Get the transcript here free, then let AI compress the video into key points with timestamps — on this page, no account needed.
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Most videos bury ten minutes of substance in an hour of talk. A summarizer fixes the ratio. Transcriptube first pulls the complete transcript of the video, which you can read on this page free of charge, and then condenses that transcript into a tight list of key points, each anchored to the second it happens in the video.
The result reads like good meeting notes taken by someone who never gets tired. You see the argument of the video at a glance, use a timestamp when a point deserves the full context, and skip everything that does not. For talks, tutorials, earnings calls, interviews and news breakdowns, the summary is usually all you need.
The summary and the transcript, side by side
The summary is built from the caption track, not from the title or the description, so every point traces back to something that was actually said. The transcript stays on the page underneath it, and the search box above the text finds any phrase in seconds, which means a claim in the summary can always be checked against the wording behind it.
When a summary is not the right shape for the question, ask the video directly: put a question and get an answer with the timestamp it came from, or describe a moment and get taken to it. Both run on the transcript that is already loaded, so a video never has to be fetched twice.
What it costs
Reading the transcript is free, 3 videos a day and 10 a week, with no account. One AI summary a day is free too, for videos up to 1.5 hours. Basic at $6.99 a month removes the length limit and adds questions, moment search, TXT, SRT and VTT downloads and batches of up to 10 videos; Pro at $14.99 a month raises the batch to 50 and takes whole channels and playlists.
Our Telegram bot stays available as an optional extra for what the site does not do: translation into another language, PDF export, and videos that have no caption track at all. Everything described on this page works without it.
How it works
Paste a YouTube link above to fetch the full transcript free.
Press AI summary. The video is summarized here, on this page.
Read the key points in the order they were spoken, each marked with the moment it came from.
How do I summarize a YouTube video with AI?
Fetch the transcript on this page, then press AI summary. The transcript runs through an AI model and the main points of the video come back on the same page, each with the timestamp it was drawn from, usually in under a minute. There is nothing to install and no account to create.
Is the YouTube video summarizer free?
The transcript is free, and so is one AI summary a day for videos up to 1.5 hours, with no account and no card. Beyond that, Basic at $6.99 a month and Pro at $14.99 a month summarize videos of any length and add questions about a video, moment search and downloads.
Can it summarize long videos like podcasts and lectures?
Yes. Long transcripts are split into one-hour chunks, each chunk is summarized, and the parts are merged into one coherent summary. Three-hour podcasts and full university lectures are normal input on a paid plan; the free daily summary covers videos up to 1.5 hours.
What does the summary look like?
A short list of the key points in the order they appear in the video, each with a timestamp you can use to jump to that exact moment on YouTube. The full transcript stays on the page beside it, so nothing is hidden behind the summary and any point can be checked against the wording it came from.
Can I ask questions about the video instead?
Yes. The same panel takes a question about the video and answers it from the transcript, with the timestamp the answer came from, and it can find a moment you describe rather than one you can name. Both are part of a paid plan, while the summary has a free daily allowance.