Wordspike's serif W icon on its black tile, beside a close-up of a finished spike: a summary and the statements below it, on a light page.

Key figures

plans: Free, Pro and Curator
3
a month, or a year for ten months' price
$9–$19
headings a spike is read by, from summary to memo
12
Wordspike homepage: the serif Wordspike wordmark, a box to paste a YouTube link, and a panel headed Stop distractions. Solve Youtube time sink, with reading, export and Send to Kindle side by side.
The homepage asks for one thing, a video link, and says what comes back: an article to read, an export, or a Kindle delivery.
A public Wordspike spike for a Yanis Varoufakis interview: a summary followed by statements under their headings, with the list of sections in a left column.
A finished spike reads as an article: the summary first, then statements, ideas, quotes and how to apply, each under its own heading.

From a link to a read

  1. YouTube link

    • Pasted on the site or in the app

  2. From the video

    Transcript

    • The spoken text
    • The video's length

  3. One pass

    The spike

    • Summary first
    • Fixed sections after it

  4. Where the reader wants it

    Read

    • The page or a share link
    • EPUB, PDF or Kindle
The video supplies the words; the spike puts them in a fixed order, so the argument, the claims and the steps are easy to find.

Operating problem

A long video gives up a few useful ideas at the cost of the whole hour, and a watchlist only adds to the queue. A transcript alone does not fix it: the reader still has to find the argument, the claims and the steps worth keeping.

What changed

Wordspike takes the link, fetches the transcript and writes it up as a spike: a summary first, then statements, ideas, insights, quotes, habits, facts, references, how to apply, a one-sentence takeaway and recommendations, each under its own heading. The finished page can be shared by link, exported as EPUB or PDF, or sent to a Kindle address, and accounts with monthly video and spike limits carry the product.

System scope

  • YouTube link to transcript
  • A spike in fixed sections: summary, statements, ideas, insights, quotes, habits, facts, references, how to apply, takeaway, recommendations
  • Public share page for a finished spike
  • EPUB and PDF export, and send-to-Kindle delivery
  • Accounts with Google or emailed-link sign-in, and Free, Pro and Curator plans with monthly limits
  • Web app at app.wordspike.com

Technical constraints

  • Put the summary first, then the argument, claims, quotes and steps in their own sections, so a spike stays short and checkable.
  • Keep the cost of one video low enough that a subscription still pays when a heavy subscriber uses every limit.
  • Carry a finished spike from the page to EPUB, PDF and Kindle without losing its structure.

Evidence

Wordspike is Prodmake's own product; the site's footer reads © Wordspike by Prodmake.
Live at wordspike.com and app.wordspike.com.
Plans
Free at 5 videos a month, Pro at US$9 a month or $90 a year, Curator at $19 a month or $190 a year, each paid plan with a 1-day trial.

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