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YouTube Live Stream Transcript

Paste the link to a finished YouTube livestream to get the whole stream as text with timestamps. Search hours of video in seconds and jump to any moment. Free, no sign-up.

How to get a transcript of a YouTube livestream

  1. 1

    Copy the stream link

    Any finished livestream, webinar, or premiere. youtube.com/live/ links work too.

  2. 2

    Paste it above

    Long streams load like any other video, with a timestamp on every line.

  3. 3

    Search and jump

    Search for a topic, click the line to jump the player there, or download the full text.

Hours of video, searchable

Livestreams are long and rarely have chapters. The transcript turns them into text you can search, so you can find the Q&A, the announcement, or the one answer you need without scrubbing.

For webinars and events

Teams use stream transcripts for recap posts, follow-up emails, and highlight clips. Download as Markdown or PDF to share with people who missed 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_..."
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Common questions

Can I get a transcript while a stream is still live?

Not yet. YouTube publishes captions for a stream after it ends, usually within a few hours. Then the full transcript is available.

Does it work with very long streams?

Yes. Eight-hour streams work; the transcript just takes a few seconds longer to load.

Can I find a specific moment in a stream?

Yes. Search the transcript for a word that was said around then and click the line to jump the video to it.

Can I summarize a livestream?

Yes. The Summary and Notes tabs give the main points and an outline with timestamps.

What if the stream 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.