Highlighting a section of a book is a fun way to reference. How about highlighting quotes read online? This is where Glasp comes in.
Glasp is an online highlighter for the web. Glasp is an abbreviation for "Greatest Legacy Accumulated as Shared Proof."
Glasp was founded in 2021 by Kazuki Nakayashiki and Kei Watanabe. Kazuki is the current CEO of Glasp. Kazuki stated why they built Glasp in a quote: "Creating a system that allows everyone to share and develop their learnings as their legacy in a natural way."
Users from all over the world can highlight text on the web with Glasp. Glasp permits highlighting on numerous websites, including Forbes and Wikipedia. There is a community of Glasp users, which helps in collaboration, interactions, and networking. Quotes highlighted by other users can be viewed. Glasp gives access to people's thoughts and learning.
How do you install Glasp and start highlighting? Glasp is available for download on desktop computers using Windows and Mac OS. However, it is unavailable for Android and iOS devices currently. Glasp works as an extension in web browsers. Web pages can be highlighted on web browsers that have the extension installed.
To install Glasp, you can follow these steps:
- Sign up with your email address on the Glasp Website.
- Once sign-up is complete, select "Add to Chrome." There would be a pop-up to add the extension. For example, a teaching video is accessible from the Glasp YouTube page to learn how to install the extension.
- Pin the Extension on Chrome
Glasp is free to use. It can be accessed on desktop PCs using browsers such as Chrome, Safari, Edge, Brave, Vivaldi, and Opera. Glasp is currently in the beta version. You can highlight articles or videos on the web. It helps with organizing your thoughts and referencing things online.
Glasp, however, has restrictions on highlighting websites. Some websites, including Google products, note-taking apps, banking apps, and local PDF files, cannot be highlighted based on security reasons.
To start highlighting, follow these steps:
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Open the article or PDF of your choice.
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Select the words you want to highlight.
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Choose the color of the highlight. Four colors are available to select from. They are pink, yellow, green, and blue. Notes can be added while highlighting and shared directly on Twitter.
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The text would show on the right. Comments can be added to the highlight.
Glasp has distinctive features that make it easy to use. The parts are as follows:
Youtube Transcript Highlight
Glasp offers the option to highlight YouTube transcripts. It provides an extension called the YouTube Summary with ChatGPT. Glasp provides the transcripts with the time stamps of the videos. To get the transcript, open a YouTube video on the browser where the extension is installed. The transcript and summary section on the right would appear. It captures the transcripts with the time stamp of the video. The transcript can be copied.
Kindle integration
Highlights and notes can be imported from Kindle into Glasp. To do this, open Kindle; at the top right, there is an option to "Copy Highlights or Select Books." Select the books of your choice to import. Select "import Glasp." The books would appear in the "Kindle" section of the profile page. Notes highlighted on books on your Kindle app would show on Glasp.
Quoteshots
Quotes and words highlighted can be shared as quotes on social media pages such as Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook. The highlights can be downloaded and exported in comma-separated values (CSV), TXT, HTML, and Markdown formats.
Embed Glasp Highlights in a Blog
Highlights saved on Glasp can easily be embedded into blogs such as Hashnode, Medium, and personal blogs.
PDF Highlight
PDFs hosted online can be highlighted easily.
Glasp pricing is currently free and has no premium subscriptions for users.
Once sign-up is complete, you can begin to highlight pages. Glasp automatically creates a social media profile consisting of three sections: Home, My Highlights, and Explore.
The home page shows accounts to follow, topics of interest, and popular highlights by other users. Here, you can find your highlights based on your topics of interest. For example, you can find highlights from other users.
On the 'Following" page, quotes highlighted by accounts you follow would be for public view.
- My Highlights
Highlights and notes are stored on the profile page of the Glasp website. They can be accessed in the "My Highlights" section. Selected highlights can be tagged as favorites, copied, and shared. You can share highlights on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and via mail.
"Download Highlight images" would download the highlight as a quote. Various colors range from black, blue, and pink to the quote's background.
The Explore page shows authors or websites. The authors or websites are Glasp users or websites. These Glasp users have their websites and pages highlighted. You can connect to their social media accounts. Highlighted pages relating to the hashtags show on the page when clicked. Content from the community can be found here.
Business executives and writers who have implemented and used Glasp claim that they did so because of the community, unique highlights, and easy-to-use interface.
"Glasp has already become a staple tool (mainly for highlighting and note-taking) for me." "I'm hopeful I'll be able to continue using it for many years."
Kent Peligrino, Content Writer
"I love the way Glasp is always there while I'm reading articles on the web, ready to help me remember critical phrases or exciting ideas." The interface looks like Tumblr meets Google Reader. It's always full of exciting new things that strike someone else as valuable. What a wonderful place to visit!
Jason Shellen, Founder & Advisor
"I love using Glasp." I typically have over 100 tabs open since I want to remember to return to specific articles in the coming weeks, but it gets overwhelming. With Glasp, I exit out of all my tabs after reading because I know exactly where to find my previous citations. Not to mention, I can refer my friends to them as well! "The bonus is that the UI is super fun!"
Glasp is trusted by Microsoft, NYU, Google, Yale, Linkedin, Yale University, and Stanford University users.
There are other online highlighters, such as Weava and Liner.
The Weava is used to highlight web pages and PDFs. Users can save images on Weave using a premium plan. It differs from Glasp in that it does not support highlighting transcripts of YouTube videos. Instead, the weave is available on mobile applications only on iOS devices.
Liner offers to highlight articles, PDFs, and Youtube videos with the timestamp. Liner has three subscription features: free, premium, and pro. Liner is available for desktop and mobile (iOS and Android) applications. The liner does not support importing highlights in Kindle as Glasp does.
Source of Glasp alternative images: https://glasp.co/articles/best-online-highlighters
Glasp is an excellent highlighter for the web. It provides a better idea and option to store important text. They can easily be referenced and accessed.
If you are considering saving notes for easy access, Glasp is the best option to look out for.
Glasp does not just provide a means to highlight; it gives access to a community! However, there are opportunities to meet people, connect, and network.