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Xtraktv1.0.0

TRANSCRIPT INTELLIGENCE // CHROME EXTENSION

Search inside any YouTube video.

Xtrakt captures the transcript the moment YouTube loads it. Type to search, jump to the exact second, export the text, or read along in a full-screen immersive reader.

Xtrakt on a YouTube watch page: the search widget open and the exported .txt transcript displayed beside the video
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PROTOCOL // QUICK START

Operational in three steps

  1. Open a video

    Open any YouTube video that has captions — manual or auto-generated.

  2. Turn subtitles on

    Hit the CC button once. Xtrakt intercepts the caption stream the moment YouTube fetches it — no extra network calls, no API keys.

  3. Search, jump, export

    Type to filter the transcript live, click a result or a glowing tick on the progress bar, export as .txt, or hit Read.

FIELD DEMO // 01

The whole transcript, one click.

Download the complete transcript as a .txt file — plain prose or [MM:SS]-timestamped — or copy it all to the clipboard. Yours to keep, quote, or feed to an LLM.

The full transcript of a podcast downloaded as a .txt file, open next to the YouTube video

FIELD DEMO // 02

Every word, indexed.

Search inside any YouTube transcript, jump to the exact moment, export it, or read along in an immersive full-screen reader.

The full transcript is captured in the background and filtered live as you type. Every hit becomes a glowing tick on YouTube's native progress bar — click to seek.

The Xtrakt widget filtering a transcript live, with matching moments marked on the YouTube progress bar

FIELD DEMO // 03

Density, measured.

Xtrakt rates the lexical density of every transcript and recommends a playback speed. Dense lecture? Slow down. Light vlog? Speed up.

Search hits on the progress bar

FIELD DEMO // 04

Read along, word by word.

The immersive reader lights up each word in sync with the audio, karaoke-style. Click any word to seek. Scroll freely — auto-follow pauses, then resumes.

The immersive full-screen reader displaying the transcript over the darkened video

PRIVATE BY DESIGN

Your data never leaves the browser.

Xtrakt intercepts YouTube's own caption stream and processes everything locally. There is nothing to sign up for, nothing to configure, and nothing phoning home.

  • A single permission: storage
  • No API keys, no external calls
  • No analytics, no tracking
  • MIT-licensed, auditable source

Ready to search inside video?

Install Xtrakt from the Chrome Web Store. Free, forever.

Add to Chrome

Then press Cmd/Ctrl + Shift + F