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YouTube Transcript AI extracts the complete transcript from any YouTube video in seconds. Paste a URL and get clean, readable text β no sign-up, no limits. Download as TXT or SRT, copy with one click, translate to 100+ languages, or ask AI questions about the video. Works with auto-generated and manual captions, and handles videos without captions through AI transcription. Also available as an MCP server for AI agents.

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- Paste any YouTube URL into YouTube Transcript AI and get a full transcript translated into 100+ languages in seconds, no account required.
- Works whether the video has manual captions, auto-generated subtitles, or no captions at all, using AI transcription as a fallback.
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- Beyond translation, you can ask the AI direct questions about the video, making it useful for research, summarization, and fact-checking.
- Available as an MCP server, so AI agents and automated pipelines can pull and translate YouTube transcripts without manual steps.
