YouTube Transcript Generator

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Real transcript from an MIT Deep Learning lecture — timestamped, searchable, ready to use.

MIT 6.S191 — Introduction to Deep Learning
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00:00

Welcome to 6.S191, MIT's introductory course on deep learning methods with applications to computer vision, NLP, and more.

00:18

My name is Alexander Amini. I'll be co-teaching this course alongside Ava Soleimany.

00:34

The goal of this lecture is to give you a foundation in the core concepts that make deep learning work.

01:02

Let's start with a fundamental question: what is a neural network, and why does it learn?

01:45

A perceptron takes a set of inputs, multiplies each by a learned weight, sums them, and passes the result through a non-linear activation function.

02:31

The key insight of the backpropagation algorithm is that we can compute gradients layer-by-layer using the chain rule.

03:10

This is what allows us to update every single weight in the network in a single backward pass — an O(n) operation.

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Timestamped lines

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Full-text search

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40+ languages

Auto-detects the video language. Works on English, Spanish, Hindi, Japanese, German, French, and dozens more.

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How it works

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Paste the YouTube URL

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Transcript is extracted

Notelify pulls the caption track directly. If no captions exist, Whisper AI transcribes the audio automatically.

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FAQ

Common questions

Does it work on videos without captions?

Yes. When a video has no captions, Notelify falls back to Whisper AI — OpenAI's best-in-class audio transcription model. The result is nearly as accurate as a human transcription.

How accurate is the transcript?

For captioned videos, accuracy is essentially 100% — we extract the caption track the creator published. For AI transcription (Whisper), accuracy is typically 95%+ for clear speech in major languages.

Can I download the full transcript?

Yes — click the download button in the transcript viewer to get a plain TXT file with all lines and timestamps. All plans include download.

What languages does it support?

Any language a YouTube creator has added captions in. For AI transcription, Whisper supports 40+ languages including English, Spanish, Hindi, Chinese, Arabic, Portuguese, French, German, and Japanese.

Can I turn the transcript into notes too?

Absolutely — that's Notelify's core feature. Once the transcript is ready, one click generates structured notes, flashcards, a quiz, and a mind map from the same content.

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