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Re: YouTube Transcript – read YouTube videos

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post #18

This UI and Youtube's UI for transcripts are really nice. When I'm looking for a particular piece of information I can just Ctrl+F and click on the match to play from there. Youtube used to auto-generate subtitles, now it also formats subtitles as transcripts. I wish offline media players had this functionality, if I get distracted for a few seconds I don't have to watch those seconds again, I can speedread over the…

Call it "panoramic subtitles"

Re: YouTube Transcript – read YouTube videos

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post #11
post #5

Is this utilizing whisper to transcribe?

Youtube already auto-generates transcripts that you can see in the ... menu in most videos. This website just seems like an alternative frontend?

Or maybe it processes the video with its own backend ? How do you tell

Re: YouTube Transcript – read YouTube videos

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post #20

Maybe this is a bit off topic, but does anyone know the legal footing of having a business with another businesses name in it? For instance, this tool uses the word "YouTube" in its name, though it is used as only a part of it, and it is not a competitor. I've always wondered how this works.

Broadly speaking, it would be trademark infringement if it is used in a way that may confuse others about the source of the product. It doesn’t necessarily have to be a specific product that Alphabet has a direct competitor for.

Re: YouTube Transcript – read YouTube videos

#27

The burning hate I feel for all information to be locked away in a YouTube video. This will solve that real world problem. I love reading (or, skimming) through a long read.

Not sure if you know that, but YouTube has a transcript feature available for years now. It's somewhat hidden in the interface, but let's you search with ctrl-F (or command-F) in the transcript

Re: YouTube Transcript – read YouTube videos

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post #24
post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Youtube already auto-generates transcripts that you can see in the ... menu in most videos. This website just seems like an alternative frontend?

Or maybe it processes the video with its own backend ? How do you tell

Just minutes ago, I compared two transcripts for the same video and they were the exact same. Also on YouTubeTranscript.com swearing was redacted with [_], which is something I've only ever seen on youtube captions.

Re: YouTube Transcript – read YouTube videos

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post #27

The burning hate I feel for all information to be locked away in a YouTube video. This will solve that real world problem. I love reading (or, skimming) through a long read.

Not sure if you know that, but YouTube has a transcript feature available for years now. It's somewhat hidden in the interface, but let's you search with ctrl-F (or command-F) in the transcript

I use this for city council meetings to figure out who said what. It's not easy, but it's better than nothing. YouTube doesn't appear to do so well with multiple speakers.
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