YouTube Transcripts & Summaries
You never have to waste 2 hours watching a rambling video lecture again. Chatlo can extract the closed captions from almost any YouTube video and instantly process it using our AI suite.
How it works
- Find a YouTube video you want to read instead of watch.
- Copy the URL from your browser's address bar.
- Paste it into any of our tools (e.g. the YouTube Summarizer or the Quiz Generator).
- Chatlo's backend calls the YouTube API, extracts the full transcript text, and pipes it directly into the AI model.
Important Limitation: Closed Captions Required
Our transcript extractor relies on the video having closed captions available. If the creator disabled closed captions or YouTube has not yet auto-generated them, the extraction will fail. However, Chatlo will still attempt to use the video's Title and Description to generate a basic response!