YouTube Caption Downloader (community)

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Chrome extensions that export YouTube auto-captions to SRT/TXT.

TL;DR

Chrome extensions that export YouTube auto-captions to SRT/TXT.

Best for pulling clean transcripts out of YouTube videos for research, study, repurposing. Pricing: free.

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Products
License
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Last push
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Pricing
free
Platforms
Chrome

What it is

Category entry — many Chrome extensions tap YouTube's caption track API and export TXT/SRT. Treat as a class; pick by install count + privacy policy.

Best for: Pulling clean transcripts out of YouTube videos for research, study, repurposing.
Watch out for: Depends on YouTube's auto-caption availability and quality; YouTube ToS applies.

Install / use

search Chrome Web Store for 'YouTube transcript'

Features

Speaker diarizationNo
Word-level timestampsYes
Streaming / real-timeNo
Languages supported90
HIPAA eligibleNo

YouTube Caption Downloader (community) vs Whipscribe

FeatureYouTube Caption Downloader (community)Whipscribe
CategoryProductsTranscription APIs
Pricingfreefree beta
Speaker diarizationNoYes
Word timestampsYesYes
StreamingNoNo
Languages9099
PlatformsChromeWeb, API, MCP

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