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Turn YouTube videos into plain-text transcripts
Returns the full transcript of each video as one block of plain text, with the video title, channel, duration and the language that was used. Prefers human captions and falls back to auto-generated ones. Paste in any number of video URLs or IDs to build summaries, blog posts, subtitles or a searchable archive. Switch the format to SRT or VTT for subtitle files.
YouTube Transcript API — Captions to Text, SRT & VTTinsight.solutions/youtube-transcript-api
Video ID
Video title
Transcript language
Transcript text
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Input
YouTube videos(required):https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG9CE55wbtY+1
Preferred languages:en
Transcript format:text
Output fields
Video ID
Video title
Transcript language
Transcript text
Word count
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Create your Apify account to access the YouTube Transcript API — Captions to Text, SRT & VTT.
Start the run02
The Actor will start running based on the input automatically.
Receive the output03
Monitor the progress in real-time. You will be notified as soon as your dataset is complete and ready for review.
Integrate into your workflow04
The final output is delivered in JSON, CSV, or Excel format, ready to be plugged into your workflow.
