How to extract closed caption transcript from YouTube video?

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Minghui Yu picture Minghui Yu · Mar 8, 2012 · Viewed 273.7k times · Source

Is it possible to extract the closed caption transcript from YouTube videos?

We have over 200 webcasts on YouTube and each is at least one hour long. YouTube has closed caption for all videos but it seems users have no way to get it.

I tried the URL in this blog but it does not work with our videos.

http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2010/10/download-youtube-captions.html

Answer

Will picture Will · Feb 1, 2016

Here's how to get the transcript of a YouTube video (when available):

  • Go to YouTube and open the video of your choice.
  • Click on the "More actions" button (3 horizontal dots) located next to the Share button.
  • Click "Open transcript"

Although the syntax may be a little goofy this is a pretty good solution.

Source: http://ccm.net/faq/40644-youtube-how-to-get-the-transcript-of-a-video

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