Terms of Service

Effective October 2, 2026

These terms govern your use of TranscriptYT (the "Service"), a hosted API for working with transcript data from YouTube links. The Service is operated by Aadit Shah, a sole proprietor based in India ("we" and "us"). By creating an account or calling the API, you agree to these terms. If you use the Service on behalf of an organization, you agree to them on its behalf.

Independent service and third-party rights

YouTube is a trademark of Google LLC. The Service is an independent product and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by YouTube or Google. Mention of YouTube does not give us or you any ownership of YouTube content, trademarks, or services, nor does it grant permission to use third-party content.

Eligibility

You must be at least 18 years old, or the age of majority where you live, and able to enter into a binding contract to use the Service.

What the Service does

The Service attempts to return caption-track data for a submitted YouTube link as structured text in formats such as JSON, plain text, SRT, and VTT. Where a video has no captions, the Service may temporarily retrieve its audio track to generate a machine transcript; audio is not stored or returned to you. Machine transcripts and translations are generated automatically and may contain errors. Availability, completeness, language coverage, and accuracy depend on the source and may change without notice.

Your responsibilities

You are responsible for ensuring you have all rights, permissions, and legal grounds needed to submit a link, retrieve data, store it, and use or distribute any output. This includes complying with applicable copyright, privacy, and platform terms, including YouTube's Terms of Service. Do not use the Service to circumvent access restrictions, violate third-party rights, harm source infrastructure, or offer raw access to the Service for resale.

You are responsible for keeping API keys confidential. Revoke a key immediately if you believe it has been exposed. Usage on an exposed key is billed to your account until you revoke it.

Accounts and API keys

An account is created via Google sign-in, which is subject to Google's Terms of Service. Paid plans have a request quota per billing period and a limit on active API keys, described on the pricing page. The Free plan includes a one-time trial allowance; it does not renew monthly. Paid-plan quota resets on a rolling monthly window from when the current plan started or last renewed.

Billing, cancellation, and credits

Paid plans are billed monthly in advance in USD through Dodo Payments, the merchant of record for these transactions. Taxes and the final price presented at checkout are handled by Dodo Payments. You can cancel a paid plan from your dashboard; cancellation takes effect at the end of the paid billing period and access continues until then. Except where required by applicable law, we do not offer partial refunds for unused time in a billing period. If a payment fails or a subscription is cancelled or expires, your account reverts to the Free plan.

Larger one-time credit packs are available on every account, with or without a paid plan; smaller top-ups require an active paid plan. They are used after plan credits and expire 12 months after purchase. Refunds are covered by our Refund Policy.

Availability and changes

The Service depends on third-party systems and source availability, which are outside our control and can change without notice. We aim for high uptime but do not guarantee uninterrupted or error-free access. We may modify, suspend, or discontinue all or part of the Service when reasonably necessary.

Suspension and termination

We may suspend or terminate access for accounts that abuse the Service, violate these terms, attempt to circumvent rate limits or quotas, or create risk for us, our users, or third parties. You can stop using the Service and request account deletion at any time by contacting us.

Disclaimer and limitation of liability

The Service is provided "as is" and "as available" without warranties of any kind. To the extent permitted by law, TranscriptYT is not liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages arising from your use of the Service or its output. Nothing in these terms limits rights that cannot be excluded under applicable law.

To the extent permitted by law, our total liability for any claim relating to the Service is limited to the amount you paid us for the Service in the 12 months before the event giving rise to the claim.

Indemnity

You agree to indemnify us against claims, losses, and expenses, including reasonable legal fees, arising from your use of the Service or its output in violation of these terms, applicable law, or third-party rights.

Governing law and disputes

These terms are governed by the laws of India. Subject to any mandatory consumer protections where you live, the competent courts in India have exclusive jurisdiction over disputes arising from these terms or the Service. Please contact us first so we can try to resolve any issue informally.

Changes to these terms

We may update these terms as the Service evolves. Material changes will be reflected by updating the effective date above.

Contact

Questions about these terms: aadit@techiseasy.co.in.