Transcript Tools
YouTube Transcript Cleaner
Clean the messy output from YouTube's auto-generated captions. Fixes all-lowercase text, removes repeated lines, capitalises sentences, and merges fragmented caption blocks into readable paragraphs.
All processing happens in your browser; transcript text is never uploaded
Features
- Capitalises first word of each sentence
- Removes repeated adjacent lines (common in auto-captions)
- Merges short caption fragments into natural sentences
- Handles YouTube's caption export format
- Copy or download cleaned transcript
How to use it
- Copy transcript from YouTube's '...' > Open transcript.
- Paste into the input panel.
- Clean output appears instantly.
- Copy or download.
Use cases
- Creating blog posts from YouTube video transcripts
- Extracting readable quotes from YouTube videos
- Preparing YouTube content for summarisation tools
Limitations
- Timestamped short caption lines are merged into cleaner paragraphs.
- Unusual transcript exports may still need manual cleanup.
- Review output before using it in publishing, captions, reports, or archives.
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How do I get a YouTube transcript?
Click the '...' menu below a YouTube video, select 'Open transcript', then copy all the text from the transcript panel.