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byValeriePegon•August28,2019

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Save time with automatically generated summaries for saved articles and other content

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Cronycleletsyouautosummarizecuratedarticlestosaveyou lotsoftimeandtokeepyouincontrol Contentcuration whetherforpersonallearning,sharingknowledge,orcontent marketing isatimeconsumingactivity It’salsoan incrediblyimportantandvaluableactivityforyour organization,andit’smostpowerfulwhenyouaddcontext andyourowntakeonthecontentyou’resharing.

Summariesareparticularlyusefulastheygetpublishedwith yourboardcontent,whethertonewsletters,WordPress plugins,socialmedia,messagingapps,andwhereverand howeveryoudistributeinsights

How to summarize articles in Cronycle

Firstthingsfirst:let’slookathowsummariescanbeadded manually.

SummariesinCronycleboardsallowyoutotypeasmall amountoftext(upto1,000characters)whichyoucanuseto introduceanarticle,tweet,groupofcontent,etc.,ortoexpress yourpointofviewonitoraddcriticalcontext Ontheboards, summariesarevisiblerightabovethecontent.Theyalsoget publishedwithyourboardcontent tonewsletters, WordPressplugins,socialmedia,messagingappsandmore.

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Toaddasummary,youfirstneedtosavethearticleyouwant tosummarizeonaboard Thiscanbedonewiththepiniconin afeed,orwithourcontentclipper,orbyaddingalinkonthe boarddirectly

Oncesaved,clickon“Addsummary”inthearticletile

Addsummaryappearsatthetopofeachcontent

Ifyouaresavingfromfeeds,usetheboardtilepreviewonthe

right:

AddYourSummaryavailableassoonasyoupinacontent herefromafeed

Thesametilepreviewisalsovisiblefromthecontentreaderon theboard,soyoucancreateasummarywhilereadingan

article:

Afteryouclickon“Addsummary,”simplytypeyourbrief summarization,upto1,000characters Whenyouaredone, clickSave.

Backontheboard,eachsummaryisvisiblerightaboveits relevantcontent:

How can auto summarizing articles save you time?

Let’slookatafewpossiblewaysenteringyourowncustom summarycanbeabigtime saver Considerthesepossible scenarios:

Find relevant articles

LeslieiscollectingcontentontoaCronycleboardsharedwith colleaguesworkingonthesametopic Collectively,theyadd about10newarticlesorvideosdaily.Unfortunately,gettingan ideaofwhateachpieceofcontentisaboutisnotalwayseasy fromtheshortexcerptvisible(oftenpulledfromthebeginning ofthecontent) Leslie(andhercolleagues)cangeneratea summaryforeachimportantarticle(theycanallbegiven rightstocreate,save,discard,andeditsummariesaswell) Givingallteammemberstheabilitytocreatesummariesboth savesprecioustimeandenhancescollaborationand informationsharing

Prepare information to share

Whenanarticleisreadytobesharedtoawideraudience, Leslieandherteamalreadyhaveabigpartoftheworkof summarizationcompleted Infact,keywordsandnames usuallywillhavealreadybeenaddedtothearticleauto summaryandarereadytobereviewed,revised,orexpanded upon Thisiswherehumanjudgementtakesoverfrom automation.Onlyaskilledandknowledgeablepersonorteam candeliverapersonalandenhancedintroductorysummary thatwillresonatewiththeaudience,butbeingabletowork fromanautomatedsummary(insteadofstartingfrom

scratch)iscertainlyahugetimesaver.

Scale content marketing

LiisinquiteadierentsituationfromLeslie Hedoescontent curationforcontentmarketingpurposesforhisagency’s clients HehastocollectALOTofcontentandsubmitittohis clientsforapproval.Writingsummariesofarticlesor extractingkeysentencesmanuallyarebothslowprocesses thatadduptomanyhoursweekly,consideringthemassof informationheneedstopropose

WithCronycle,Licanautosummarizeeacharticle,saveit, and/oredititwhenitneedstobecustomizedtotheclient’s context.Simplygettingsomekeywordsandnamesinthe

summaryfieldfirsthelpssavealotoftime butgettingkey sentencesisevenbetter!

How to auto summarize curated articles in Cronycle

Start a new summary

Justlikeforamanuallygeneratedsummary,clickonAdd summary Inthepop upshowingthesummarytextfield,click ontheAutoSummarizebutton AutoSummarizebuttonavailablebelowthesummaryfield

You’llimmediatelyseeashortbitoftextappearinthetextbox

Thisistheautomaticallygenerated

Anautosummaryhasbeengenerated

Nowyouhavethreeoptionsofwhattodowiththe automaticallygeneratedsummarydisplayed:

Discardthegeneratedsummarycompletely,eitherby deletingthetextandwritingoveritwithyourowntext,or byclickingonCANCEL.

Savethegeneratedsummaryasyoursummarybyclicking onSAVE,andthenclosethepop upwindow. Editthesummarybyclickingintheboxtoadd,delete,or modifywordsasneeded.Thegeneratedsummaryis normaltextyoucanreviseasyouwish

Thearticlewiththesummary,asseenontheboard

Whetheryousavethesummarythatwasgeneratedas isor youeditandreviseitbeforeyousaveit,thesummaryyousave isthesummarythatwillbevisibleontheboardandwillbe publishedifandwhenyoudoso

Edit a summary

Later,whenyouclickagainontheeditedsummaryofan article,youcanseethattheAutoSummarizebuttonisthere andavailabletobeclickedagain Ifyouhadpreviously removedorrevisedtheautosummaryandsavedyourown,and nowyouclickontheAutoSummarizebutton,theoriginal automaticallygeneratedsummarywillbedisplayedandwill taketheplaceofyourowncustomsummary Butdon’tworry: yourcustomsummaryisnotlostforever.Simplyclickonthe UndoAutoSummarybutton,andthelastversionofyour custom/revisedsummary(whateverversionexistedjustbefore youclickedonAutoSummarize)isrestored

Notethatautosummaryiscurrentlyonlyavailableforarticles voiceinvideosandpodcastsarenotsummarized,norare TwitterConversationsorgroupsofcontent(StoryArcs)

How does it work behind the scenes?

WegeneratesummariesforarticlesusingSpacYanopen sourceadvancednaturallanguageprocessinglibrary Thecopy ofthearticleissubmittedtobesummarized,whichthen returnsthesummaryyouseeinthetextinput Atthispoint,we savethesummaryonoursidesoyoucanre generateitagain (itwillalwaysbethesametext) Wedonotsendanyother informationtothesummarizerservices Ifyourequireuseofa specificsummarizer,wecanaccommodatethatrequest, providedtheyhaveanAPI Pleasenote:ourcurrentsettingis togettwosentencesfromthesummarizer. Letusknowifyourequireanysummarizercustomization! Theabilitytogenerateanautosummaryforyourcurated articlesisagreatexampleoftechnologylendingahandin savingyouvaluabletimeincompletinganimportantactivity

thankstoCronycle’sAutoSummarizefeature.

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