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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