YouTube Transcript Extractor

A web application that allows users to extract transcripts from YouTube videos and export them as Word documents.

Features

• Extract transcripts from any YouTube video
• Support for multiple languages
• Export transcripts to Word documents (.docx)
• Copy transcripts to clipboard
• Clean and intuitive web interface
• Embedded video player

Screenshots

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Installation

Prerequisites

• Python 3.8 or higher
• pip (Python package installer)

Setup

1. Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/yourusername/youtube-transcript-extractor.git
cd youtube-transcript-extractor

2. Install dependencies

pip install -r requirements.txt

Usage

Running the Web Interface

streamlit run src/app.py

This will start a local web server and open the application in your default browser. If it doesn't open automatically, navigate to the URL shown in your terminal (typically http://localhost:8501).

Using the Command Line Version

For those who prefer a command-line interface:

python src/transcript_extractor.py "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID"

To specify a language other than English:

python src/transcript_extractor.py "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID" fr

How It Works

The application uses:

• youtube-transcript-api: For fetching transcripts from YouTube
• Streamlit: For the web interface
• python-docx: For generating Word documents

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

1. Fork the repository
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add some amazing feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/amazing-feature)
5. Open a Pull Request

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

Acknowledgements

• youtube-transcript-api for providing the API to access YouTube transcripts
• Streamlit for making it easy to create web applications with Python
• python-docx for Word document generation