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Extract on-screen text from YouTube Shorts

Extract on-screen text from YouTube Shorts with AI vision OCR. Export overlays, captions and hashtags with timestamps for social listening.

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YouTube Shorts On-Screen Text Extractor (OCR)
YouTube Shorts On-Screen Text Extractor (OCR)rainminer/youtube-shorts-text-extractor
Video id
Short URL
Duration
Full text
+2 fields
Text
Number
Boolean
List
Object

Input

YouTube Shorts URLs(required):https://www.youtube.com/shorts/0uTo-oe2ecA+1
Max Shorts to process:2

Output fields

Video id
Short URL
Duration
Full text
Text segments
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How it works

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The YouTube Shorts On-Screen Text Extractor (OCR) Actor is ready to run with the inputs already set for "Extract on-screen text from YouTube Shorts". Sign up or log in and you'll land in Apify Console with a copy of this exact task.

Start the "Extract on-screen text from YouTube Shorts" task

The YouTube Shorts On-Screen Text Extractor (OCR) Actor will start running based on the input automatically. You can also change all the input fields, like youtube shorts urls and max shorts to process, to match your specific use case.

Receive the "Extract on-screen text from YouTube Shorts" 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, short url, duration, and more.

Integrate into your workflow

The final output is delivered in JSON, CSV, or Excel format, ready to be plugged into your workflow. You can also run the "Extract on-screen text from YouTube Shorts" task via API.

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