YouTube Transcript Search

Download YT transcripts and search through all at once to find timestamps

What is YouTube Transcript Search?

'YouTube Transcript Search' is a unique Chrome extension specially designed to extract and search through YouTube video transcripts at an extensive level. It caters to users by systematically organizing videos, downloading their transcripts, and enabling specific keyword searches leading to accurate timestamps. The extension also provides an option to download the search results for further analysis. It's regularly updated to fix bugs and improve user experience.

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Extension stats

By: Andre Bradshaw

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Users: 2,000+

Rating: 3.62 (29)

Version: 1.16 (Last updated: 2023-07-03)

Creation date: 2022-07-19

Risk impact: Low risk impact

Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 3

Size: 49.20K

Email: an*****@quickli.io

Ranking

# 19873 ▲ 30

Other rankings

#7480 in Workflow & Planning ▲ 15

#34 in search keyword 29 ▼ 7

#44 in cause keyword 25 ▼ 2

#85 in channel keyword 28 ▼ 5

#122 in youtube keyword 88 ▼ 2

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Extension summary

Analyze keywords

Version 1.16 update (1 July 2023) 1) Fixed issue with downloading videos and livestream transcripts 2) Added donation link

Version 1.15 update (4 Nov 2022) 1) Added ability to download/search from within live videos tab or a specific playlist.

Version 1.14 update (29 Oct 2022) 1) Fixed issue with video extraction caused by the recent change to the user interface on YouTube. Current version bypasses the need for scrolling within a channel's videos page, but not within search results.

Version 1.13 update 1) fixed some minor duplication issue. 2) fixed issue where uploaded files were not cleared out upon new uploads and the duplication of the search button.

Version 1.12 Update

User reviews

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Pros

Great concept and potential for commentary and investigation users.
Works well for some users when searching for transcripts.
Provides quick access to needed information.
Can import a list of videos for bulk downloading.
Some users find it easy to use.

Cons

Only downloads a limited number of results (around 30).
Date range selection often doesn't work or excludes many videos.
Bugs in the interface, especially for date selection.
Doesn't activate properly for some users.
Broken for some users after recent YouTube changes.

Most mentioned

Works intermittently; some features are buggy.
Limited to searching recent videos only.
Users express frustration about not being able to change settings.

Recent reviews

Good jog,I loved this extension

sona muda, 2024-02-20

It only downloads the first 30 or so videos. You can't change the settings otherwise and the date function doesn't work. HOWEVER, you can import a list of videos and it will download them and then a quick script can convert them into readable formats. I'll send him a tip. Thanks