Paste a YouTube link and read the full transcript with timestamps — then turn it into an AI summary with the key points and the minute each one was said. Free, no account needed.
The AI summary runs on this page too — one free every day, no account.
AI summary of any YouTube video
The key points, in the order the video makes them.
A timecode on every point, so you can jump straight to that minute.
Questions about the video, answered from what was actually said.
A video summarizer earns its place when the transcript is longer than the time you have. Paste the link, read the text on this page, then press AI summary: you get a YouTube summary of what the video really says, point by point, with the timecode of each one.
The summary is built from the caption track, not from the title or the description, so nothing is invented. Long videos are split into hourly chunks and merged into a single summary, which means a two-hour lecture is summarised the same way as a ten-minute review.
One AI summary a day is free, for videos up to 1.5 hours, with no account and no card. Paid plans lift the length limit and add questions about the video, moment search and TXT, SRT and VTT downloads.
An AI summary of any YouTube video, with the minute each point was said
Most videos are longer than the time you have for them. Transcriptube reads the caption track that already exists on YouTube and gives you the key points in the order the video makes them, each one ending with the timecode it came from — so you can decide in twenty seconds whether the next forty minutes are worth it, and jump straight to the part that is.
The summary is built from what was said, not from the title, the description or anything the model happens to know about the speaker. Every point has to be traceable to a line of the transcript, which is why they all carry a timestamp. When the video does not cover what you asked about, you get one sentence saying so instead of a confident paragraph that came from somewhere else.
Then ask the video a question
Under every summary there is a question box that stays for the rest of the session. Ask what a speaker said about a particular thing and the answer comes back with the minute to jump to. Find a moment does the same for the part you half-remember but cannot describe: you type roughly what it was about and get the timestamps that match.
Both work on the caption track the summary was built from, so nothing is fetched twice and nothing is invented. For several videos at once, the batch page takes any text with YouTube links in it, summarises and transcribes all of them in one run, and then answers one question across the whole set — naming which video each part of the answer came from.
The full transcript is still right there
Switch to the Transcript tab and the whole text is on the page, from the first word to the last, with a timestamp on every line and a search box over it. It works with regular videos, Shorts and replays of live streams, and picks up both captions written by the creator and the automatic ones YouTube generates.
Reading is free and stays free: fetching the transcript, reading all of it, searching inside it, one AI summary a day for videos up to 1.5 hours and one .txt download a day. No word limits, no trial counters, no watermark. Copying, SRT and VTT files, questions and batches come with a paid plan.
How it works
Copy the link of any YouTube video, Short or livestream replay.
Paste it into the field above and press one of the two summary languages.
Read the key points with their timecodes, then ask the video a question or open the full transcript.
How do I summarise a YouTube video?
Paste the video link into the field at the top of this page and choose which language the summary should be written in. A few seconds later you get the key points of the video, each ending with the minute it was said, drawn only from what the video actually says. One summary a day is free for videos up to 1.5 hours.
How do I get the transcript of a YouTube video?
Paste the link, then switch to the Transcript tab. The full text appears on this page with a timestamp for every line. You can search inside it, copy it or save it as a .txt file. Reading is free: 3 transcripts a day and 10 a week, with no account.
Is this really free?
Reading is free and needs no account: 3 transcripts a day and 10 a week, plus one AI summary a day for videos up to 1.5 hours and one .txt download a day. Copying the text, SRT and VTT files, questions about a video, moment search and batches of links are part of a paid plan.
Does it work with auto-generated captions?
Yes. If a video only has automatic captions, both the summary and the transcript are built from those. Accuracy depends on the audio quality and the speaker, but for most videos automatic captions are close to the spoken words — and every summary point keeps its timestamp, so any line can be checked against the video itself.
How long can the video be?
There is no length limit on a paid plan. Videos over an hour are summarised in hourly parts and merged into one summary, so a two-hour lecture is handled the same way as a ten-minute review. The free daily summary stops at 1.5 hours; the transcript itself has no limit.