Opening & Viewing a YouTube Video Transcript

[TexasTowelie]

Navigate to YouTube and open the video that you want transcribed.

Locate and click the three horizontal dots below the video. They should be next to the Share and Save buttons.

Clicking the dots pulls up a short menu. Click Open transcript.

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I'm sharing this information since I am frequently asked to provide summaries when I post videos. There are times when I haven't watched the video myself so rather than have members wait for "my" interpretation I will be directing members to read the transcript instead. Considering that I sometimes have to roll away to take care of tasks or I may fall asleep, I am providing this information so that it will eliminate hours of waiting for me to respond.

[brer cat]

1. I greatly appreciate the transcri[ts. I would generally prefer to read than watch.

[TexasTowelie]

2. I don't mind copying and pasting transcripts when provided under the video or answering brief

questions. However, I am not a "natural" writer who enjoys writing and I will usually procrastinate when I do have to put on my writer's cap. I'm also not a great listener and I put away the transcription machine 30+ years ago when the attorney who managed the project I worked on as a state employee left the job. Relying upon my skills as a listener and transcriptionist does not do adequate justice to the people who are providing the video content--it's equivalent to using the Cliff Notes to a major piece of literature.

I would copy and paste the transcripts using the method that I described in the OP, but there are timestamps every few seconds so the cut-and-paste jobs would be extremely long and they are really not suitable to fit with the format of DU.

[renate]

3. Oh wow wow wow!!

This is SO useful!! Thank you!!!