Turn videos into usable transcripts.

Paste a YouTube link to read, copy, or download a transcript from its existing captions. Watch the video as you read.

Try this example URL or paste your own. Works with videos that have captions.

RESULT PREVIEWVideo and transcript together

Built on an API

Use transcripts in your own app.

Send a YouTube URL to get transcript text, timed segments, language, and video details.

REQUESTPOST /api/transcripts

curl -X POST https://youtube-transcript.yt-service.workers.dev/api/transcripts \
  -H 'content-type: application/json' \
  -d '{"url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mc9WVVAUQGE"}'

RESPONSE · abbreviatedJSON

{
  "status": "completed",
  "videoId": "mc9WVVAUQGE",
  "title": "Tom Holland and Jon Bernthal Team Up While Eating Spicy Wings | Hot Ones",
  "channel": "First We Feast",
  "language": "en",
  "isAutoGenerated": true,
  "text": "...",
  "segments": [
    { "startMs": 320, "durationMs": 4680, "text": "I feel like I could black out." }
  ]
}