Frequently Asked Questions

Transcriptly communicates with YouTube subtitle endpoints to retrieve official creator-uploaded closed captions or auto-generated subtitle streams. It then runs an intelligent punctuation and boundary assembler to merge choppy subtitle snippets into coherent, fluid reading paragraphs.

Transcriptly supports all standard YouTube link formats, including standard watch links (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=...), shortened URLs (https://youtu.be/...), YouTube Shorts (https://www.youtube.com/shorts/...), and embedded player links (https://www.youtube.com/embed/...).

If a video lacks both creator-uploaded and YouTube auto-generated captions, Transcriptly can utilize an optional local speech recognition fallback powered by faster-whisper. When enabled, the audio is analyzed to detect speech and generate formatted text directly without paid third-party APIs.

This typically occurs if the video is private or unlisted with restricted access, age-restricted requiring user verification, has captions disabled by the uploader, or has been blocked in specific regions.

Yes! Transcriptly provides full native Unicode support for multilingual captions, including Bangla (বাংলা), Hindi (हिन्दी), Arabic, Spanish, French, German, Urdu, Japanese, and more. Transcripts preserve original script typography without unwanted forced translation.

Transcriptly allows you to pick a target language (such as English, Spanish, Bangla, French, or German). You can view the output as Translated Only, Original Only, or a Side-by-Side comparison where original and translated paragraphs are aligned.

Yes. Switch to the 'Timestamped' tab to view timecodes, or click 'Export' and select SRT format. SRT files include industry-standard millisecond timestamps compatible with Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve, Final Cut, and VLC.

When you click 'Save to My Library', your transcript is formatted into a digital book with clean typography, page numbers, font sizing, and reading themes (Light, Sepia, and Dark). You can read page-by-page or in continuous scroll mode.

For guest users, transcripts are ephemeral and live only in your active browser session. If you sign up for a free account, transcripts you explicitly choose to save are stored securely in our database and persist across browser reloads, device switches, and server updates.

Yes. Once a transcript is saved to your library, you can export a formatted PDF complete with book metadata, chapter-like paragraphs, page numbering, and Unicode font rendering for scripts like Bangla.

Yes, Transcriptly is 100% free to use for extracting transcripts, copying text, downloading SRT/JSON/TXT files, and using the digital reader.

No. We do not sell user data, log video search history to analytics, or store URLs submitted by guest users. Registered user libraries are strictly private and accessible only by logging into your account. For full details, review our Privacy Policy.

The copyright of all spoken words and captions belongs exclusively to the original YouTube video creators and copyright owners. Transcriptly provides an extraction and formatting tool for personal reference, research, and educational fair use.