
The extension is built using Vanilla JavaScript and Tailwind CSS, ensuring a smooth user experience. Future updates promise to expand the word limit to over 2500 words and include additional features such as tone and format adjustments, along with multi-language support. Overall, Briefly aims to enhance comprehension and efficiency for students by transforming complex texts into concise summaries.