Interactive tutorial · Caption transcript

Practice searching and exporting a YouTube transcript

Learn the transcript controls using five illustrative captions about inflation. Then follow the same steps on a captioned video in desktop Chrome.

Try the transcript

Find a sentence. Return to the moment.

Open the transcript beside the video

Use the transcript icon below the player. The panel keeps the available captions beside the video. You can try the controls in this demo.

Interactive illustration with five sample captions and a generated image. No real video or audio plays here. The extension works in desktop Chrome.

Generated illustration of a teacher explaining an abstract curve at a chalkboard.

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La inflación es una subida sostenida del nivel general de precios.

Inflation is a sustained rise in the general price level.

Inflation: five sample captions

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La inflación es una subida sostenida del nivel general de precios.
Inflation is a sustained rise in the general price level.
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Reduce el poder adquisitivo cuando los salarios no se mantienen al día.
It erodes purchasing power when wages do not keep pace.
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Los bancos centrales ajustan los tipos de interés para influir en la demanda.
Central banks adjust interest rates to influence demand.
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Una tasa moderada y predecible suele considerarse saludable.
A mild, predictable rate is generally considered healthy.
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La hiperinflación, en cambio, destruye el ahorro y la confianza.
Hyperinflation, by contrast, destroys savings and trust.

When the built-in transcript is enough

YouTube’s built-in transcript lets you read captions and click a line to jump to its moment. For checking a short quotation, that may be all you need. Caption availability and controls vary by video and device.

When to use the extension

Keep searchable original or translated text beside the video. Click a sentence to return to its context, follow playback, and export the selected language as TXT. TransParrot needs an existing caption track.

How it works

Practice searching and exporting a YouTube transcript

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Open a captioned YouTube video in desktop Chrome with TransParrot installed.
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Click the transcript icon in the TransParrot panel.
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Search the loaded caption text, then click a matching line to return to its context.
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Select original or translated text, wait until the text is ready, then click Export to save a TXT file.

Tips

Use Original or Translation to choose the exported text. If you change the target language in settings, wait for the new translation.
Check the beginning, end and important quotations before relying on an export. TXT does not contain an SRT/VTT subtitle timeline.

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Questions, answered

Interactive tutorial · Caption transcript

Is the transcript the same as YouTube’s captions?

It is built from the same caption track, but presented as a searchable, clickable, exportable document — and it can include the translation column.

What format is the export?

Plain text (.txt), one line per caption, in whichever language you are currently viewing (original or translation).