How to Get a YouTube Transcript on iPad
The YouTube app on iPad hides the transcript behind a three-dot menu and won't let you select or copy the text. The fastest workaround: open the video in Safari, paste the link here, and grab a clean, copy-ready transcript in seconds.
Safari vs the YouTube App on iPad
Transcript is buried behind Description → ⋯ → Show transcript. Even when you find it, you can't select text, can't copy it out, and can't export it. Auto-generated captions look messy with timestamps on every line.
Paste the link, get a clean transcript in seconds. One-tap copy, drop into any iPad app. Works in Split View next to ChatGPT, supports every language YouTube does, and respects your iPad's dark mode.
Pro Tips for iPad Users
In Safari, tap Share → Add to Home Screen. youtube-transcript.ai lives next to your apps with its own icon — launches full-screen, no Safari chrome.
Drag youtube-transcript.ai to one side, ChatGPT to the other. Copy → paste → ask "summarize this" without ever leaving your iPad.
In the Shortcuts app, make a Share Sheet shortcut that opens youtube-transcript.ai/?v= with the shared URL. One tap from any YouTube share menu to a copy-ready transcript.
如何下載 YouTube 逐字稿
YouTube 逐字稿的常見用途
不用再反覆暫停倒帶。取得完整逐字稿，貼入筆記 App，或讓 AI 幫你做出結構化筆記。
在看外語影片？複製逐字稿，讓 ChatGPT 或 Claude 翻譯成你的母語。
沒時間看完整影片？把逐字稿丟給 AI，幾秒就能拿到精簡摘要。
把 YouTube 影片內容變成部落格文章、社群貼文、電子報或節目筆記 — 讓 AI 幫你搞定。
擷取引用、搜尋特定資訊，或讓 AI 從長篇講座或訪談中歸納所有重點。
把任何教學影片變成學習指南。讓 AI 根據逐字稿製作單字卡、測驗或考前摘要。
Frequently Asked Questions — iPad
How do I get a YouTube transcript on iPad?
Open Safari on your iPad and go to youtube-transcript.ai. Paste the YouTube video URL into the box and tap Get Transcript. The full text appears in a few seconds — tap Copy to send it to ChatGPT, Notes, Pages, or any other app. No app install, no sign-up.
Why can't I see "Show transcript" in the YouTube app on iPad?
The YouTube iPad app hides the transcript option behind the description's three-dot menu, and even when you find it you cannot select or copy the text — only scroll through it. That is why most iPad users open the video in Safari and use a transcript tool instead.
Does this work on iPadOS 17 and iPadOS 18?
Yes. youtube-transcript.ai runs entirely in Safari and works on every iPadOS version that supports modern Safari, including iPadOS 17 and iPadOS 18. It also works in Split View and Slide Over alongside ChatGPT, Notes, or Pages.
Can I save youtube-transcript.ai as an app icon on my iPad?
Yes. Open the site in Safari, tap the Share button, then choose Add to Home Screen. iPadOS installs it as a Progressive Web App with its own icon — tap to launch it like a native app, no App Store required.
Can I make a Shortcut to grab transcripts faster?
Yes. In the Shortcuts app, create a Share Sheet shortcut that takes a URL input and opens https://youtube-transcript.ai/?v=[video id]. From any YouTube share menu on your iPad, tap your shortcut to jump straight to the transcript page.
Will this drain my iPad battery or slow it down?
No. The transcript extraction happens on the server, not on your iPad. Safari only renders a few hundred kilobytes of text — much lighter than playing the video itself.
Is it free to extract a YouTube transcript on iPad?
完全免費。不用註冊帳號，也沒有使用限制。
支援哪些 YouTube 影片？
任何有字幕的 YouTube 影片都可以 — 包括創作者自己加的字幕或 YouTube 自動產生的字幕。大多數英文影片都有自動字幕。
怎麼把逐字稿用在 ChatGPT 或 Claude？
點擊複製按鈕，把逐字稿貼到任何 AI 對話框。你可以請 AI 幫你摘要、翻譯、擷取重點、回答問題或改寫成部落格文章。
取得 YouTube 逐字稿要多久？
不管影片多長，逐字稿通常幾秒內就載入完成。
可以把 YouTube 字幕翻譯成中文嗎？
當然可以。複製逐字稿，貼到 ChatGPT 或 Claude，請它翻譯成中文（或任何語言）。任意語言對都行，幾秒就搞定。
可以取得其他語言的 YouTube 字幕嗎？
可以 — 如果影片有多語言字幕，所有字幕軌都可以取得。也可以把逐字稿丟進 AI 翻譯工具，轉成任何語言。
可以把 YouTube 逐字稿下載成文字檔嗎？
可以，複製完整逐字稿文字，貼到任何文字編輯器存檔就好。這個工具從 YouTube 擷取字幕，用乾淨好讀的純文字呈現，就是 YouTube 影片轉文字。
跟 SubKun 是什麼關係？
同一個團隊做的～如果你想要即時雙語字幕、AI 摘要這些功能，可以試試SubKun。