youtube-transcribe

To get a timestamped transcript from a YouTube video URL, use the ai-transcribe CLI command to fetch captions. The output defaults to HH:MM:SS timestamps, providing searchable text for lectures, interviews, and tutorials without manual note-taking.

Yes, you can format YouTube video transcripts in seconds. While the default output uses HH:MM:SS timestamps, the tool supports an option to output timestamps in seconds for workflows requiring precise numerical formatting.

Yes, you need the hamel package installed to download YouTube captions. Once the dependency is set up, you can run the ai-transcribe command to fetch and return timestamped transcripts from public video URLs.

The best way to extract text from a YouTube lecture for content repurposing is using a CLI transcription tool. Fetching timestamped captions via the command line allows you to quickly create searchable archives, summaries, or annotated blog posts from spoken video content.

No, this transcription tool applies to public YouTube videos. It downloads and returns timestamped transcripts from public URLs, meaning you cannot use it to fetch captions from private or restricted-access video content.