📚 Feature Focus: Summarize Content in Logos

Jason Stone (Logos)
Jason Stone (Logos) Administrator, Logos Employee Posts: 1,124
edited April 24 in English Forum

Ever wish you could quickly distill the main ideas from a dense theological article or Bible dictionary entry? Logos now offers a powerful new Summarize feature that does just that.

With just a few clicks, Logos generates a concise summary of the content you're reading—perfect for reviewing key points, preparing teaching materials, or jumpstarting your study.

Here’s how to use it:

  1. Open any resource in your Logos library.
  2. Select the section you want summarized.
  3. Choose Summarize from the Tools tab in the Dynamic Toolbar.
  4. Logos will generate a quick, AI-powered summary for that section.

This works especially well with longer resources like commentaries, encyclopedias, or journal articles—anywhere you’d benefit from a bird’s-eye view.

Learn more about the Summarize feature →

📝 Try it out, and let us know:

How do you see yourself using the Summarize tool in your study or sermon prep?
Drop your thoughts (or test results!) in the comments below.

Sr. Community Manager at Logos.

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  • MJ. Smith
    MJ. Smith MVP Posts: 55,152

    I'm using it on monographs to create my own study guide and review questions for textbook type books. Got to keep my skills uptodate.

    Orthodox Bishop Alfeyev: "To be a theologian means to have experience of a personal encounter with God through prayer and worship."; Orthodox proverb: "We know where the Church is, we do not know where it is not."

  • Joseph Valentine
    Joseph Valentine Member Posts: 33 âś­âś­

    Hello, I've tried your steps and can't get through them.

    I know how to open summarize from the tools menu, but I'm intrigued by your suggestion to right-click and choose summarize from the context menu. I don't see an option for summarize.

    I've tried selecting headwords and other parts of the article, but the right-click-context-menu does not show summarize. Am I doing something wrong?

    Thanks for your ongoing contributions!

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  • Jason Stone (Logos)
    Jason Stone (Logos) Administrator, Logos Employee Posts: 1,124
    edited April 24
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    You are correct in that I poorly worded and was mistaken in my instructions, @Joseph Valentine. I have edited the post above.

    Sr. Community Manager at Logos.

  • Joseph Valentine
    Joseph Valentine Member Posts: 33 âś­âś­

    Thanks, Jason! BTW, having the "summarize" option in the context menu would be a wonderful upgrade!

  • Lynden O. Williams
    Lynden O. Williams MVP Posts: 9,016

    My struggle is increasing the font size of the summarize pane.

    Mission: To serve God as He desires.

  • GaoLu
    GaoLu Member Posts: 3,528 âś­âś­âś­

    I find this more useful all the time.

  • GaoLu
    GaoLu Member Posts: 3,528 âś­âś­âś­

    That reminder is necessary. AI is a helpful source of possible references. Often. Each source must be validated and evaluated for relevance and validity. I think of it like Google search: scan the list of results to see if anything interesting pops up. Then apply intellect and wisdom to determine if what you found on the internet is reliable.

    I believe we need to give people credit for having the ability to understand and use AI this way.

    It's like the meme going around about how, a few years ago where people received a car instruction manual with instructions on how to do a valve job. Nowadays, they get a large-print glossy paper with a large red exclamation mark indicating not to drink the battery's contents. I trust that most Logosians are of the former type and not the latter.

  • DMB
    DMB Member Posts: 14,474 âś­âś­âś­âś­

    It's from Logos. I trust it. Now, for some Koolaid … thirsty!

    "If myth is ideology in narrative form, then scholarship is myth with footnotes." B. Lincolm 1999.

  • RJ
    RJ Member Posts: 135 âś­âś­âś­

    Unfortunately, in this time-compressed world, many people will eventually succumb to AI's 'efficiencies' and stop checking. I've seen a few on this site who already have. I just keep praying for the whole situation.

    Good thing I don't like Kool-aid, lol!