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Turn YouTube university lectures into text for study notes

Get the transcripts of recorded university lectures on YouTube (Stanford CS229, MIT 18.06 Linear Algebra, MIT 6.006 Algorithms, Harvard CS50) from human-made captions only, with timestamps so every note can cite its moment in the video. For students, teachers and edtech builders making notes, quizzes or flashcards. Output: title, channel, duration, timestamped segments and full text.

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YouTube Transcript Scraper - Captions & Subtitles API
YouTube Transcript Scraper - Captions & Subtitles APItenfoldfleet/youtube-transcript-scraper
Input
Video ID
Title
Channel
+5 fields
Text
Number
Boolean
List
Object

Input

YouTube video URLs or IDs(required):https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGwO_UgTS7I+3
Include auto-generated captions:false
Output format:both

Output fields

Input
Video ID
Title
Channel
Language
Auto-generated
# Segments
Transcript
Error

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Create your Apify account to access the YouTube Transcript Scraper - Captions & Subtitles API.

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.

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