Ask on Video 
Ask on Video is a browser extension for asking questions about video content and captions. Users should verify answers against the original video, respect content rights and review extension permissions.
Starting price Free + paid options
Tool Information
Ask on Video is a browser extension for asking questions about video content and captions. Users should verify answers against the original video, respect content rights and review extension permissions.
Use authorized, non-sensitive inputs and minimum permissions. Configure privacy, retention, sharing, disclosure, accessibility, export, moderation and spending controls. Test representative cases, verify facts, calculations, citations, code and generated media, preserve originals and require accountable human approval before publication or action.
The extension is free to install with optional paid features. Video limits, AI usage, subscriptions, renewal and taxes vary.
AI output may be inaccurate, biased, derivative, insecure or misleading. Review consent, copyright, training and retention terms, renewals, refunds, platform rules and applicable law. Health, education, security, employment and customer-facing workflows require qualified human review.
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Pros and Cons
Pros
- Captures a video frame with one click
- Allows a user to ask an AI question about the captured frame
- Works directly on YouTube and other video websites
- Uses a vision-capable GPT model to interpret visual content
- Can be activated through the extension icon or a keyboard shortcut
- Does not require the user to leave the video page
- Can help clarify diagrams; code; charts; equations; and objects visible in a frame
- Supports learning in subjects such as mathematics; economics; and programming
- Can help students and educators interact with video material
- Is lightweight at roughly 583 KiB
- Is installed through the Chrome Web Store
- Its Web Store record reports no publisher policy violations
- The developer states that data is not sold outside approved use cases
- Provides a simple frame-specific workflow instead of uploading a full video
- The store page identifies the extension's current version and last update date
- The developer's disclosure says collected data is not used for lending or creditworthiness decisions
Cons
- The extension was last updated in January 2024
- The Chrome Web Store shows a very small user base and no meaningful review sample
- It analyzes a captured frame rather than the full temporal context of a video
- A single frame can omit narration; previous steps; captions; motion; or surrounding evidence
- Vision-model answers can misread small text; equations; code; diagrams; or visual relationships
- It supports only English according to the store listing
- It requires a Chromium-compatible browser and an internet connection
- The store disclosure indicates that the extension processes personally identifiable information
- Captured frames may contain copyrighted; confidential; educational; or personal content
- No clear current pricing; quota; retention; or model-provider policy is shown in the store listing
- Dependence on an older GPT-4 Vision integration may create compatibility or availability issues
- Answers should not be used as authoritative solutions for exams or high-stakes work
- The extension cannot verify whether the source video itself is accurate
- No mobile-browser workflow is documented
- No transcript-level search; timeline citations; or full-video summarization is documented
- Users should review extension permissions and the privacy policy before installation
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- Check the currency, billing period, automatic renewal, usage limits and seats at checkout — prices and promotions change.
- App-store pricing can differ from website pricing by country, device and tax.
- Share only authorised data, and read the provider's encryption, retention and model-training terms first.
- AI output can be incomplete or wrong. Verify facts, citations, calculations and code before you publish or ship.
- Commercial usage rights vary by plan, provider terms and jurisdiction.
- None of these tools replaces a qualified professional for medical, legal or financial decisions.
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