Send YouTube Transcripts to ChatGPT
Get any YouTube transcript into ChatGPT in seconds
Or just change youtube.com to 2outube.com in your browser
Swap 'youtube.com' for '2outube.com' in any video URL, copy the full transcript, then paste it into ChatGPT to summarize, analyze, or ask questions about any YouTube video — completely free.
The Trick
youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID
2outube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID
Just change 'y' to '2'
Works with any YouTube video that has captions
Using Transcripts with ChatGPT
Find your YouTube video
Open any YouTube video you want to analyze — a lecture, podcast, tutorial, interview, or news segment. Copy the full URL from your browser's address bar.
Swap the URL to get the transcript
Replace 'youtube.com' with '2outube.com' in the URL and press Enter. The full transcript loads instantly — no account, no extensions, no waiting.
Copy the transcript text
Select all the transcript text on the 2outube page and copy it. You can grab the entire thing or just the section you care about — timestamps are included if you want them.
Paste into ChatGPT and ask anything
Open ChatGPT, paste the transcript, and follow it with your prompt — summarize this, extract key points, find action items, translate it, compare arguments, or anything else. ChatGPT now has full context of the video.
Quick Start
Get the transcript
Navigate to any YouTube video you want to analyze and copy its URL from the browser address bar.
Change youtube to 2outube
In the URL, replace 'youtube.com' with '2outube.com' — for example, youtube.com/watch?v=abc123 becomes 2outube.com/watch?v=abc123. Hit Enter and the transcript appears immediately.
Paste the transcript into ChatGPT
Copy all the text from 2outube, open ChatGPT at chat.openai.com, and paste the transcript followed by your question or instruction. ChatGPT will analyze the full video content.
Ready-Made Template
Here is the transcript from a YouTube video:
[PASTE TRANSCRIPT HERE]
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Please do the following:
1. Write a 3-sentence summary of the main topic
2. List the 5 most important points made
3. Pull out any actionable advice or steps mentioned
4. Note any claims that seem worth fact-checking
5. Suggest 3 follow-up questions I could explore
Keep it concise and use bullet points where appropriate.Questions
Does this work with any YouTube video?
Yes, any video with captions — whether auto-generated or manually added. Most videos on YouTube have captions, so this works for the vast majority of content.
Is it really free?
Completely free. No account, no limits, no credit card. Just change the URL and the transcript is there.
How long of a transcript can I send to ChatGPT?
ChatGPT (GPT-4) accepts roughly 100,000 tokens in its context window — enough for several hours of video transcript. For very long videos, paste the most relevant sections or split the transcript into chunks and analyze each one separately.
What can I ask ChatGPT to do with a YouTube transcript?
Almost anything: summarize the video, extract key takeaways, identify action items, rewrite it as a blog post, translate it to another language, find quotes on a specific topic, compare arguments, create study notes, or generate quiz questions from the content.
Do I need a ChatGPT account to use this?
You need a ChatGPT account to use ChatGPT itself, but you do not need any account to get the transcript from 2outube. The transcript retrieval is completely free and account-free on 2outube's side.
Are timestamps included in the transcript?
Yes, the transcript from 2outube includes timestamps. If you want clean text for ChatGPT without timestamps, you can simply remove them when copying, or ask ChatGPT to ignore them — it handles both formats well.
Can I use this to summarize YouTube videos with ChatGPT?
Yes — this is one of the most popular uses. Get the transcript from 2outube, paste it into ChatGPT, and ask for a summary. You get a concise breakdown of any video without watching the whole thing.
Does 2outube store or save my transcripts?
No. 2outube fetches the transcript directly from YouTube's caption data and displays it to you. Nothing is stored on 2outube's servers. The transcript lives on YouTube and temporarily in your browser.
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