How to generate Summaries from Texts with AI

Algor Education is an AI-powered web app dedicated to learning that allows for the automatic creation of online concept maps with just one click. Thanks to the support of Artificial Intelligence, the platform provides daily assistance to thousands of students, teachers and life-long learners worldwide.

Alongside the creation of concept and mind maps from text, photo and audio, Algor Education offers an Automatic Summary generation feature that enables users to obtain not just a visual outline but also a textual summary from the starting text.

Let's see together how to get your Automatic Summary with Algor Education!

1. Access Algor Education

To test Algor's automatic summary generation, you need to have an account. If you are not yet registered, you can do so for free by visiting the official Algor Education website from your browser on your device. Then, just log into the app and follow the instructions. Registering with Algor entitles you to 30 free AI credits, which you can use within the app to try out its automatic functions.

2. Generate the summary from text, photos, or audio

Once you have accessed your personal area, you can choose between two options: get the automatic summary with the Text to Map function, starting from a digital text, for example, a text pasted from a webpage or by uploading a PDF, or with the Photo to Map, starting from one or more photos of books or notes.

Alternatively, you can transcribe an audio or video file and then convert it into a summary and concept map. In just a few moments, the algorithm will synthesize the content of the documents inserted, extract the main concepts, and show you the summary and concept map. To open the automatic summary, just click on the little robot at the bottom left, a drop-down menu will appear, and you need to select "Summary". Then the summary will open for you to consult.

Automatic Summary from Text

If you have a digital text, like a PDF or Word file, and you want to convert it into a summary and concept map, the Text to Map is for you! To get the Automatic Summary through Text to Map, first make sure you have enough AI credits. At least 15 AI credits are required for this function.

Find the "Text to Map" button in the Personal Area, upload your file and select the pages you want to summarize or copy-paste the texto it into the appropriate box, then click on "Create". In a few seconds, your material will be ready! You will see a ready-to-use mind map and you can open your Summary by clicking on the robot at the bottom left, then selecting "Summary". Your also find the summary file in the "Material" section of your Personal Area, next to the map file.

If you want more information about this feature, read our article on how to automatically create a conceptual map from digital text such as Pdfs, Word files or website text.

Automatic Summary from Photo

If you want to obtain an automatic conceptual map and summary from your paper texts or handwritten notes, you need to use the Photo Map function. Again, the cost is at least 15 AI credits. Find the "Photo to Map" button in your Personal Area, next to the "Text to Map" option. You can take photos of the paper content from a smartphone or tablet by framing the QR code that appears when you click the button. Alternatively, you can upload images already on your device. After arranging the photos in the correct order, select "Proceed", wait a few seconds, and it's done!

If you want more information about this feature, read our article on how to automatically create a map from book photos or handwritten notes.

Automatic Summary from Audio

If you want to transform the recording of a lecture, a podcast, a video you made into a summary, you can do so with Algor. To create a summary from an audio file, go to the transcriptions section of Algor Education. Just upload the audio or video file to get its transcription, and then from that text, you can generate both a concept map and a summary.

Each hour of transcription costs 0,99€ and they're not included in Algor's subscriptions. The formats supported by Algor are mpeg, mp3, wav, webm, m4a, mpga, mp4, x-m4a. The maximum file size must be 0.5GB.

3. Personalize and export your Summary

The summary obtained from the text comes with a title and several paragraphs. Like every function offered by Algor, the Automatic Summary can also be modified. Open your summary page, reread it and customize it as you like. You can format the text to make it more readable, rework some passages or expand on others. You can change colors, modify alignment, or use bold, italic, and underline.In addition, the summary text can be played back with text-to-speech to facilitate reading.

The experience with Algor is not limited to just modifying the automatic resources within the app; by clicking on the download icon at the bottom left, you can download the summary in .docx format, and consequently, you can also print it to have it in paper version!

Try Algor's Summary Generation

In this article, we have seen how to obtain the Automatic Summary of Algor Education, a function created thanks to the Artificial Intelligence algorithms developed by our team. If you want to enhance your learning possibilities and wish to test it, join the Algor Education family and use your 30 free AI credits immediately.

And if you want to continue creating automatic concept maps and summaries, check out the subscription page: you can choose between a Basic plan that gives you 150 AI credits per month and a PRO plan, which gives you up to 1000 AI credits per month.