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YouTube Transcript with Word-Level Timestamps

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Get a YouTube transcript with word-level timestamps - a start and end time for every word, plus per-token confidence - AND a free download link to the video itself. Everything you need to cut a short in one call: footage, cut points and caption timings. Works even when a video has no captions.

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from $50.00 / 1,000 video transcribeds

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Samir Zerrouki

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You can access the YouTube Transcript with Word-Level Timestamps programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in API & Integrations in Apify Console.

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YouTube Word-Level Transcript & Word Timestamps OpenAPI definition

OpenAPI is a standard for designing and describing RESTful APIs, allowing developers to define API structure, endpoints, and data formats in a machine-readable way. It simplifies API development, integration, and documentation.

OpenAPI is effective when used with AI agents and GPTs by standardizing how these systems interact with various APIs, for reliable integrations and efficient communication.

By defining machine-readable API specifications, OpenAPI allows AI models like GPTs to understand and use varied data sources, improving accuracy. This accelerates development, reduces errors, and provides context-aware responses, making OpenAPI a core component for AI applications.

You can download the OpenAPI definitions for YouTube Transcript with Word-Level Timestamps from the options below:

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If you’d like to learn more about how OpenAPI powers GPTs, read our blog post.

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