For people who check their sources
You don’t repeat claims you can’t verify. Every summary, quote, and post links back to the exact timestamp — when someone asks "where did this come from?", you have the answer in one click.
Paste a YouTube link. Get the transcript free.
Get a clean, timestamped transcript in seconds — no account needed. When a video is worth keeping, turn it into summaries, scripts, quotes, and posts — every line cited back to the moment it was said.
How it works
One link in. Usable notes out.
Start with the transcript for free. Upgrade when you want ClipNote to turn that video into notes, takeaways, and reusable research.
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Paste a link
Drop in any public YouTube URL and get the transcript without uploads or setup.
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Get the clean version
ClipNote turns raw captions into something readable enough to use right away.
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Unlock usable notes
Turn the same transcript into summaries, exports, and saved research when you want more leverage.
Why ClipNote
Built for people who turn videos into work
If your name goes on the output — the brief, the script, the post — generic AI text isn’t good enough. ClipNote keeps your work tied to the source.
For people who’d rather make than rewatch
An hour of video becomes scripts, posts, and briefs in minutes. The time you save goes into the work only you can do.
For people who build systems
Paste-and-forget tools start from zero every time. Every video you save stays searchable, so your hundredth video is worth more than your first.
Use cases
Everything you need from one video
Start with the free transcript, then take the same video wherever your work needs it — text, summaries, quotes, or scripts.
Free tool
Transcribe video to text
Clean, timestamped transcripts from any public YouTube video. Free, no login.
Pro workflow
Summarize with timestamps
Cited summaries where every point links back to the exact moment in the video.
Pro workflow
Extract quotes & key moments
Pull exact quotes with timestamps, ready for briefs, posts, and scripts.
In practice
What people actually make with it
Research brief
Turn a founder interview into a cited decision brief
Use one interview to extract the core thesis, supporting evidence, and the exact timestamped quotes worth bringing into strategy docs.
Readable transcriptCited summaryDecision briefQuote bank
Content brief
Turn a podcast episode into a content plan
Start with the transcript, then turn the strongest moments into reusable angles for posts, briefs, and follow-up drafts.
Readable transcriptSummaryTakeawaysDraft outline
Quote bank
Build a reusable quote bank from one source video
ClipNote helps you keep the exact wording, the timestamp, and the usable surrounding context instead of forcing you to hunt through captions again.
Readable transcriptQuote bankTimestamp linksMarkdown export
Paste your first link. Read the transcript in seconds.
Free, no account, no watermark. And when a video is worth keeping, everything you make from it stays cited to the source.