You cannot Ctrl+F video
Hunting for that one statistic, code snippet, or definition in a 50-minute lecture means endless guessing and scrub-bar roulette. You waste minutes looking for 10 seconds of speech.
Transcribe Any Video — Video to Text
Chrome Extension
Transcribe any video into Clean Text in seconds.
Stop spending 40 minutes watching what you can read in 3. Extract spoken knowledge from YouTube, Coursera, Vimeo, and 1,000+ platforms into clean, structured Markdown or plain text.
- ✓ Works on 1,000+ video sites
- ✓ Zero audio stored
- ✓ Export clean .md & .txt
Live extension side panel: video on left, instant transcript on right
source
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
- subtitles detected
- audio 16 kHz mono
- transcribed · blocks 3/3
- ready · .txt & .md
The first thing to understand about transcription is that it is a translation problem, not a listening problem.
You are not writing down sounds. You are deciding which of them carry meaning, and in which language the meaning should land.
Platform captions get you sixty percent of the way. The rest is punctuation, paragraphing, and knowing what to throw away.
A good transcript reads like an intentional document, not like a pile of timed captions glued together.
And that is exactly what this tool optimizes for.
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Reading vs Watching
The hidden tax of learning through video
Video was invented for entertainment, not for reference or study. When you need information fast, video works against you.
Auto-captions are unreadable
Streaming platforms dump a breathless run-on sentence without punctuation, capital letters, or paragraph breaks. Trying to read raw auto-captions feels like deciphering a corrupted telegram.
Other tools waste your time
Most transcription tools force you to download a 2 GB video to your hard drive, wait 10 minutes to re-upload it to their portal, create an account, and pay before seeing a single word.
Capabilities
The fastest bridge from video to written knowledge
AnyVideo lives right inside your Chrome side panel. One click turns spoken video into a clean, human-grade written document.
1-Click Side Panel
Opens right beside your video in Chrome. No tab switching, no file downloading, and no copying links back and forth between websites.
Human-Grade Formatting
Our speech pipeline strips caption timing noise, reconstructs natural punctuation, and formats the spoken content into clear, readable paragraphs.
Markdown & Text Export
Export formatted Markdown (.md) with headings or plain text (.txt). Drop it directly into Notion, Obsidian, Bear, or ChatGPT prompts in one second.
Zero Audio Storage
Audio streams are processed in temporary storage, converted, transcribed, and discarded immediately. Audio is never stored or used to train models.
Comparison
See the difference clean formatting makes
Compare raw platform auto-captions against an AnyVideo transcript of the exact same 30 seconds of speech.
Raw Platform Captions
so today we are going to talk about quarterly earnings and if you see the chart on slide five you will notice that our revenue is up twelve percent but the problem is that retention has dropped and we need to fix this before q3 otherwise we will miss our target for the entire fiscal year so lets dive straight into the numbers
Unpunctuated run-on sentence. Painful to scan or cite.
AnyVideo Transcript
Today we are going to talk about quarterly earnings. If you see the chart on slide five, you will notice that our revenue is up twelve percent.
The problem is that retention has dropped, and we need to fix this before Q3. Otherwise, we will miss our target for the entire fiscal year. So let's dive straight into the numbers.
Clean punctuation, true capitalization, and readable paragraphs.
Time Calculator
How much time will you save this week?
The average person reads at 250 words per minute, while video speakers only talk at 130 words per minute. Reading is twice as fast as watching.
Video Watch Time
60 min
Reading Time (.md)
31 min
Time Saved Each Week
29 min (48%)
That translates to 25.1 hours saved every year: more than half a work week reclaimed.
Pipeline
How the transcription pipeline works
Every video passes through an optimized three-stage pipeline. When official subtitles exist, you get instant text at zero compute cost.
StageWhat happensCost to you
1 · Platform subtitles
If official captions exist, they are extracted, stripped of timing noise, and formatted into clean readable paragraphs.
Free & instant
2 · Audio extraction
Otherwise the audio stream is processed in temporary storage, normalized to 16 kHz mono, and partitioned into model-sized blocks.
Included
3 · Speech-to-text
Blocks are transcribed in parallel with live status reporting, then assembled into one document with a clean metadata header.
Metered by minutes
Compatibility
Works where your video lives
If a link opens a video in your browser, the transcript is usually one click away. Supported by the yt-dlp extractor.
YouTube · Vimeo · Kinescope · VK · Udemy · Coursera · Twitter/X · Twitch · + thousands more
Pricing
Transparent plans for every pace
No subscription required to try. Test your first video for free, then choose a monthly plan or purchase 12-month top-up packs.
Always Free
Free
$0
10-min trial + 30 min every month
- First transcript free (up to 10 minutes) immediately without an account
- 30 minutes free every month after sign-in
- Official platform subtitles free at $0
- Full structured Markdown (.md) and text (.txt) export
- 7-day automatic transcript retention
★ Most Popular
Pro
$9/mo
or $79/yr (Save 27%)
10 hours of transcription every month
- 600 minutes (10 hours) per month
- High-speed neural speech-to-text pipeline
- Parallel chunk processing for long multi-hour videos
- Official platform subtitles included at $0
- Automatic minute refunds if a video fails
Pay As You Go
Top-Ups
$4.99/ +2h
Or $9.99 for +5h · Valid for 12 months
- +2 hours ($4.99) or +5 hours ($9.99)
- Valid for 12 full months from purchase date
- No subscription and no recurring monthly fees
- Credits expiring earliest are consumed first (FEFO)
- Automatic minute refunds if a video fails
Minutes are metered strictly by video duration, rounded up to the nearest minute. If a source video is unsupported or fails, reserved minutes return to your balance automatically.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Is the first transcript really free?
Yes. Your first transcript is completely free and requires no account or credit card, for videos up to 10 minutes long. One free trial per browser installation.
Does it work only with YouTube?
No. It works with any site the underlying extractor supports: YouTube, Vimeo, Kinescope, VK, Udemy, Coursera, Twitter/X, Twitch, and thousands of others.
Do you store the audio?
No. Audio is processed in temporary storage, transcribed, and deleted immediately when the job finishes. We never store audio files and never train models on your content.
How long are transcripts kept?
Transcripts are stored for 7 days so you can re-download them whenever you need, then deleted automatically. You can also delete a transcript immediately with one click from the extension.
What formats can I download?
Structured Markdown (.md) with document headers and plain text (.txt). Timestamped subtitle formats (SRT/VTT) are planned for a follow-up release.
How much does it cost after the trial?
After a free sign-up you receive 30 minutes every month at $0. For heavier use, Pro is $9 per month or $79 per year for 10 hours monthly. Prepaid top-ups add 2 hours for $4.99 or 5 hours for $9.99 with a 12-month validity.
Get Started in Seconds
Ready to turn your first video into text?
Add the extension to Chrome, open your video, and get your clean transcript in seconds. No signup or credit card required.