# Download YouTube Transcripts as Text for Research

**Use case:** 

Retrieve text transcripts from public YouTube videos. Access clean, organized data for analysis in multiple languages.

## Input

```json
{
  "videoUrls": [
    "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndAQfTzlVjc",
    "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAnGwRiQ4-4"
  ],
  "preferredTranscriptLanguages": [
    "en"
  ],
  "transcriptOutputFormat": "txt"
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "inputUrl": {
    "label": "Input url"
  },
  "videoId": {
    "label": "Video id"
  },
  "status": {
    "label": "Status"
  },
  "error": {
    "label": "Error"
  },
  "collectedAt": {
    "label": "Collected at"
  }
}
```

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [YouTube Transcript Scraper](https://apify.com/calm_builder/youtube-transcript-scraper) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/calm_builder/youtube-transcript-scraper) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.