transcript.im

transcript.im generates timestamped transcripts from public YouTube videos, using creator captions when available and transcribing the audio when they are not. Users can search and copy transcript text, jump to moments by timestamp, create summaries, chapter summaries, and mind maps, translate transcripts, and export them as TXT, SRT, or VTT files. The page describes the service for students, researchers, journalists, writers, and content creators who want to read, quote, study, or reuse spoken video content. It also supports videos and audio from TikTok, Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook, and offers an API and MCP server. Free use is available within a quota; additional usage is billed through a paid subscription.

transcript.im turns public YouTube video links into readable, timestamped transcripts. It uses creator captions when available and transcribes the audio when they are not, so users can work with videos that lack captions. The transcript can be searched, copied, translated, or exported as a TXT, SRT, or VTT file. The page also describes generating summaries, chapter summaries, and mind maps from the transcript, helping users find and reuse spoken content without rewatching a video. A user pastes a public YouTube link into the browser-based generator and starts transcription. The tool checks for the creator's caption track first; if none exists, it transcribes the audio. It returns timestamped text that users can search, copy, or use to jump to a moment in the video. Users can export TXT, SRT, or VTT files, translate the transcript while keeping its timestamps, or generate summaries and mind maps. The page also says transcripts can be used with AI assistants, NotebookLM, an API, or an MCP server. The page describes the tool for students and note takers, researchers and fact-checkers, content creators, journalists, writers, and people working with AI assistants. They can use transcripts to study talks, check exact quotes, prepare content, or provide text to tools such as NotebookLM, ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini. The page emphasizes that the generator can transcribe audio when creator captions are missing, and that its timestamped output is searchable, reusable, and exportable.