YouTube Transcript TXT Downloader

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YouTube Transcript Downloader - Save Video Transcripts Effortlessly

Download the subtitle transcript of any YouTube video as a plain text (.txt) file when captions are available.

✨ FEATURES:
• One-click download from any YouTube video page
• Download transcripts in their original verbatim format
• Support for all available caption languages
• Works with both manual and auto-generated captions (ASR)
• 100% reliable - uses YouTube's own authenticated requests
• No account needed, no tracking, no data collection

📝 HOW TO USE:
1. Open any YouTube video with captions
2. Click the "Download transcript" button (appears next to Like/Share buttons)
3. Turn on captions by clicking the CC button on the video player
4. File automatically downloads to your Downloads folder

🎯 PERFECT FOR:
• Researchers analyzing video content
• Students taking notes from educational videos
• Content creators reviewing their own transcripts
• Accessibility advocates
• Anyone who needs searchable text from videos

⚙️ TECHNICAL DETAILS:
• Pure verbatim text output (no timestamps)
• Supports all YouTube caption languages
• Filename format: {VideoTitle}.{LanguageCode}.txt
• Privacy-focused: All processing happens locally in your browser
• Open source for transparency and verification

🔒 PERMISSIONS EXPLAINED:
• downloads: To save transcript files to your computer
• webRequest: To intercept YouTube's caption requests for reliable downloads
• youtube.com access: To detect and download captions from videos

⚠️ DISCLAIMER: This extension is an independent project and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by YouTube or Google LLC.

📖 Open source on GitHub: https://github.com/itsnothuy/YT-transcript

Privacy Policy: https://itsnothuy.github.io/YT-transcript/privacy-policy.html