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compound-interest-lesson.mp34 segments · 0:23

What a transcript for a YouTube video looks like

  1. 00:00

    Welcome back to the channel. Today I'm going to explain compound interest in under a minute.

  2. 00:05

    Say you put $1,000 in an account that pays 5% a year. After the first year, you have $1,050.

  3. 00:12

    The next year, you earn interest on that interest too. Leave it for 20 years,

  4. 00:17

    and it grows to about $2,650 without adding a cent.

Real output from a 23-second lesson clip we recorded in the style of a YouTube explainer. Amounts come back as figures, and each line keeps its start time.

How to get a transcript of a YouTube video

  1. Take 1

    Copy the YouTube link

    Any public watch, Shorts, or youtu.be URL. On a phone, tap Share in the YouTube app, then Copy link.

  2. Take 2

    Generate the transcript

    When the video has captions, Scriora pulls the whole transcript with its timing. When it has none, Scriora transcribes the audio instead.

  3. Take 3

    Search, copy, or export

    Search the text for a quote, paste TXT into your notes or an AI chat, or take SRT and WebVTT for captions.

Download the YouTube video transcript

TXT joins the lines into paragraphs with no timestamps, so it pastes straight into notes. SRT and WebVTT keep the timing.

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Who reads YouTube videos instead of watching them

Students and researchers who want to skim a long lecture or interview, search it for one point, and quote it with the timestamp.

People who take notes with AI: paste the transcript into ChatGPT, Claude, Notion, or Obsidian and ask questions about the video.

Creators who study how a top video in their niche is built, from the opening line to the call to action.

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