Works now
Transcript capture
Use the local workflow and browser assist to capture usable transcript/source material from YouTube videos.
Working local tool / private beta
YouTube Transcriber
Turn YouTube videos into transcripts, research notes, plain-English explainers, and future DIDE lessons.
What works now
Working Tool: YouTube Transcriber
Working local tool / private beta
The Transcriber is currently the working tool in the ecosystem.
Transcript capture, browser assist, and the local research workflow work now. The tool is the live spoke that turns YouTube source material into usable transcript and research material.
DIDE lesson transformation is the future / next layer: taking the captured transcript and research notes into finished explainers, glossary pages, and lessons.
Open this working tool pageCurrent workflow
From YouTube video to research material.
Works now
Research notes
Turn timestamps, quotes, claims, confusing points, and video context into notes that can be reviewed and reused.
Works now
Plain-English explainer draft
Use the captured material to create clearer summaries, key terms, and explanation drafts.
Next layer
Future DIDE lessons
The next layer turns the transcript and notes into structured DIDE lessons, glossary entries, and public library pages.
Concrete example
Before and after.
Before
A 45-minute YouTube video with timestamps, repeated claims, examples, and unexplained acronyms.
After
A captured transcript, research notes, plain-English explanation, key terms, and a future DIDE lesson outline.