A browser console log script for getting the transcript from a video

youtube-to-transcript-text.js

(() => {
  // Select all transcript segments
  const segments = document.querySelectorAll('ytd-transcript-segment-renderer');

  if (!segments.length) {
    console.error("❌ No transcript segments found. Make sure the transcript panel is open.");
    return;
  }

  // Extract only the text from each segment
  const transcript = Array.from(segments)
    .map(seg => seg.querySelector('.segment-text')?.innerText.replace(/\s+/g, ' ').trim() || '')
    .join(' ');

  // Output to console
  console.log("🎬 FULL VIDEO TRANSCRIPT (no timestamps):\n\n" + transcript);

  // Copy to clipboard
  navigator.clipboard.writeText(transcript)
    .then(() => console.log("✅ Transcript copied to clipboard!"))
    .catch(() => console.warn("⚠️ Could not copy to clipboard automatically."));
})();