YouTube Transcript Scraper · Chinese-first, AI fallback
Pricing
from $5.00 / 1,000 caption transcript (字幕逐字稿)s
Get transcripts from YouTube videos - Chinese first. Only ~25-37% of Chinese videos have captions; this Actor transcribes the rest with AI.
You can access the YouTube Transcript Scraper · Chinese-first, AI fallback programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in API & Integrations in Apify Console.
$echo '{< "videoUrls": [< "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aircAruvnKk"< ]<}' |<apify call blue59/youtube-chinese-transcript --silent --output-datasetThe Apify CLI is the official tool that allows you to use YouTube Transcript Scraper · Chinese-first, AI fallback locally, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.
Using installation script (macOS/Linux):
$curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bashUsing installation script (Windows):
$irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iexUsing Homebrew:
$brew install apify-cliUsing npm:
$npm install -g apify-cliOther API clients include: