Lineskip

Read a YouTube video's original-language transcript in the Side Panel and skip to any moment by clicking its timestamp.

Lineskip puts a YouTube video's transcript next to the video, so you can skim it and jump straight to the part you care about. Open any YouTube video, click the Lineskip icon, and the Side Panel shows the transcript in the video's own language, split into readable sections with timestamps. Click a timestamp and the video jumps there. WHAT YOU GET • Original-language transcript: picks the language actually spoken, even when the channel adds an auto-dubbed track or an English caption. • Click-to-jump timestamps: in the transcript, in the description, and in the chapter outline. • Choose another language: switch between the captions a channel provides, or pick one of YouTube's machine translations from a searchable list. • Sections you can tune: group the transcript every 10 seconds, 30 seconds, 1 or 2 minutes, or automatically at natural pauses. Chapters from the description become headings. • Search inside the transcript: press / to search, then step through matches. • Follow the video: the panel highlights and scrolls to the part being played. • Copy what you need: copy the whole transcript with or without timestamps, or click any section to copy just that part. • Made to read: light and dark themes, text size, and spacing controls. The interface is available in English and Thai. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Lineskip works entirely in your browser. It has no accounts, no ads, no analytics, and no servers. It does not send your data anywhere. See the privacy policy for details. GOOD TO KNOW • Works on youtube.com/watch pages. Shorts, embedded players, and YouTube Music are not supported yet. • Needs captions to exist. Videos without captions show a message instead of a transcript. • Live streams are supported after they end. • If YouTube changes how captions load, Lineskip may need an update. The "Report a problem" button in the settings menu copies a technical report (no transcript text) to help fix it. Lineskip is an independent extension and is not affiliated with YouTube or Google.