Single video

The single-video tab turns one YouTube link into a transcript. Paste the URL and INDXR reads the captions YouTube already has — the text track that plays as subtitles — usually in a couple of seconds. This is the fastest way in, and for a captioned video it is free and needs no account. When a video has no captions, you can switch on AI transcription instead.

Paste a link and extract

Extraction takes three steps and no setup.

Paste a single video URL into the box. A whole-channel URL is not accepted — INDXR works on videos and playlists, so make a playlist and paste that instead.
INDXR fetches the captions and groups the raw fragments into readable paragraphs.
Read it on the page, or download it — see the export formats.

The Transcription method chooser: YouTube captions (marked Free) selected, next to AI transcription with its per-minute rate and your balance. — You pick the method before extracting — captions are free, AI shows its rate.

You pick the method before extracting — captions are free, AI shows its rate.

No captions? Switch on AI transcription

Not every video has captions. When none are found, signed-in users can turn on AI transcription — INDXR downloads the audio and transcribes it with a speech-to-text model.

YouTube caption extraction stays free; AI transcription costs 1 credit per minute of audio (rounded up, minimum 1). The toggle only appears once you are logged in.

The error card shown when a video has no caption track, pointing to AI transcription. — No caption track? INDXR says so and offers AI transcription — no credits spent.

No caption track? INDXR says so and offers AI transcription — no credits spent.

Restricted or unavailable videos

Some videos can't be read, and INDXR tells you which case you hit rather than failing silently.

Members-only — locked behind a channel membership; INDXR can't access it.
Age-restricted — needs a signed-in YouTube account to watch; AI transcription can't work around this either.
Removed, private, or geo-blocked — the video is unavailable. If you have the file, an upload is the way in.

What you get without an account

You can extract a captioned video and download it as plain text (TXT) without signing in. The other formats — Markdown, CSV, SRT, VTT, JSON — and AI transcription need a free account.

Requires an account

A free account also adds 50 welcome credits for testing AI transcription and a personal library that saves every transcript.

Sources

INDXR (own code) — caption extraction, anonymous access, members-only handlingVerified against apps/marketing/src/app/api/extract/route.ts (route.ts:20-21, 96-100); backend/main.py:296-297
INDXR (own code) — AI-transcription toggle (signed-in only), 1 credit/min, restricted-video messagesVerified against packages/shared/src/components/free-tool/VideoTab.tsx (VideoTab.tsx:1016,1059,212-218,614-615)
INDXR (own code) — channel-URL rejection, plain-text-only for anonymousVerified against packages/shared/src/utils/youtube.ts (youtube.ts:22,36); packages/shared/src/components/TranscriptCard.tsx (TranscriptCard.tsx:122-133,418)

The error card for a private, removed, or region-blocked video: it can't be reached and no credits were used. — Private, removed, or region-blocked videos can't be reached; no credits are used.