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Get your first transcript in 3 minutes

⏱ 3 minutes

This guide walks you through extracting your first YouTube transcript using INDXR. By the end, you'll have a transcript you can copy or download — no account required for a single video with captions.

Before you start

  • ✓A YouTube video URL (any public video with captions)
  • ✓A browser — no extension or app required
1

Go to the transcript tool

Open /transcribe in your browser. The Single Video tab is selected by default — that's what you need.

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You should see: You see the INDXR tool with a URL input field and three tabs: Single Video, Playlist, and Audio Upload.

2

Paste your YouTube URL

Copy any public YouTube video URL (from the browser address bar or the share button) and paste it into the input field.

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You should see: The URL appears in the input field. The Extract button becomes active.

3

Click Extract

Click the Extract button. INDXR fetches the video's captions — usually within 2–3 seconds for videos with existing YouTube captions.

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You should see: The transcript appears in the result area below the input. You'll see the full text, optionally with timestamps.

4

Copy or download

Click Copy to copy the full transcript to your clipboard, or Download to save it as a TXT file. Both are free and require no account.

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You should see: The transcript is in your clipboard or downloads as a .txt file.

What just happened

INDXR fetched the video's auto-captions from YouTube using yt-dlp and returned them as clean text. If the video doesn't have captions, you'd see a message offering AI transcription — that uses 1 credit per minute and requires an account.

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