Paste a YouTube link. Get the full transcript with timestamps, then a summary, key takeaways and answers to your questions.
3 transcripts a day without an account.AI tools and 5 transcripts a day with a free account.
Any public video with captions: lectures, podcasts, tutorials, interviews and webinars.
Every line with a clickable timestamp, or Reader paragraphs. Copy it or download TXT, SRT or VTT.
A short summary, key takeaways and key moments. Ask follow-up questions or translate it.
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Read guides| Feature | YouTube captions | InsightsTube |
|---|---|---|
| Download subtitles | Not built in | ✓ TXT, SRT, VTT |
| Readable text | Line-by-line panel | ✓ Reader paragraphs |
| Translated transcript to copy | Not built in | ✓ 30+ languages |
| Summary and key moments | Not built in | ✓ With timestamps |
| Ask questions about the video | Not built in | ✓ Answers with timestamps |
| Use with ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini | Select and copy by hand | ✓ One click with prompts |
Copy the transcript, then paste one of these prompts after it.
Original captions in the video's language, then translation into 30+ languages.
Yes. Without an account you get 3 transcripts a day with TXT, SRT and VTT downloads. A free Google account gives 5 transcripts a day plus the AI tools: summary, key moments, questions and translation, 3 uses of each a day.
Not for transcripts and downloads, up to 3 videos a day. Sign in with Google to use the AI tools and get 5 transcripts a day. It takes a few seconds and is free.
InsightsTube uses large language models from established AI providers, with automatic fallback so the tools stay available. Only the transcript text and your question are sent to the model, and every answer is based on the video's transcript.
AI video insights are the useful ideas extracted from a video transcript: a short summary, key takeaways, key moments with timestamps, chapters and the people, books and tools mentioned.
Yes. Copy the transcript as text or download it as TXT, SRT or VTT. You can keep or drop the timestamps in the copied text and TXT file.
Lines shows every caption line with its own timestamp, the way YouTube stores them. Reader joins the lines into paragraphs at natural pauses so the transcript is easier to read. Auto-generated captions have no punctuation, so Reader paragraphs don't have it either.
InsightsTube uses the caption tracks available for the video. Captions written by the creator are usually accurate, while auto-generated captions depend on audio quality, accents, background noise and the topic.
Yes. Under the video there are buttons that copy the transcript together with a ready prompt for study notes, a blog outline or a list of claims. Paste it into the AI tool you use.
Yes, with a free account. Pick one of 30+ languages and the transcript is translated line by line with the original timestamps, so you can download it as TXT, SRT or VTT.
Yes. It works with public videos that have captions, including Shorts, podcasts, lectures and multi-hour streams. Very long transcripts may be translated or summarized in part.
Then there is no text to show. This happens when the creator turned captions off or YouTube hasn't generated them yet, which is common for very new uploads and music videos. Try another video.
No. InsightsTube reads the video's public captions and shows the video through YouTube's own embedded player. The video file is never downloaded.
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