# YTScribe

> Extract transcripts, summaries, and repurposable content from YouTube videos.

YTScribe is an online tool that generates text transcripts directly from YouTube video links. It includes an AI studio for repurposing video text into cheat sheets, social media threads, blog posts, and summaries, alongside translations into over 50 languages.

Website: https://ytscribe.ai/

## What it is for

- Extract full text transcripts from YouTube videos to feed into LLM analysis prompts
- Turn video scripts and podcast recordings into visual cheat sheets or blog posts
- Translate YouTube captions and transcripts into multiple foreign languages
- Generate short-form video scripts and social threads from long-form videos

## Features

- Instant YouTube transcript extraction by URL
- AI Studio for generating cheat sheets, Twitter threads, and blog drafts
- Multiple export formats including TXT, JSON, and SRT
- AI-powered translation into 50+ languages
- Automatic key takeaways and video summaries

## Pricing

Freemium. Free tier with 3 daily transcripts; Unlimited tier at $10/month billed annually or $20 billed monthly

## Details

- Type: Web app
- Category: [AI](https://xiry.app/topics/ai.md)
- Topic: [Transcription](https://xiry.app/topics/ai/transcription.md)
- Open source: no
- Platforms: Web
- For: Content creators, researchers, and marketers repurposing video content
- Alternative to: Otter.ai, Descript, YouTube Transcript
- Tags: youtube, transcription, content repurposing, summarizer, ai tools

## Why it was saved

- [@alex_verem, 31 December 2025](https://x.com/alex_verem/status/2006257892769567179): Step 2 of the workflow: pulls the full transcript needed as input for the YouTube Video Analyst prompt.

## Compare

- [Alternatives to Descript](https://xiry.app/alternatives/descript.md)
- [Alternatives to Otter.ai](https://xiry.app/alternatives/otter-ai.md)

## Related

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- [Scribie](https://xiry.app/resources/scribie): Human-in-the-loop audio and video transcription service and freelance platform (Website, Paid)
- [Tactiq Free YouTube Transcript Generator](https://xiry.app/resources/tactiq-free-youtube-transcript-generator): Free tool to extract full text transcripts and timestamps from YouTube videos (Web app, Free)
- [Verbit](https://xiry.app/resources/verbit): AI transcription and captioning combined with human review for high accuracy. (Website, Paid)
- [Gling](https://xiry.app/resources/gling): AI video editor that cuts bad takes, silences, and filler words (Desktop app, Freemium)
- [OpusClip](https://xiry.app/resources/opusclip): AI tool that turns long videos into short social clips automatically. (Web app, Freemium)

Updated 10 October 2026. Page: https://xiry.app/resources/ytscribe

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