YouTube Word Searcher

YouTube Word Searcher

An extension for searching for words in YouTube videos

What is YouTube Word Searcher?
"YouTube Word Searcher" is a Chrome extension designed to improve the experience of navigating through YouTube videos by allowing users to search for specific words within a video's content. Upon clicking a button that appears above the video, users are granted access to a search bar where they can input words or phrases. The tool not only locates these terms but also allows viewers to skip directly to the timestamps where they are mentioned. An added autosearch function alerts users to their preset keywords in newly loaded pages. With version 2.0, this functionality extends to non-English videos, broadening the extension's utility to a wider audience.
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By: Grondo
Users: 1,000+
Rating: 4.58 (12)
Version: 2.1.1 (Last updated: 2024-04-19)
Creation date: 2022-07-26
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 3
Size: 37.71K
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Summary

This extension can help you search for words in YouTube videos and jump directly to the respective timestamp in the video.

A button will appear above YouTube videos, and if you click it, you will get access to a search input.

There is an autosearch feature that enables you to set words to be searched on every page, which if found will trigger the extension to notify you (by changing the YWS button to green).

New in version 2.0: Non english videos are now supported.

User reviews
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Pros
  • Easy to download, install and use
  • Supports videos in Portuguese
  • Very helpful for searching specific discussions on parliament sessions
  • Great idea and works very well
Cons
  • Doesn't work with autogenerated subtitles
  • Prioritization issue with closed captions
  • Distracting colorful button
Most mentioned
  • Works well
  • Very helpful
  • Nice extension
Recent reviews
"YCS - YouTube Comment Search", an once amazing extension, stopped working & being updated so I needed a substitute, and this one serves as a good one for the transcripts/captions side of things for now. It's only problem so far is prioritization. If you are watching a video that has both closed captions provided by the video uploader AND auto-generated closed captions, it will ONLY search the close captions provided by the video uploader and NOT the auto-generated ones. This can present a problem if the closed captions provided by the uploader has errors or different words from the auto-generated. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUIyMdqPGZQ In this example, the official Closed Captions by the uploader fails to subtitle 4:34 - 4:53. Therefore, if you were to search the word "wrong", it will not show up at all in the search, even though the auto-generated closed captions has it. Be mindful when using searches!
by no name no name, 2024-03-30

Awesome! Easy to download, install and use. Supports videos in portuguese. Very helpful to search specific discussions on parliament sessions
by Pedro Fim Pedro Fim, 2024-03-20

Doesn't work with autogenerated subtitles
by Ivan Netkachev Ivan Netkachev, 2024-01-12
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Safety
Risk impact

YouTube Word Searcher is relatively safe to use as it requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

YouTube Word Searcher has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

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