# Youtube Caption Reader

> Display captions of youtube videos to quickly skim through the content

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/youtube-caption-reader](https://chrome-stats.com/d/youtube-caption-reader)

## Overview

- **ID:** `youtube-caption-reader`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Youtube Caption Reader
- **Category:** appearance
- **Daily users:** 2
- **Weekly downloads:** 1
- **Version:** 1.0
- **Last updated:** 2024-11-08
- **First published:** 2024-11-08
- **Size:** 814 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-08
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/youtube-caption-reader/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/keylin1999/ytCaption](https://github.com/keylin1999/ytCaption)

## Description

This extension display the captions of a youtube video on the side of the video. Clicking on the caption will take you to that part of the video.

There are more and more videos seems to make a great point but ended up talking about something else or things that are common.

This extension allows you to skim through the video and jump to the part you are interested in. It also allows you to search for a specific word in the captions and jump to that part of the video.

## Features

- Display captions on the side of the video
- Choose the language of the captions
- Click on the caption to jump to that part of the video
- Search for a specific word in the captions and jump to that part of the video (using browser's find feature)
- Adjust the text size

Sometimes the UI may not be updated correctly. If that happens, click on the refresh button to adjust the layout.

## Rankings

- #63,030 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Host permissions

- `*://*.youtube.com/*`

### Content script matches

- `*.youtube.com`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Request access to the following domains: youtube.com
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/youtube-caption-reader)