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words from a 16:36 MKBHD review, in one request.
“The iPhone 18 Pro is basically an iPhone 17 Pro with a chip update, a camera upgrade, and better battery life, plus some new colors to make sure people know it's the new one...”
Video transcript API
Any video, as text.
YouTube, TikTok, Instagram and more.
Send a video link and get back every spoken word, with timestamps you can link to. No downloads, no speech-to-text to run, and videos without a transcript cost nothing.
iPhone 18 Pro Review: All About that ChipMarques Brownlee · 10.7M views3,352 words16:36 long1 request- 0:16
So if this were back in 2011, this is what we would call an S update.
- 0:22
The iPhone 18 Pro is basically an iPhone 17 Pro with a chip update, a camera upgrade, and better battery life, plus some new colors to make sure people know it's the new one...
- 0:30
That's an S update if we've ever seen one.
- 0:33
And I think it's tempting to be disappointed in that, but after using it for the past week, I actually think it's underrated.
- 0:38
I know, I know. Cue all the shill comments.
- 0:40
'What do you mean a $1,200 iPhone is underrated??' I said underrated, not underpriced.
Real transcripts, recorded 24 Sep 2026. A live request returns the same for any public video.
What you get
Every word, timestamped.
Nothing to download.
The timing
- 0:16So if this were back in 2011, this is what we would call an S update.
- 0:22The iPhone 18 Pro is basically an iPhone 17 Pro with a chip update, a camera upgrade, and better battery life, plus some new colors to make sure people know it's the new one...
- 0:30That's an S update if we've ever seen one.
- 0:33And I think it's tempting to be disappointed in that, but after using it for the past week, I actually think it's underrated.
Each line links to the exact moment in the video.
A clear miss
No caption track
MrBeast’s “scariest meal of my life @Erling Haaland” (98.9M views) has no captions, so the answer says so instead of guessing.
0 credits charged
What you can build
Video, searchable like text.
On every platform.
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Search inside videos
Find every moment a product, brand or topic is mentioned, and jump straight to it.
Turn a channel into a library
List a creator’s or competitor’s videos, then pull 20 transcripts per batch. Everything they have said on camera, searchable.
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“What does MKBHD say about battery life in the iPhone 18 Pro review?”
7:36 “getting a battery life that's meaningfully longer.”
Give your agent the video
Connect Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor over MCP. It reads the transcript and answers with the exact quote and timestamp.
Versus DIY
Skip the speech-to-text pipeline.
Keep the words.
AreaMonocrawlYour own pipeline
What you runOne request per video, or one per batch of 20.A downloader, a queue, a speech model and the GPUs it needs.
FilesText arrives directly. No video is downloaded or stored.Every video is downloaded and kept before anything can be read.
PlatformsYouTube, TikTok, Instagram and more, one format.A separate downloader per platform, each breaking on its own schedule.
No transcript?A clear “no transcript” answer, at zero credits.An empty string, or a model inventing words over silence.
CostPriced per video. Failed videos are free.Compute billed by the minute, whether the output was usable or not.
First transcriptIn your first minute, on free credits.After you have built the pipeline.
How to use it
One video or twenty.
Same request.
curl -G https://www.monocrawl.com/v1/youtube/post-transcript \
-H "x-api-key: $MONOCRAWL_API_KEY" \
--data-urlencode "url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohqxP8EEumo"curl -X POST https://www.monocrawl.com/v1/youtube/transcripts \
-H "x-api-key: $MONOCRAWL_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"ids":["ohqxP8EEumo","pOX1l1edBME"]}'Get the transcript of MKBHD’s iPhone 18 Pro review and list every mention of the camera, with timestamps.
Connect your agentCost
Pay per video.
Misses are free.
Each YouTube transcript is priced per video at today’s rate. A video with no transcript costs nothing, in a single request or a batch.
About1,000credits a month
500 YouTube videos × 2 credits. Videos with no transcript cost nothing.
Fits the Free plan1,000 free credits every month
Before you start
Transcripts,
answered.
Do you download the video or run speech-to-text?
No. You send a link and get the words back as text. There is no file to download, no model to host and no per-minute compute bill.
Are there timestamps?
Yes, where the platform provides them. YouTube and TikTok transcripts come back line by line with start times, so you can link straight to the moment something was said. Instagram returns the text on its own.
Which platforms can I get transcripts from?
YouTube, TikTok and Instagram, plus Facebook, X, LinkedIn and Reddit videos, all with the same key and the same response format. The platform list on this page shows what is live right now.
What happens when a video has no transcript?
You get a clear “no transcript” answer instead of an empty string or a guess, and you are not charged. On 24 Sep 2026 a MrBeast TikTok with no caption track came back exactly that way, at zero credits.
Can I get transcripts in bulk?
Yes. Send up to 20 YouTube video IDs in one batch request and each video comes back with its own result, billed only if it succeeds. For other platforms, list an account’s videos and request each transcript.
Can my AI agent read long transcripts?
Yes. Connect your agent over MCP and it can request transcripts directly. Long results are stored and read back in full with get_result, at no extra credits.
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