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Transcribe videos that have no captions

Turn YouTube, Instagram and X links into timestamped transcripts, including videos with captions disabled, where the audio is transcribed with AI.

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Video Transcript API — YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, X, Facebook
Video Transcript API — YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, X, Facebookairtune/universal-transcript-api
Platform
Title
Language
Transcript source
+2 fields
Text
Number
Boolean
List
Object

Input

Video URLs:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aircAruvnKk+2
Audio or video files
Quote only — do not process:false
Max videos per playlist or channel:50
Preferred languages
Output formats:json+2
Max concurrent videos:5
Reuse YouTube session between runs:true
Caption download route:auto
Transcribe with AI when captions are missing:true
Speech recognition model:whisper-large-v3-turbo
Max video length for AI transcription (seconds):3600

Output fields

Platform
Title
Language
Transcript source
Duration (seconds)
Plain text

How it works

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The Video Transcript API — YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, X, Facebook Actor is ready to run with the inputs already set for "Transcribe videos that have no captions". Sign up or log in and you'll land in Apify Console with a copy of this exact task.

Start the "Transcribe videos that have no captions" task

The Video Transcript API — YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, X, Facebook Actor will start running based on the input automatically. You can also change all the input fields, like video urls, audio or video files, and more, to match your specific use case.

Receive the "Transcribe videos that have no captions" output

Monitor the progress in real time. You will be notified as soon as your dataset is complete and ready for review. Each result includes data such as platform, title, language, and more.

Integrate into your workflow

The final output is delivered in JSON, CSV, or Excel format, ready to be plugged into your workflow. You can also run the "Transcribe videos that have no captions" task via API.

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