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How to transcribe and clean subtitles from youtube


Let's say I want to transcribe the audio from an ode to empty notebooks because it resonated with me. I need the following websites.

1. https://downsub.com

Actually you can skip website 2 (subtitletools). It barely does anyting. It just removes the [MUSIC] tag.

STEP 1: Download the subtitle

Copy the URL of the video you want to transcribe and paste it to https://downsub.com/


You have an option to download the srt or txt file. Download the srt file.

STEP 2: SRT-cleaner (Optional)
This step barely does anything. It merely removes the speaker tag or the [MUSIC] tag. You may skip it.
Upload the srt file to https://subtitletools.com/srt-cleaner then click Clean.

STEP 3: Remove Timestamps

Copy the content of your srt file and then paste it to the left text field of https://anatolt.ru/t/del-timestamp-srt.html. You may use notepad to open the srt file. Click "Do the job!"


STEP 4: Remove Linebreaks


Copy the content in the right text field then paste it to http://removelinebreaks.net/


Click Remove Line Breaks.


You may now copy the transcript of the youtube video. You might need to re-introduce line breaks between paragraphs. Also the transcript may not be 100% accurate since it is auto-generated by youtube. So make edits as necessary. 


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