Summarize any article using your favorite AI

Latest Version

Version
0.0.7
Update
June 25, 2024
Size
128KiB
Developer
Category
Users
19
Rating
1 ★
Manifest Version
3
Web Store Status
Languages Support
English (United States)
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Permissions
Scripting
ActiveTab
Storage
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Summarize Extension

Summarize is a revolutionary Chrome browser extension designed to help users quickly understand and digest web content. Using advanced artificial intelligence technology, this plugin automatically analyzes all text content on the current page and generates 3-5 key point summaries. Whether you're a student, researcher, professional, or casual internet user, Summarize can significantly improve your reading efficiency and save valuable time.

Key Features:

1. Intelligent Summarization:
- Automatically analyzes all content on the current webpage
- Generates 3-5 concise and clear key points
- Helps users quickly grasp the core content of articles

2. Highly Customizable:
- Supports custom AI API addresses and tokens
- Allows users to configure personalized prompts
- Flexibly adapts to specific needs of different users

3. Multi-language Support:
- Supports 12 major languages:
English (en), Simplified Chinese (zh-CN), Traditional Chinese (zh-TW),
French (fr), German (de), Italian (it), Japanese (ja),
Spanish (es), Russian (ru), Korean (ko),
Portuguese (pt), and Arabic (ar)
- Easily handles multilingual web content

4. Secure and Reliable:
- Uses token authentication instead of user cookies
- Ensures user privacy and data security

5. Cross-browser Compatibility:
- Easy to migrate and use in different browser environments

Advanced Features:

1. Custom AI API:
- Supports integration with various compatible AI services, such as OpenAI, Claude, Deepseek Qwen, and more
- Enter API address and corresponding access token in the settings page
- Adjust usage strategy based on different AI service characteristics

2. Personalized Prompts:
- Users can customize prompts based on their needs
- For example: \"Please summarize the main points of this article in academic language\"
- Or: \"Please explain the content of the article in simple, easy-to-understand terms\"

3. Token Management:
- Uses tokens instead of cookies for authentication
- Facilitates synchronization of preferences across different devices and browsers
- Enhances account security and reduces privacy leak risks

4. Multilingual Optimization:
- Intelligently identifies the main language of the webpage
- Automatically selects the most appropriate language for summary generation
- Supports summary translation between 12 languages
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Source Manifest.json

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How to download and manually install Summarize extension for Chrome

Looking for a way to install Summarize extensions for Chrome, you can search for them in the Chrome Web Store, clicking the "Add to Chrome" button, and following the straightforward process.

However, you may need to install Summarize extensions manually, this article outlines two simple methods to effortlessly install Summarize extensions, whether they come as unpacked folders in compressed formats like .zip or as .crx files.

Method 1: Download Summarize extension and manually install through Drag &Drop

If you ever need to manually install a Summarize extension for Chrome, don't worry, it's a simple process. Just follow these easy steps, and you will have your extension ready to use in no time.

Step 1: Download the Summarize Extension by clicking the "Download CRX" button on the website.

Look for the Summarize extension you wish to install. Go to the website and download the Summarize extension package, which is usually a .CRX file and comes in a zipped file. Here ".crx" file is the format for Summarize extension that contains all the data.

Step 2: Extract &Arrange Files

Once the file is downloaded, extract that file into its own folder. Similarly, give that extension files a permanent home. In other words, keep it in a folder that you don't accidentally delete it because these files will be needed to make that extension work.

Step 3: Go to the Chrome Extensions Page

Open Google Chrome and in the address bar, type chrome://extensions; it will open the Google Chrome extensions page. Make sure that "My extensions" is selected in the sidebar.

Step 4: Drag and Drop the Extension

Now, go to the folder where you extracted the Summarize extension and drag &drop the extension file from there anywhere onto the extension page within Google Chrome.

Step 5: Complete the Installation

Once you drag and drop the extension file, follow the steps that Google Chrome takes you through. Similarly, if the extension file is of .crx file format, you will be required to review the permissions and then add the extension.

Now, you can manage that added extension as you would like to with any other Chrome extension that you added through Chrome Webstore. Its icon will also appear in the Google Chrome Menu on the right side of the address bar once you activate it.

Method 2: Download Summarize extension for Chrome and install in Developer Mode

This is another method to install Summarize extension manually, but the twist is that here, you install by enabling the developer mode option provided in Google Chrome. This mode is commonly used for testing extensions or running unpublished tools.

Step 1: Download the Summarize extension file

Select and download the Summarize extension by clicking the 'Download CRX' button on the website.

Step 2: Extract the downloaded contents

Convert the file to a ZIP file if it is in CRX format then extract the Summarize extension zip file or folder that you downloaded. Make sure you extract it using the same folder name and keep it safely in another folder, so you don't delete it by mistake. The extracted folder will be needed to keep your Summarize extension running.

Step 3: Open Chrome Extension Setting Page

In the address bar of Google Chrome, type chrome://extensions and open the Chrome Extension Page.

Step 4: Enable Developer Mode

After opening the Chrome Extension page, look at the top right side, and you will find the toggle option of "Developer mode."Simply enable that developer mode option.

Step 5: Load the Unpacked Extension

Once you enable the developer mode option, you will see the menu of Load Unpacked, Pack Extensions and Update. From that, select the option "Load unpacked."

Step 6: Select the Extension Folder

Once the pop-up opens upon clicking Load unpacked, select the Summarize extension directory and click on the "Select Folder "button.

Step 7: Confirm and Install

After you select an extension folder of a Google Chrome extension you're installing manually, confirm its installation for the final time and let the installation complete.

Conclusion

Here we've made a step-by-step guide on How to manually install Summarize extension in 2 ways. We hope this guide proves helpful.

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