Turn any YouTube video into a transcript and summary
Paste a link to a public YouTube video. MinutesMaster transcribes the audio itself, separates the speakers, and writes a summary with the key points — then translates it into any of 38 languages if you need it.
5 free credits (2.5 hours of audio) · No credit card · No AI training on your data
What a YouTube transcript generator should give you
Webinars, conference talks, recorded panels and podcasts on YouTube are full of things worth keeping, but nobody wants to scrub through an hour of video to find them. Paste the link into MinutesMaster and it imports the audio and produces a timestamped transcript with speaker turns — so a panel discussion shows who said what, not one undivided block of text.
MinutesMaster transcribes the audio itself rather than copying the video’s captions, so it works the same whether or not a video has subtitles. From the transcript it writes a summary, topics, decisions and action items, and you can translate the transcript or the summary into any of the 38 supported languages — a Czech talk summarized in English, for example.
Everything lands in your account next to your meetings, so Ask MinutesMaster can answer questions across videos and meetings alike. AI agents connected over MCP can import a YouTube link for you too. Pricing is per recording: 1 credit covers 30 minutes of audio, and new accounts start with 5 free credits.
Laura Chen (18:30) — The pilots that worked all started with one boring, well-defined process — invoice matching, not citizen chatbots.
Petr Svoboda (19:12) — Same in our city. We picked meeting minutes first, because everyone agreed they took too long.
Panel consensus: start with one narrow, measurable process before scaling.
Organisers → publish the slides and the pilot checklist on the event page
Summary also available in Czech, German and Polish, exportable as Word or PDF.
From YouTube link to transcript in four steps
Works for any public video — talks, webinars, interviews, lectures and podcasts.
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Copy the video link
Open the video on YouTube and copy its address. The video has to be public — private videos can’t be imported.
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Paste it into MinutesMaster
In your free account, choose YouTube and paste the link. The title is taken from the video unless you type your own.
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Get the transcript and summary
MinutesMaster downloads the audio, transcribes it with speakers separated by voice and timestamps, and writes the summary and key points.
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Translate and export
Translate into another language if you need one, then export the transcript as TXT, Word or PDF, or as SRT or VTT subtitles with timestamps.
More than captions copied from YouTube
A transcript you can read, quote and reuse — plus the summary you were going to write anyway.
Import by link
No downloading and re-uploading. Paste the address of a public YouTube video and the audio is fetched for you.
Speakers and timestamps
Speakers are separated by voice and every turn carries a timestamp, so you can find a quote and jump back to that moment.
Summary and key points
A short summary, the main topics, and any decisions or action items the video contains — handy for webinars and recorded meetings.
38 languages and translation
Transcribe videos in Czech, German, Polish, Ukrainian and 34 more languages, and translate the transcript or summary into any of them.
Subtitles, Word and PDF
Export SRT or VTT subtitles, a Word or PDF document, plain text or JSON. Speaker names you set are used in every export.
Works with your AI agent
Connect Claude, ChatGPT or another MCP client and ask it to transcribe a YouTube link and summarize it — the result is saved in your account.
What people transcribe from YouTube
Long videos where the useful part is a few minutes somewhere in the middle.
Webinars and conference talks
Get the transcript and key points of a talk you missed, and quote the speaker accurately with the timestamp.
Recorded meetings and public sessions
Council meetings, town halls and team meetings streamed or uploaded to YouTube become a transcript plus minutes with decisions.
Lectures and courses
Students turn recorded lectures into searchable notes and a summary, in the original language or a translation.
Podcasts and interviews
Interview-style videos come out as a conversation with speaker turns — ready to quote, translate or turn into show notes.
Frequently asked questions
- How do I get a transcript of a YouTube video?
- Create a free MinutesMaster account, choose YouTube as the source and paste the video link. MinutesMaster imports the audio, transcribes it with speakers and timestamps, and writes a summary. You can then export the transcript as text, Word, PDF or subtitles.
- Is the YouTube transcript generator free?
- New accounts get 5 free credits without a credit card. One credit covers 30 minutes of audio, so the free credits cover about 2.5 hours of video. After that you can buy credit packs from 10 credits for €9 or subscribe to a plan.
- Does it work for any YouTube video?
- It works for public videos. Private videos can’t be imported. Because MinutesMaster transcribes the audio itself, the video doesn’t need to have captions.
- Can I transcribe a YouTube video in another language?
- Yes. Transcription covers 38 languages, including Czech, Slovak, Polish, German and Ukrainian, and videos that switch languages. You can translate the transcript or the summary into any of those languages.
- Can I download the transcript as subtitles?
- Yes. Export the transcript as SRT or VTT subtitles with timestamps, or as plain text, Word (DOCX), PDF or JSON.
- Can my AI assistant transcribe YouTube links?
- Yes. Connect MinutesMaster to Claude, ChatGPT or another MCP client and allow it to spend credits. The agent can then import a YouTube link, wait for the transcript and summarize or translate it for you.
- Is the video or transcript used to train AI?
- No. MinutesMaster does not use recordings, transcripts or summaries to train AI models. What you import stays private to your account unless you share it with a team.
Related pages
- Audio to textConvert MP3, WAV, M4A or video recordings into a transcript with speaker names, then into minutes.
- Meeting minutes generatorUpload a recording and get minutes with decisions, action items and owners, ready to export to Word or PDF.
- MinutesMaster for ClaudeConnect your meeting notes to Claude and Claude Code: search, ask and act on transcripts and minutes over MCP.
- Transcription in 38 languagesTranscripts, minutes and translations in 38 languages, with guides for Central and Eastern European languages.
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