# YText - Get Text Transcripts from Youtube Videos

> Easily grab (punctuated) text transcripts from Youtube vids. Quickly get a gist of a video and ensure you capture everything you learn in Roam Research/PKMs

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/ytext](https://chrome-stats.com/d/ytext)

## Overview

- **ID:** `ytext`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Removed
- **Publisher:** Kifah M
- **Daily users:** 162
- **Weekly downloads:** 9
- **Rating:** 1.00 / 5 (8 ratings)
- **Version:** 0.0.1
- **Last updated:** 2020-12-22
- **First published:** 2020-12-22
- **Size:** 69 KB
- **Data as of:** 2025-10-04
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/ytext/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/maskys/ytext](https://github.com/maskys/ytext)

## Description

YText - Get Text Transcripts from Youtube Videos is a Firefox add-on that allows you to easily grab (punctuated) text transcripts from Youtube videos. It helps you quickly understand the content of a video and ensures you capture all the important information for further use in Roam Research or Personal Knowledge Management systems. YText saves you time by providing the gist of a video, allowing you to decide whether it's worth watching and easily editing transcripts to turn them into notes. While there is no free version available, YText pays for itself by saving you time and helping valuable ideas emerge from video materials.

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`
- `tabs`
- `activeTab`
- `clipboardWrite`
- `unlimitedStorage`
- `https://noembed.com/*`
- `https://us-central1-ryuga-298015.cloudfunctions.net/*`

## Safety

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

### Analysis details

- Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
- This extension is not longer available in the store

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