YouTube Transcript TXT Downloader

Downloads a .txt transcript when a YouTube video has captions.

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