ABOUT

Watching is lovely.
Searching is not.

BulkTranscripts turns the captions already attached to public YouTube videos into files that are easier to read, search, quote, and organize.

Built for the pile of tabs

A single transcript is easy. A 200-video channel is a weekend project. This tool handles the repetitive part: finding available caption tracks, formatting them consistently, and packaging bulk results with a manifest that says exactly what worked and what did not.

Fast where it can be, honest where it cannot

Previously fetched transcripts live in a permanent cache and can return almost immediately. New transcripts have to be requested carefully, so they arrive through a visible queue. Your job page is bookmarkable and keeps its progress after a refresh.

One hard boundary: BulkTranscripts never downloads video or audio. It works only with caption tracks made available for public videos.

A useful file, not a content library

There is no public transcript directory and transcript pages are kept out of search engines. Each video's rights holder still owns the underlying words. BulkTranscripts is a formatting utility; what you may do with a transcript depends on copyright, fair use, licenses, and your context.

The small promise

Minimal interface, plain-language failures, no ads at launch, and no pretending a cold thousand-video channel is instant. Just a good tool that gets quieter as its cache gets better.