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Transcript Tools & Workflows
Start here if you are new to Transcriptly. These guides cover the practical mechanics: extracting captions from a link or with the Chrome extension, copying and exporting them, picking between SRT, TXT and JSON, and organizing what you save.
How to Install and Use the Transcriptly Chrome Extension
A complete walkthrough of the free Transcriptly extension: what it does, how to install it in Chrome, Edge or Brave, how to import a YouTube transcript, and how to fix common problems.
How to Get a Transcript from a YouTube Video
Three dependable ways to get a full transcript from a YouTube video — YouTube's own panel, pasting the link into Transcriptly, and the Chrome extension — plus how to choose between them.
How to Copy, Format and Save YouTube Captions
Why copying captions straight from YouTube produces a mess, how to get clean paragraphs instead, and how to save the result as TXT, SRT, JSON, PDF or a book in your library.
SRT vs TXT vs JSON: Understanding Transcript Export Formats
What is actually inside an SRT, TXT and JSON transcript file, which tools read each one, and how to pick the right export for editing, studying, archiving or building software.
How to Extract and Organize YouTube Video Transcripts
A repeatable workflow for collecting transcripts from many videos — naming, tagging, storing and finding them again — without ending up with a folder of untitled text files.
How to Summarize Educational Videos Using Their Transcripts
A practical method for writing accurate summaries of lectures and tutorials from their transcripts, including when AI summarizers help, where they go wrong, and how to check them.
How to Research More Efficiently with Video Transcripts
How to use transcripts to screen videos quickly, find the exact passage you need, quote speakers accurately, and cite timestamps so others can verify your sources.
How to Build a Personal Digital Library from Video Content
Turn the talks, lectures and interviews you value into a searchable shelf of readable books — what to save, how to structure it, and how to keep it useful over years.