TranscriptYTHow to transcribe a YouTube interview
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Copy the interview link
News interviews, podcasts, press conferences, and talk show segments all work.
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Paste it and get the transcript
Each line has a timestamp, so every quote can be traced back to the second it was said.
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Pull your quotes
Search for a phrase, click the line to hear it, then copy the exact words. Download the whole transcript for your records.
For journalists and researchers
Reporters pull quotes from public interviews without re-transcribing them by hand, and researchers keep a searchable record of what was said, with timestamps that let anyone verify the source.
Check the context
A quote can mean something different in context. Read the lines before and after, or click to replay the moment, before you use it.
Need more?
Need transcripts at scale? Use the API
The same transcripts are available through the YouTube Transcript API: timestamped JSON, text, SRT, VTT, CSV, or Markdown, 150+ languages, and AI transcription for videos without captions. Or connect the YouTube MCP server to Claude, Cursor, or Codex and just paste links in chat.
curl "https://transcript-yt.com/v1/transcript?url=5f3Pn-N6yLc&format=text" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer ts_live_..."
Common questions
Can I use the transcript to quote someone?
Yes. Search for the phrase, click the line to hear it in the video, and copy the wording. Check auto-captions against the audio before publishing, especially names and numbers.
How do I link to the exact moment of a quote?
Use the timestamp on the line with the YouTube Timestamp Link Generator, or add ?t= and the seconds to the video link.
Can I get a transcript of a press conference?
Yes. Finished livestreams and uploaded press conferences work as soon as YouTube has captions for them.
Can I translate an interview?
Yes. Translate the transcript into 150+ languages and turn on Show original to compare each line with the source.
What if the interview has no captions?
The free tool reads the captions YouTube already has, creator-uploaded or auto-generated, and most videos with speech have them. For a video with no captions at all, click Transcribe the audio with AI: it's on paid plans and credit packs, at 1 credit per minute.