Verbatim pulls the transcript out of any YouTube video that publishes captions, then does the part YouTube doesn't — a readable layout, search that jumps to the second, an AI summary, and a file you can hand to someone else.
So the first thing to understand about compounding is that it's not linear.
A ten percent return over twenty years isn't twice a ten-year return.
It's roughly six times, and that gap is where most of the wealth lives.
Which is why starting early beats starting big, almost every time.
Time in the market beats size of contribution — the gap widens after year ten.
Any YouTube URL — video, Short or live replay. Nothing to install.
Caption cues are stitched into sentences and paragraphs, with timestamps that actually line up.
Jump to any moment, pull a summary, take the file wherever it needs to go.
YouTube's transcript panel is a cramped column of three-word fragments. This stitches them into sentences, groups them into paragraphs, and lets you click any line to jump the video there.
Type a word, get every hit highlighted in place. Finding the one thing someone said stops being a chore involving the scrub bar.
Key points, decisions actually made, and action items with the person responsible — not a bland paragraph restating the title.
TXT, Markdown with the summary baked in, SRT and VTT for subtitles, CSV for spreadsheets, JSON for anything downstream.
Every transcript you pull is saved and searchable. Full-text search runs across everything you've ever saved, not just one video.
It works on videos that publish a caption track, which is the large majority. When one doesn't, you're told immediately and it costs you nothing — no silent failures, no empty file.
Start free, with no card. Upgrade when the library and the summaries start earning their keep.
Enough to see whether it fits your workflow.
For people turning videos into notes every week.
You're told straight away, and it doesn't count against your quota. YouTube auto-generates captions for most uploads with clear speech, so this is uncommon — the usual gaps are music, very recent uploads, some non-English content, and creators who switch captions off.
That's where the text comes from, yes. The difference is everything after: cue fragments stitched into readable sentences, full-text search across your whole library, AI summaries, five export formats, and a saved copy that doesn't vanish when you close the tab.
Whichever caption track the video publishes. If a video has Hindi or Spanish captions, you get a Hindi or Spanish transcript.
Yes — SRT and VTT are two of the export formats, with the original timings preserved.
Free gives you 20 videos a month with the full reader and exports. Pro removes the cap and adds AI summaries, library-wide search, and CSV/JSON export.
Free to start, no card. Paste a link and see what comes back.