# Transcribe YouTube Videos Without Captions (AI)

**Use case:** 

YouTube video has no captions or subtitles? Turn on AI transcription and get the spoken words as text anyway, with timestamps, using Whisper AI. Captions are used whenever they exist, so you only pay for AI when it is needed. Billed per minute of audio, only when a transcript is delivered.

## Input

```json
{
  "urls": [
    "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hZfmOvSXv8"
  ],
  "searchQueries": [],
  "searchPublishedWithin": "week",
  "searchSortBy": "views",
  "trendingCountries": [],
  "datasetSortBy": "views",
  "maxVideosPerSource": 50,
  "channelSort": "newest",
  "skipAlreadyScraped": false,
  "languages": [
    "en"
  ],
  "preferManualCaptions": true,
  "includeTimestampedText": true,
  "includeSrt": false,
  "includeSegments": false,
  "chunkWords": 0,
  "aiFallback": true,
  "maxAiMinutesPerVideo": 60,
  "maxConcurrency": 10
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "status": {
    "label": "Status",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "title": {
    "label": "Title",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "channelName": {
    "label": "Channel",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "publishDate": {
    "label": "Published",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "language": {
    "label": "Lang",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "isAutoGenerated": {
    "label": "Auto",
    "format": "boolean"
  },
  "wordCount": {
    "label": "Words",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "durationSeconds": {
    "label": "Duration (s)",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "viewCount": {
    "label": "Views",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "url": {
    "label": "URL",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "transcript": {
    "label": "Transcript",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "error": {
    "label": "Error",
    "format": "string"
  }
}
```

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [YouTube Transcript & Subtitles API – AI, Channels, Shorts](https://apify.com/tubetext/youtube-transcript-fast.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/tubetext/youtube-transcript-fast.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


## How to integrate an Actor?

This Task's input is already configured above. Use it as-is rather than inventing a new one.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For full API examples (JavaScript, Python, CLI, MCP, OpenAPI), see this Task's Actor page: https://apify.com/tubetext/youtube-transcript-fast.md

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).