YouTube Transcript Generator

Yes — sign in, open the Transcriptions workspace, and paste a public YouTube URL. Transkio fetches the video's audio on its own servers and queues it for transcription automatically, the same way an uploaded file would be.

No. Once you're signed in, pasting the link is enough — Transkio handles fetching the audio server-side. There's nothing to save to your device and no separate upload step for a YouTube video.

No — the link-paste option is part of the signed-in dashboard's Transcriptions workspace. The public record-or-upload widget shown on Transkio's marketing pages before you sign up only accepts an uploaded file or an in-browser recording, not a pasted URL.

Yes to start, and there's no extra plan requirement for the YouTube-import feature itself. The free plan includes 60 trial minutes, then 30 minutes a month, no card required — a pasted link draws from the same allowance as any upload.

Yes — up to 4 hours per video. That covers the vast majority of interviews, lectures, and long-form tutorials; anything longer needs to be trimmed or split on YouTube's side first.

No — only genuinely public videos can be imported by link. Private videos, members-only content, and videos that require signing in on YouTube due to an age restriction will be rejected. If you can't open the video in a private browser window without signing in, Transkio won't be able to fetch it either.

Not while it's live. Live streams currently in progress aren't supported for import. Once a stream has ended and YouTube has processed it into a regular uploaded video, you can paste that video's link like any other.

YouTube's auto-captions are generated for live viewing and can't be corrected, labeled by speaker, or exported as a document. Transkio's transcript is more accurate, fully editable, can label individual speakers, can be translated, and exports as TXT, SRT, VTT, and — on paid plans — DOCX and JSON with timestamps.

Yes — uploading a file works exactly as it always has, for video (MP4, MOV, WebM, MKV, MPEG) or audio (MP3, WAV, M4A, AAC, OGG, OPUS, FLAC). Pasting a YouTube link is an additional option in the same workspace, not a replacement for uploading.

Yes, on the Pro plan and up you can translate the transcript text into another language. This produces translated text only — translated SRT or VTT subtitle files aren't available yet.

Yes — speaker detection works the same way regardless of how the audio arrived. On the Elite plan and above, Transkio separates and labels each speaker in a multi-person video, which is especially useful for interviews and panel discussions.

That's fine — once the import is queued, processing continues on Transkio's servers. You can close the tab and come back to your dashboard later to find the finished transcript waiting for you.

The most common reasons: the video is private, unlisted in a way that blocks outside access, age-restricted behind a sign-in wall, a live stream still in progress, or longer than the 4-hour limit. Rejections happen up front with an explanation rather than silently failing midway through.

No — there's no separate charge or plan requirement for using the YouTube-import option. It draws from the same monthly usage-minute allowance as uploading a file or recording in-browser, based on the video's length.

Yes, and it's worth doing — click any line to jump the video to that exact moment, fix a misheard word or name, and adjust speaker labels before exporting. Every export format reflects whatever edits you've made in the transcript editor.

Not in one action — the YouTube-import field takes one video link at a time, so a channel or playlist has to be imported video by video. Each import draws independently from your usage-minute allowance based on that video's length.

Transkio fetches the video's audio on its own servers to transcribe it — the finished transcript and its audio are stored in your account like any other transcription, but this feature isn't a video-downloading tool, and there's no separate video-file export of YouTube content.

Generating a transcript for personal reference, research, or a fairly attributed quotation is a common, reasonable use. Republishing someone else's content wholesale is a separate question Transkio doesn't referee — how you use the resulting transcript is your responsibility, just as it would be if you'd transcribed it by hand.

Yes — accuracy tracks the clarity of the video's own audio, not anything about YouTube as a platform. A well-recorded interview with clear speech transcribes more cleanly than a phone-recorded clip with wind noise or a distant microphone, whether the audio arrived by upload or YouTube import.

That's one of the most common uses. A timestamped, accurate transcript makes it easy to pull direct quotes, find where key points happen without re-scrubbing the video, and turn a long-form tutorial or interview into written content much faster than transcribing it by hand.

The 4-hour cap applies to every plan — there's currently no way to import a longer video in one piece. Trim or split it on YouTube's side first, or download and upload just the portion you need the traditional way.

The transcript is fully timestamped internally, and clicking any line jumps to that exact moment in the video. Exporting as JSON on paid plans includes per-line timestamps directly in the file, which is useful for building chapter markers or syncing with other tools.

Yes — there's no minimum length. A YouTube Short imports and transcribes the same way a longer video does, just producing a much shorter transcript.

Yes — Transkio's projects let you group related transcripts, whether they came from uploads, recordings, or YouTube imports. Each transcript is still individually searchable and exportable regardless of grouping.

No — Transkio doesn't hold a specific accessibility or compliance certification. It produces a substantially more accurate, readable alternative to YouTube's auto-captions, but if your use case has a formal legal or regulatory accessibility requirement, verify independently that it satisfies that requirement before relying on it.

Transkio detects and transcribes the video's spoken language automatically. If the audio switches languages partway through or mixes languages, review the transcript afterward, since automatic detection works best with a single primary language per video.

If you have the rights to repost the content, exporting the transcript as SRT or VTT gives you real caption files to pair with the reposted clip. Make sure you have the appropriate rights to the underlying video before republishing it elsewhere — that's a separate consideration from generating the transcript itself.

Each import is still one link at a time, but because processing happens on Transkio's servers rather than your device, you can queue several imports back to back without waiting for each one to fully finish before starting the next.

No — neither is required. YouTube import itself works on every plan including Free. Speaker labels (from Elite up) and translation (from Pro up) are optional add-ons for specific needs like multi-speaker interviews or a different-language audience.

Both carry the same timed caption text — SRT tends to be the safer choice for desktop video editors, while VTT is the format required by HTML5 web video and most browser-based players. Export whichever matches where you're reposting the content, or export both from the same transcript.

Yes — every transcript stays in your account after processing, so you can come back later and export it in a different format (TXT, SRT, VTT, or DOCX/JSON on paid plans) without re-importing the video or using any additional usage minutes.

Yes — the Transcriptions workspace and the YouTube-import field work in any modern browser, desktop or mobile, since the actual fetching and transcription happen on Transkio's servers rather than your device.

Language detection runs automatically, but you can also select the spoken language manually before submitting the import if you already know it, which can help accuracy on videos with an unusual accent, heavy jargon, or background noise that might otherwise confuse automatic detection.

No — just paste the link. Transkio checks the video's length automatically and rejects it up front, with a clear explanation, if it exceeds the 4-hour import limit.

Yes — you can cancel a transcription from your dashboard while it's still processing, the same way you'd cancel any other in-progress job, whether it started from an upload or a YouTube link.