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No account required · No credit card · Any public YouTube video with captions
1 hr
of video
~9,000
words to read
2 min
with search
That's not a productivity hack. That's just reading.
What you get
Full verbatim transcript
Nothing cut, nothing paraphrased. Every word, in order, exactly as spoken.
Clickable timestamps
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Full-text search
Ctrl+F for any video. Find any word in a 3-hour video in 2 seconds.
Copy & download
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Who uses this
Researchers
Pull exact quotes with timestamps. Finally cite a YouTube video without saying "around the 40-minute mark."
Journalists
Paste the interview. Search the name. Get the verbatim quote. Write the story.
Students
Your professor assigned a 3-hour lecture. You have 25 minutes.
Creators
One video. One paste. Blog post, newsletter, Twitter thread — done.
Investors
Every founder tells you exactly who they are in interviews. Now you can read it.
Anyone who reads
You read at 300 words per minute. You watch at 150. The math has always been on your side.
Common questions
Does it work on my video?
Any public YouTube video with captions. That's most of them.
Is it actually free?
Yes. No trial. No "free tier with limits." No gotcha.
Do I need an account?
No. Paste and go. Account is optional — it saves your transcript history.
Is this a summary or the real transcript?
The real transcript. Every word verbatim. Nothing cut, nothing paraphrased.
How accurate is it?
Same captions YouTube provides. The source of truth is the video itself.
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