Fetch YouTube Transcript

Overview

Fetch YouTube Transcript is a Raycast extension that allows you to easily fetch and save transcripts from YouTube videos.

Features

• Quickly retrieve transcripts for YouTube videos
• Customizable download location
• Simple and intuitive interface

⚠️ Important Prerequisite: yt-dlp Installation

This extension has been updated to use yt-dlp, a powerful and reliable command-line tool for interacting with YouTube. This change was made because previous methods were becoming unreliable due to frequent changes by YouTube.

You must install yt-dlp on your system for this extension to work.

You can install it easily using one of the following commands in your terminal. You can install it using pip or homebrew:

pip install yt-dlp

Or

brew install yt-dlp

Or, refer to the official yt-dlp documentation for other installation methods: https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#installation

Installation

Install this extension through the Raycast Store.

Usage

1. Ensure yt-dlp is installed on your system (see Prerequisites).
2. Open Raycast
3. Select Your Preferred Language.
4. Run the "Fetch YouTube Transcript" command
5. Paste the YouTube video URL
   • Provide the full YouTube video URL (e.g., https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exampleID or https://youtu.be/exampleID)
6. It will automatically fetch the transcript and save it to the downloads folder.
7. You can change your preferred download folder and preferred language in Raycast extension settings.

Author

Apoorv Khandelwal

License

MIT

Categories

• Media
• Productivity