Tutorial

Have you ever wanted to extract the transcript from a YouTube video for note-taking, analysis, or content creation? In this tutorial, I’ll walk you through building a simple yet powerful Python script that does exactly that. What We’re Building Our script will: Accept any YouTube URL as input Extract the video transcript automatically Display the transcript in the console Optionally save it to a text file Prerequisites Before we start, make sure you have: ...

A walkthrough of a lightweight Python script that converts audio files into text using SpeechRecognition and pydub.

Why this script Lightweight and self-contained. Uses yt-dlp (actively maintained fork of youtube-dl) to fetch best video + audio and merge to MP4. Auto-installs yt-dlp if not present, so you can get started quickly. Requirements Python 3.8 or newer pip available Internet connection (Optional) ffmpeg on PATH for merging (yt-dlp will usually bundle merging if available) Quick install Option A — let the script auto-install yt-dlp (default behavior): python youtubevideodownloder.py Option B — install manually before running: ...