Chrome extension · works on any site
Video Transcriber opens a panel next to the video. Read and search the transcript, transcribe the audio when there are no captions, and get a short AI summary with timestamps you can click.
DRM-protected players (such as paid movie streaming) do not allow audio capture, so Pro Transcription cannot run there.
Features
Three tabs next to the player: the captions, a transcription of the audio, and a summary.
When a video already has captions, the Transcription tab shows them as clean paragraphs next to the player. Pick a caption track, and on YouTube translate it into any language YouTube offers.
Pro Transcription turns the whole video into text in a couple of minutes, with no need to play it. Live streams are transcribed as they play. It works on any site with an HTML5 player.
Keep the player unmuted while transcribing. For some videos, Chrome asks for one click on the extension icon (or Alt+Shift+T) before it can capture the tab’s audio.
One click gives you a headline, a one- or two-sentence summary and 3–5 key points, each with an emoji and a timestamp you can click. Summaries are available in 52 languages.
Summaries are written by Google Gemini through our server. There is nothing to choose or set up.
Dark by default, with a light theme when you want it. On YouTube and Twitch the panel docks beside the player. Elsewhere it floats: drag it, resize it, fold it into a small tab at the edge, and it follows the video into fullscreen.
From English, Español and Русский to 日本語, हिन्दी and العربية (right-to-left included). It follows your browser, and you can switch in one click without reloading.
Click any timestamp to jump to that moment. Search with match highlighting. Copy the text with or without timestamps, or download it as TXT, SRT or VTT.
If Chrome’s speech recognition doesn’t work for a video, Video Transcriber switches to Local Whisper by itself. On a live stream outside YouTube the AI takes over first, and Local Whisper only if the AI can’t. The model downloads once, with a progress gauge, then runs on your computer.
Dark by default, with a light theme when you want it. On YouTube and Twitch the panel docks beside the player. Elsewhere it floats: drag it, resize it, fold it into a small tab at the edge, and it follows the video into fullscreen.
Transcripts, summaries and translations are saved only in your browser. For a cloud summary, a question to the video or a translation, we send the transcript text to Google Gemini through our server, which doesn’t store it. For fast transcription, short compressed pieces of the video’s audio go the same way to be turned into text, and aren’t stored either. Chrome’s own speech recognition may send audio to Google when no on-device language pack is installed.
Transcripts, summaries and translations are saved only in your browser, and our server stores neither your audio nor your texts. What each feature sends is in the Privacy Policy.
Live streams
On a live stream the panel switches to live mode. Pro Transcription writes the text as the stream plays, and the transcript keeps growing while you watch.
Follows the stream
The panel marks the stream as live and adds each line as it is said. The player’s own button takes you back to the live edge.
Clickable timestamps
Jump back to any line while that moment is still in the stream’s rewind buffer.
Summaries of the last minutes
Summarize the whole stream or only the last part:
How it works
Install it from the Chrome Web Store. No sign‑up is needed.
The Video Transcriber panel appears next to it. On YouTube and Twitch it docks beside the player; on other sites it floats.
Read the captions, start Pro Transcription when there are none, or get a summary. Click a timestamp to jump.
Pricing
Captions are always free. Try Pro Transcription or a summary twice, free, then pick a plan.
Upgrade inside the extension after your free uses
$99one-time
Pay once, use forever
$3.99/month
$47.88 billed yearly
$8.99/month
Billed every month
$0forever
Prices in USD. Refund Policy
FAQ
Yes. The Transcription tab (the video’s own captions) is free with no limits, and so are search, copy and export. Pro Transcription and AI summaries include 2 free uses. After that, you can pick Lifetime, Yearly or Monthly.
One feature on one video: one Pro Transcription or one summary. Running the same feature again on the same video is free. A use is only counted when it works, so a failed start or a stop before any text appears costs nothing. Paid plans don’t count uses.
Any site that plays video in a standard HTML5 player: YouTube, Twitch, Vimeo, Kick, course platforms, webinars, news sites and more. DRM-protected players, such as paid movie streaming, block audio capture, so Pro Transcription can’t run there.
Yes. On a live stream the panel switches to live mode, and Pro Transcription writes the text as the stream plays. A summary can cover the whole stream or just the last 5–60 minutes.
Usually 1–3 minutes for a whole video, with no need to play it: a gauge shows the progress, then the whole transcript is there. Live streams, and videos where the fast mode can’t reach the audio, are transcribed in real time while they play.
The interface is available in 19 languages. Summaries can be written in 52 languages. Captions come in whatever languages the video has. Pro Transcription supports the languages of Chrome speech recognition and Whisper.
Transcripts, summaries and translations are saved only in your browser. Fast transcription sends short compressed pieces of the video’s audio to Google Gemini through our server, which doesn’t store them. In real time, Local Whisper never sends audio anywhere, and Chrome speech recognition runs on your device when Chrome has the language installed (otherwise Chrome sends the audio to Google’s speech service). Summaries, questions and translations send the transcript text to Google Gemini through our server, which doesn’t store it; text from Chrome speech recognition goes the same way to get punctuation. See the Privacy Policy for details.
Partly. The captions tab needs only the video site itself. Pro Transcription runs on your device when Chrome has the language, and Local Whisper (used automatically when Chrome can’t help) works offline after a one-time download. Fast transcription, summaries and translation need the internet: Gemini does them on our server.
Not for the free tier: just install it. To buy a plan, sign in with Google, so the plan is tied to your account and works on any computer where you sign in.
If you’re not satisfied, write to [email protected] within 14 days of the payment and we’ll refund it in full. See the Refund Policy.
Open the account menu in the panel and choose “Manage subscription”. Stripe’s page opens, and you can cancel there in a couple of clicks. You keep access until the end of the period you’ve paid for.
Video Transcriber is built for Google Chrome on desktop (version 138 or newer). Firefox, Safari and mobile browsers aren’t supported. Other Chromium-based browsers aren’t officially supported, and some engines are Chrome-only.
Install in a few seconds. Captions are free with no limits, and your first 2 AI uses are on us.