YouTube Word Searcher

An extension for searching for words in YouTube videos

YouTube Word Searcher - Find Words in Videos

"YouTube Word Searcher" is a Chrome extension that allows you to search for words within YouTube videos, enabling you to navigate directly to the appropriate timestamps. With an easy-to-use button that appears above videos, users can search for any word and even set autosearch preferences that notify you when the specified words are detected. Version 2.0 expands support to non-English videos, enhancing accessibility and functionality. Note: The button is hidden in cinema mode for a better viewing experience.

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By: Grondo

Users: 2,000+

Rating: 4.64

(14)

Version: 2.1.3 (Last updated: 2024-11-11)

Creation date: 2022-07-26

Size: 39.02K

Email: ex*****@gorah.site

Full description: See detailed description

Ranking

# 19,577 ▲ 104

Other rankings

#719 in Just for Fun ▲ 6 #271 in youtube keyword 91 ▲ 28

Other platforms

Not available on Android

Not available on Firefox

Not available on Edge

User reviews

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Pros

Works well for searching specific discussions in YouTube videos
Supports multiple languages, including German, English, and Portuguese
Easy to download, install, and use
Provides timestamps that can be clicked on in searches

Cons

Only searches uploader's closed captions, ignoring autogenerated subtitles
Button is too colorful and distracting for some users
Requires an additional click to start typing after opening

Most mentioned

Works well for finding specific content
Supports multiple languages
Button design is distracting
Issues with prioritization of closed captions

User 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!

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

Pedro Fim, 2024-03-20

Doesn't work with autogenerated subtitles

Ivan Netkachev, 2024-01-12

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YouTube Word Searcher requires very minimum permissions.

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