How to use

Step by step on your phone and computer.

Step by step

On your phone

In any app, tap Share, pick Sumus and the summary starts on its own.

Share from any app

  1. In YouTube, your browser or any app with a link, tap Share.
  2. In the list that opens, tap Sumus.
  3. That's it. The summary starts on its own, with the preferences you set in the app. Go back to what you were doing: sumus lets you know when it's ready.

Sign in to the app once first. On iPhone, if Sumus isn't in the row of apps, scroll to the end and tap More to turn it on.

On the Today tab, tap Play all; summaries play in a row, with controls on the lock screen.

Play everything in a queue

  1. On the Today tab, tap Play all.
  2. Summaries play one after another. Pause and skip from the lock screen or your headphones.
In Automatic, open Delivery channels and tap Telegram Channel; in Telegram, tap Start; summaries arrive in the chat.

Get summaries on Telegram or WhatsApp

  1. On the Automatic tab, open Delivery channels and tap Telegram Channel.
  2. The sumus chat opens in Telegram: tap Start.
  3. Pick Telegram as a destination on the Capture tab. Summaries arrive in the chat as text and audio.

WhatsApp works the same way. Messages come from +1 947-729-2550, still without the sumus name.

Copy the channel link in YouTube, tap the + next to Followed channels in sumus, paste and tap Subscribe.

Follow a YouTube channel

  1. In the YouTube app, open the channel and tap Share › Copy link.
  2. In sumus, on the Automatic tab, tap the + next to Followed channels.
  3. Paste the link, pick language and concentration, and tap Subscribe.

Every new video from the channel becomes a summary on its own. A paid-plan feature.

On your computer

Click the sumus drop in the Chrome toolbar, then Extract.

Summarize from the Chrome toolbar

  1. On the page you want to summarize, click the sumus drop in the Chrome toolbar.
  2. Pick the concentration and format, then click Extract.

The popup is also where you sign in the first time.

Move the mouse to the right edge of the page; the sumus tab slides out and you click Extract.

Summarize from the edge tab

  1. On any page, move the mouse to the right edge: the tab with the drop slides out.
  2. Click Extract. A notice confirms the request arrived.

It uses the preferences saved in the popup. On YouTube videos the tab is already open.

In the browser, click the install icon in the address bar, click Next and Install; with the app open, pin sumus to the taskbar.

Install the app on your computer

  1. In Chrome or Edge, open web.sumus.app and click the install icon at the end of the address bar.
  2. Click Next, then Install. sumus opens in its own window, without tabs, and is added to the Start menu with a desktop shortcut.
  3. With the app open, right-click its icon on the taskbar and choose Pin to taskbar.

If the install icon doesn't show, look for the install option in Chrome's ⋮ menu. You can also pin it from the Start menu: search for sumus, right-click it and choose Pin to taskbar.

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Questions or ideas: sumus@sumus.app

The illustrations show the app's new look, which reaches the stores in the next updates. If your version looks a little different, the steps are the same.