Saima: AI-based video speed controller and note-taking assistant

Awesome extension

Amazing! It’s strange that I couldn’t immediately find this extension in the chrome web store search - I even had the idea of doing something similar based on the density of speech from subtitles)) But I’m very happy and admired how it’s done in Saima. I am comfortable listening at a speed of about 350-400 wpm, and I dare to make two suggestions for improving the quality of the sound. First: there are places (for example, at the end of a sentence) where the beginning of a word sounds clearly and loudly, and the end of the word fades out and is “swallowed” - it would be good to use the function of slightly increasing the volume and slowing down in such places. Second: there are words that get stuck even at normal speed. If you use transcription, then it would be nice to be able to display such a word in a problematic place (in the form of a subtitle), or use “swarm intelligence” - so that users themselves can add a problematic word in a given place and it will subsequently be displayed on the screen for other users. And third: I suspect that a high-speed transcription model is used, which turns out to be insufficiently accurate, which may affect the quality of adaptation and limit the use of subtitle output of the problem word. Probably, it would be possible to do transcription using more accurate models not in real time at the user’s request according to the following scheme: the user orders an accurate transcription at his own expense at the full cost (+ some commission for Saima), the second user pays, for example, 70% of the cost - which are returned to the account of the first user in the form of bonuses (not money), which he can spend on paying for the next exact transcriptions, the third user pays 50% (which is distributed between the first and second by 25%), etc. - thus, the first user can even receive some benefit in bonuses compared to the deposit. At the same time, Saima will earn money in any case - and due to this, it can make any other services available for private use without restrictions. At the same time, Saima will also be useful for displaying your own accurate subtitles (and translations for them) instead of the standard subtitles of video services, which are usually of very poor quality. I believe that accompanying accelerated video with accurate subtitles with the correct settings for their output can further increase the speed of perception and allow you not to miss anything at all. I join those who say that the colors in the interface are somewhat aggressive, especially noticeable against the backdrop of night themes - the user should be given the opportunity to choose their own. And I wouldn’t mind two additional buttons for quickly increasing and decreasing speed, or even better, an equalizer. I also find it useful to save personal speed for each channel with the user’s permission. And personally, it would be comfortable for me to increase the speed from 1.5 to maximum for 3-5 seconds at the beginning of watching a video. A button to disable/enable acceleration while maintaining audio boost and other features would also be nice. It is probably better to place some of the settings in a separate “Professional” interface. Also, the extension does not turn on instantly after starting the video - sometimes it takes 10 seconds. For this interval, it is better to use some initial safe acceleration for a given video channel - for example, 1.25-1.5 speed until the main part of the technology starts. When cutting out silence, faint clicks are sometimes heard. Thanks!