Why timestamps matter
A transcript without times tells you what was said; a transcript with times tells you where. That is the difference between quoting a podcast and citing it, between reading a lecture and revising from it, and between reviewing a long stream and clipping the thirty seconds that matter.
Search and jump
Use the search box above the transcript to filter to the lines containing a phrase. The matching words are highlighted and each result keeps its timestamp, so you can go straight from a half-remembered sentence to the exact moment in the video.
Questions
Do the timestamps link back to the video?
Yes. Every timestamp opens the video on YouTube at that exact second in a new tab.
Can I remove the timestamps?
Yes, switch to plain text mode to get continuous prose with no times at all.
Are the timestamps accurate?
They come straight from the caption cues, so they match YouTube's own captions to within a fraction of a second.
Related: how the generator works.