Transcribe YouTube Video

What it is

A block that transcribes the audio content of a YouTube video into text.

What it does

This block takes a YouTube video URL as input and produces a text transcript of the video's audio content. It also extracts and provides the unique video ID associated with the YouTube video.

How it works

The block first extracts the video ID from the provided YouTube URL. It then uses this ID to fetch the video's transcript, preferring English when available. If an English transcript is not available, the block will automatically use the first available transcript in any other language (prioritizing manually created transcripts over auto-generated ones). The transcript is processed and formatted into a readable text format. If any errors occur during this process, the block will capture and report them.

Inputs

Input	Description
YouTube URL	The web address of the YouTube video you want to transcribe. This can be in various formats, such as a standard watch URL, a shortened URL, or an embed URL.

Outputs

Output	Description
Video ID	The unique identifier for the YouTube video, extracted from the input URL.
Transcript	The full text transcript of the video's audio content.
Error	Any error message that occurs if the transcription process fails.

Possible use case

A content creator could use this block to automatically generate subtitles for their YouTube videos. They could also use it to create text-based summaries of video content for SEO purposes or to make their content more accessible to hearing-impaired viewers. The automatic language fallback feature ensures that transcripts can be obtained even from videos that only have subtitles in non-English languages.