Question 1

Is youtubetranscript.co free to use?

Accepted Answer

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Question 2

Which YouTube videos are supported?

Accepted Answer

Any YouTube video that has subtitles — either manually added by the creator or auto-generated by YouTube. Most videos in English have auto-generated captions.

Question 3

How do I use the transcript with ChatGPT or Claude?

Accepted Answer

Click the Copy button, then paste the transcript into any AI chat. You can ask the AI to summarize it, translate it, extract key points, answer questions, or turn it into a blog post.

Question 4

How long does it take to get a YouTube transcript?

Accepted Answer

Transcripts load in a few seconds regardless of video length.

Question 5

Can I translate a YouTube transcript to Chinese?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Copy the transcript, paste it into ChatGPT or Claude, and ask it to translate into Chinese (or any other language). This YouTube transcript translator workflow works for any language pair in seconds.

Question 6

Can I get YouTube transcripts in other languages?

Accepted Answer

Yes — if the video has subtitles in multiple languages, all of them will be available. You can also use the translator as explained in FAQ to convert it to any language.

Question 7

Can I download the YouTube transcript as a text file?

Accepted Answer

Yes, copy the full transcript text and paste it into any text editor to save it. The tool extracts closed captions from YouTube and displays them as clean, readable text — also known as a srt subtitle file or text format.

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