AI-Powered YouTube Transcription
Turn any YouTube video into a searchable transcript
Paste a YouTube link. Get a timestamped transcript in seconds. No sign-up, no install, no usage limits — built by engineers at Automation Architecture AI who needed a transcription tool that didn't get in the way.
Works with any public YouTube video. Click any timestamp to jump to that moment in the original video.
Paste a YouTube link to get started
Watching takes hours. Reading takes minutes.
How many videos are you avoiding
because you don't have 45 minutes?
Read them instead.
How it works
Three steps, under a minute
Paste a YouTube link
Copy any YouTube video URL and paste it into YoutubeIQ.
AI does the work
Our AI processes the audio and generates a full transcript with timestamps.
Read, copy, download
Browse the transcript, click timestamps to verify, copy or download the text.
Features
Built for people who actually use transcripts
Fast
Most videos are transcribed in 10–60 seconds. Longer videos scale linearly, not exponentially.
Timestamped
Every line links to its exact moment in the source video. Verify any quote in one click.
Portable
Copy, download, or share. Plain text that works with any notes, flashcards, or editor.
From the blog
Guides from the people who built it
- 10 min
Why Transcripts Improve SEO for Video-First Content Creators
A technical walkthrough of how transcripts turn opaque video pages into rich, indexable content — covering structured data, long-tail queries, featured snippets, and the common mistakes that neutralize the benefit.
SEOContent StrategyRead - 10 min
How to Extract Quotes from YouTube Videos for Articles and Research
A six-step workflow for finding, verifying, editing, and attributing quotes from video — built around timestamped transcripts and the ethics of accurate quotation.
ResearchJournalismRead - 11 min
Manual vs AI Transcription: Which Is Right for Your Workflow?
A framework for choosing between manual, AI, and hybrid transcription — covering accuracy, cost, speed, privacy, and the situations where each approach actually wins.
ComparisonWorkflowRead
Why YoutubeIQ
Video is locked. Text is free.
Video is hard to skim, hard to search, and hard to quote. A transcript fixes all three problems at once. Students use YoutubeIQ to take notes from lectures. Content creators use it to turn videos into articles. Researchers use it to verify quotes from interviews. Accessibility advocates use it to make video content usable for Deaf and hard-of-hearing viewers.
Every transcript includes precise timestamps — click any line to jump to that moment in the original video. Need to verify a specific claim? Click the timestamp. Need to cite a quote in a paper? The exact wording is right there, searchable.
Built and maintained by the engineering team at Automation Architecture AI. We keep it free, fast, and out of your way.