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Show HN: Summarize webpages in seconds (inside the browser) (keenskim.com)

3 points by tdr ↗ HN
KeenSkim creates a highlighted summary of webpages directly in your browser, via a small bookmarklet (Firefox / Chrome / Safari). Also work for RSS feeds.

Works in 2-3 seconds but saves several minutes. It helps saving time and learning more.

Time is money... Knowledge is power... Get them both and build your empire!

*this is still an alpha version.

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pati7i
That is great, I couldn't wait to have something like that!!!
timotei
At last something promising that will help me unclutter the "read it later" webpages I bookmarked and wanted to read for ages but didn't have time to read them.
tdr
Yeah, that one of the "solutions" to the "information overload/exhaustion" problem we're solving.

Thing is the "read it later" approach doesn't really solves your main problem (getting the facts fast).

rzh
Impressed by the bookmarklet. How does the summarizer work? Is the Gremlin technology patented? :)
tdr
Well, web startups don't work that way.

The workflow is:

    listens for news-highlighting requests

    gets each and every webpage/feed

    detects the main content

    processes the content and pinpoints the relevant sentences from each news article

    creates a new enhanced webpage/feed containing the color-highlighted relevant bits

    sends the results to your browser (webpages) or gives them to your RSS Reader
The hard-lifting is done by a semantic component built in-house.