Get a YouTube transcript as plain text
Myworkingmemory LLC
Paste one YouTube link and get the whole transcript back as plain text plus timestamped segments, with the video title, channel, duration and view count. From the video's own captions, in seconds. $0.0007 per transcript, no start fee.
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In the text field of the result: the whole transcript, one caption line per row. The data field holds the same lines with start time and duration.
$0.0007 per delivered transcript ($0.70 per 1,000). No start fee, no per-run fee. A video without captions costs nothing.
Only public videos that have captions, manual or auto-generated. Private, removed and age-restricted videos cannot be read, and there is no audio transcription or translation.