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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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YouTube Caption & Whisper AI Transcript Extractor
YouTube Caption & Whisper AI Transcript Extractornimbryxo-studio/youtube-caption-and-whisper-ai-transcript
Video id
Canonical url
Title
Channel name
+27 fields
Text
Number
Boolean
List
Object

Input

Video URLs:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ+1
Preferred Language:en
Output Format:text_only
Use Whisper AI fallback:true

Output fields

Video id
Canonical url
Title
Channel name
Channel id
Channel handle
Published at
Full text
Transcript language
Transcript language name
Is auto generated
Was translated
Segment count
Duration seconds
Views
Published date
Segments
Word timings
Srt
Vtt
Available languages
Caption tracks
Chapters
Heatmap
Transcript source
Transcript available
Access status
Success
Error code
Input url
Scraped at

How it works

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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.

Receive the "Extract YouTube Video Transcripts To Text" output

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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