Extract YouTube Video Transcripts To Text
Extract timestamped captions and full text from YouTube videos to build training datasets for AI models and RAG pipelines. Returns full_text, duration_seconds, and transcript_language. Modify the videoUrls input array and outputFormat to adapt the task for your custom corpus.
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The YouTube Caption & Whisper AI Transcript Extractor Actor will start running based on the input automatically. You can also change all the input fields, like video urls, preferred language, and more, to match your specific use case.
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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 video id, canonical url, title, and more.
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The final output is delivered in JSON, CSV, or Excel format, ready to be plugged into your workflow. You can also run the "Extract YouTube Video Transcripts To Text" task via API.
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Users configure videoUrls, language, outputFormat, and useWhisper in the extract YouTube video transcripts task input to retrieve text.
Each row in the extract YouTube video transcripts task output includes video_id, title, channel_name, full_text, and duration_seconds.
Running the extract YouTube video transcripts task costs $0.10 start on Free plus $0.99 per 1,000 results, alongside Apify platform compute.
Dataset results from the extract YouTube video transcripts task can be downloaded as CSV, Excel, JSON, XML, RSS, or an HTML table.
Automation for the extract YouTube video transcripts task is supported through Apify Schedules, the Apify API, and tools like Zapier.
Lawfulness depends on the purpose, site terms, and privacy laws like GDPR, making the person running the extract YouTube video transcripts task responsible.
Operating the extract YouTube video transcripts task requires no YouTube API key or login credentials.