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YouTube transcript generator
Paste any YouTube URL. Get a clean, timestamped transcript in seconds — then summarize, search, or send it to an AI in one click.
Instant AI summary
Get the gist in a few lines without watching the whole video.
Click-to-jump timestamps
Skip straight to the moment you care about — no scrubbing.
Search every word
Find any quote, name, or topic across the entire transcript.
One-click to Claude or ChatGPT
Send the transcript to your favorite LLM with the right context attached.
Copy or export anywhere
Download as TXT, SRT, or VTT. Copy clean Markdown.
Works on any public video
Long-form, live streams, and Shorts — in any language YouTube captions support.
Use it for
Research, creation, and everything in between
Content creation
Drop in a video that's outperforming everything else on the channel and take it apart. Read the hook word-for-word. See exactly when the format shifts. Find the line that earned the comment. The transcript is where you figure out why something worked — or why your last upload didn't.
Research
Pull quotes, claims, and timestamps out of long interviews, panel talks, and conference recordings. Search across the whole transcript. Cite the exact moment instead of 'somewhere around the 40-minute mark'.
Learning
Skim a 90-minute lecture in five. Find the part where the instructor actually answers the question. Send the whole thing to Claude or your notes app and keep moving.
Accessibility
Read instead of watch. Useful for noisy environments, slow connections, language learners, or anyone who processes text faster than audio.
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