YouTube Transcript Copy Button

What This Does

This doodle adds a convenient floating button to YouTube video pages that allows you to instantly copy the full video transcript to your clipboard. It uses YouTube's InnerTube API to fetch accurate transcripts directly from YouTube's servers, handling all the complex API calls and text processing automatically.

How to Use

1. Click the "Add to Shaper" button to add this doodle to Shaper
2. Visit any YouTube video page - you'll see a red "Copy Transcript" button in the bottom-right corner
3. Click the button to automatically fetch and copy the video's transcript
4. The button will show "Processing..." while working, then "Copied Text!" when complete
5. Paste the transcript anywhere you need it - it's now in your clipboard!

Use Cases

• Content Creation: Extract transcripts for blog posts, articles, or social media content
• Research & Study: Copy educational video content for notes and reference materials
• Accessibility: Get text versions of video content for easier reading and searching
• Translation: Use transcripts as source material for translation projects

Features

• Smart Language Detection: Automatically finds English transcripts or falls back to the first available language
• Clean Text Output: Removes timestamps, speaker markers, and HTML entities for readable text
• Error Handling: Shows clear error messages if transcripts aren't available
• Visual Feedback: Button changes to show processing status and success/failure states
• One-Click Operation: No complex setup - just click and copy