2outube
Free · No account · Any video with captions

Change one letter. Read the video.

https://www.y2outube.com/watch?v=dQw4w

Full transcript in seconds — searchable, timestamped, yours to keep.

The reader

The video, typeset.

Every word, set like a page. Timestamps live in the margin — click one and the video jumps there.

01

Swap the letter

In the address bar, turn youtube into 2outube. Or paste a link above — same thing.

youtube.com → 2outube.com
02

Read & search

The full transcript, typeset for reading. Search any word, click any timestamp, follow along live.

03

Take it with you

Copy it, or download it in whatever shape your work takes.

.txt.md.srt.json
Highlights

The best moments, found for you.

For any video, 2outube can scan the transcript and surface the most clip-worthy moments — the hooks, the quotable lines, the beats worth sharing — each with a timestamp deep-link.

See an example →

Questions, answered.

Is 2outube free?

Yes — completely. No account, no paid tier, no limits for normal reading. Paste a link (or swap the letter) and read.

How does the one-letter trick work?

In any YouTube URL, replace "youtube.com" with "2outube.com" and press Enter. You land on the same video with its full transcript beside it. It works with youtu.be, shorts, and mobile links too.

Does it work on every video?

It works on any video that has captions or subtitles on YouTube — which is most of them. Videos with captions disabled have nothing for us to fetch.

What languages are supported?

Any language the video has captions in. The transcript comes from the video itself, so a French lecture gives you French text.

Can I download the transcript?

Yes — plain text (.txt), Markdown (.md), subtitles (.srt), or structured JSON. All free, straight from the transcript page.

Every video is a document waiting to be read.