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Recall: Learn Faster and Retain More with AI

In today's fast-paced world, managing information effectively is crucial. Recall is an innovative tool designed to help professionals and learners alike summarize, store, and retrieve online content effortlessly.

Recall is a personal knowledge management and summarization platform.

  • Knowledge Base: Store your research, articles, YouTube videos, podcasts, recipes, even personal journals in one safe place.

  • Multi-Device Access: Available on web, Chrome extension, and mobile app.

  • AI-Powered: Summarizes content, lets you chat with it, highlights key points, and builds connections across your knowledge base.

Key Features

1. Summarization & Chat

  • Add YouTube videos, podcasts, articles, or PDFs → Recall generates a concise summary.

  • You can chat with the content, asking specific questions.

    • Example: “What is the surprising truth about creatine?” → Recall answers directly from the video transcript.

  • Provides timestamp navigation to jump to relevant sections in videos.

2. Categories & Tagging

  • Content is auto-tagged into topics (e.g., “Health & Aging”).

  • Users can add or adjust tags manually (e.g., “Movies to Watch”).

3. Augmented Browsing

  • While browsing, Recall highlights terms connected to your saved knowledge.

  • Example: “Neurotransmitter” appears 14 times in your past notes, instantly showing related content.

4. Recall Widget & Chrome Extension

  • A pop-up widget offers summaries and quick saves while browsing.

  • Auto Save can be turned on/off depending on preference.

5. Recall Review & Quiz

  • Turn your saved content into quiz questions.

  • Uses spaced repetition: the more you forget, the more it reappears, helping long-term retention

Use Cases

  1. YouTube Videos 

    • Ideal for long videos where you need quick insights.

    • Lets you preview before committing to hours of content.

    • Ask questions, get concise answers, and skip directly to key timestamps.

  2. Podcasts 

    • Pre-screen a podcast with summaries before listening.

    • Chat with the transcript for specific learnings.

  3. Research (Health, Science, Productivity) 

    • Save academic papers, reports, guides.

    • Build structured protocols (e.g., a personalized longevity plan).

  4. Movies & Books 

    • Store Wikipedia pages of films/books.

    • Explore connections like directors, genres, and themes.

  5. Journaling 

    • Write daily notes and analyze recurring themes.

    • Chat with your own journals to identify patterns in your thoughts.

  6. Recipes 

    • Save online or family recipes.

    • Extract ingredients and steps with Recall’s chat.

    • Build connections based on flavors or ingredients

Step-by-Step Tutorial

1. Setup

  • Go to Recall website → click Open App.

  • Install the Chrome extension.

  • Download the mobile app.

2. Adding Content

  • Browser extension: Summarize YouTube videos, podcasts, or articles.

  • Manual upload: Add a URL or file.

  • Mobile sharing: Send content directly to Recall.

3. Summarizing a YouTube Video

  • Open the video → click the Recall extension.

  • Select Concise Summary for a quick overview.

  • Ask specific questions (e.g., “What supplements are recommended here?”).

  • Use timestamps to jump directly to interesting parts.

4. Organizing Your Knowledge Base

  • Add/edit tags for better categorization.

  • Remove irrelevant links (e.g., city names in a movie page).

  • Save summaries, notes, and highlights in notebooks.

5. Using Recall Review

  • Turn your saved cards into quizzes.

  • Practice regularly to strengthen memory and retention

Benefits

  • Saves Time: Condenses hours of video/podcast content into minutes.

  • Personal Knowledge Base: Keeps all your important insights in one place.

  • Smart Connections: Links related information across topics.

  • Interactive Learning: Chat + quizzes turn passive consumption into active learning

Highlight – YouTube Summarization

One of Recall’s most powerful features is handling long YouTube videos:

  1. Creates concise summaries.

  2. Lets you chat directly with the video.

  3. Provides timestamp navigation to key moments.

This makes Recall an incredible productivity tool for fast knowledge extraction and targeted video consumption.