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Turn a YouTube video into text: a word-timed transcript, .srt and .vtt subtitle files and plain text. Only the audio is fetched from the link; you get a transcript without downloading the whole video.
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Auto-detect is available; setting the language gives more accurate results.
Transcript, .srt, .vtt and plain text download together.
YouTube auto-generates captions for most videos, but they're weak on punctuation, skip non-speech sounds and are sometimes missing altogether. Copying them off the page is a chore, too.
The transcript you get here is word-timed and punctuated, and downloads as .srt, .vtt and plain text together. You can start a clip or translation job from the same source right away; YouTube's interface has no equivalent.
The biggest factor is the microphone. A clean YouTube link is transcribed almost perfectly; background music, echoey rooms and people talking over each other raise the error rate. Names and brand names are spelled by ear, so it's worth reviewing the output once.
For long recordings the whole file isn't downloaded; only the audio is fetched first, so even hour-long recordings start quickly.
You can pull clips from the same recording right away: the transcript is already word-timed, so clip boundaries never land mid-sentence. No need to re-upload to burn in captions or translate.
With the text in hand, the recording itself becomes searchable: turning it into a blog post, a newsletter summary or show notes takes far longer without a transcript.
The source file is kept only for a while so you can re-process it, then deleted automatically. For meeting and customer recordings that matters: nothing is used to train models. Your outputs stay in your account until you delete them.
Technically yes, but publishing the text is a copyright question. This tool is meant for your own content and recordings you have rights to.
Since the whole video isn't downloaded, even hour-long recordings start quickly; total time depends mostly on how long the speech is.
Recordings up to three hours are processed, within your plan's monthly minutes.
The transcript is word-timed; speaker labeling isn't available yet.
The source file is kept only for a while so you can re-process it, then deleted automatically. Outputs stay in your account until you delete them.
Burn word-by-word captions into the whole video, with .srt and .txt files.
OpenVideo translatorTranscribe the speech, translate it and burn the translated captions into the video. .srt in both languages.
OpenCrop and resizeTurn a horizontal video vertical or square, following the speaker. Framing only, no captions.
OpenTrim videoSet a start and end and keep that part. Change the aspect ratio too if you like.
OpenSplit videoSplit a long video into equal parts, each labeled 'Part 1/5'.
OpenAdd text and imagesAdd text and/or a logo on top of your video. Choose position, size and style.
OpenProcess 30 minutes of video free every month and see the results. Upgrade if you like it.
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