🎬 TikTok · Instagram · Facebook · YouTube Shorts Transcriber

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Turn any public TikTok video, Instagram Reel, Facebook Reel, or YouTube Short into a clean, timestamped transcript with automatic language detection — in one click. Perfect for content repurposing, subtitles, research, SEO, and accessibility.

Paste a link ➡️ get accurate text back. No login, no manual downloads, no copy-pasting.

✨ Why Choose This Actor?

• 🌍 4 platforms, 1 tool — TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube Shorts in a single run.
• 🧠 Accurate AI transcription — powered by Whisper with word-level timing and 90+ language auto-detection.
• 🛡️ Beats blocks automatically — a built-in Direct → Datacenter → Residential proxy ladder keeps working when plain scrapers get rejected.
• ⏱️ Timestamps included — every line is time-coded, ready for subtitles (SRT-style) or video search.
• 💾 Real-time results — transcripts stream into your dataset as each video finishes; a long run never loses progress.
• 📊 Clean, multi-view output — Overview, Transcripts, and Timestamped Lines tabs.

🔑 Key Features

📥 Input

Example input

{
"start_urls":[
{"url":"https://www.youtube.com/shorts/6W_841xoprg"},
{"url":"https://www.tiktok.com/@mrbeast/video/7600180137346256158"},
{"url":"https://www.instagram.com/p/DYfGcnSBrT8/"},
{"url":"https://www.facebook.com/reel/966384272838084"}
],
"language":"auto",
"whisperModel":"base",
"proxyConfiguration":{"useApifyProxy":true}
}

📤 Output

Each video produces one dataset record:

{
"sourceUrl":"https://www.youtube.com/shorts/6W_841xoprg",
"videoId":"6W_841xoprg",
"platform":"youtube",
"title":"Can a Window Stop a Wrecking Ball?",
"status":"success",
"durationSec":30.0,
"transcript":"[1.04s - 5.67s] Let's try wood.\n[5.67s - 6.67s] Drop it. ...",
"plainTranscript":"Let's try wood. Drop it. Oh, that was awesome. ...",
"detected_language":"en",
"languageProbability":0.9976,
"segments":[
{"start":1.04,"end":5.67,"text":"Let's try wood."}
],
"timestamp":"2026-06-14T06:14:04.022Z"
}

Output views: 📊 Overview · 📝 Transcripts · ⏱️ Timestamped Lines.

🚀 How to Use (Apify Console)

1. Log in at https://console.apify.com → Actors.
2. Open TikTok · Instagram · Facebook · YouTube Shorts Transcriber.
3. Paste your video URLs into 🔗 Video URLs.
4. (Optional) pick a language and model; leave proxy enabled.
5. Click Start and watch transcripts appear in real time. 🎉
6. Open the Output tab and export to JSON / CSV / Excel.

🤖 Use via API

curl-X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/<ACTOR_ID>/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=$APIFY_TOKEN"\
-H"Content-Type: application/json"\
-d'{"start_urls":[{"url":"https://www.youtube.com/shorts/6W_841xoprg"}]}'

💡 Best Use Cases

• ✂️ Repurpose Reels/Shorts into blog posts, threads, and newsletters.
• 📝 Generate subtitles and captions for accessibility.
• 🔍 Make video content searchable and SEO-friendly.
• 📊 Analyze hooks, scripts, and messaging across creators.

💰 Pricing

Pay-per-event, so you only pay for what you transcribe:

Failed downloads are not charged — you only pay for transcripts you actually get.

❓ FAQ

Does it work on private videos? No — only public content. Private, age-restricted, deleted, or geo-locked videos can't be transcribed.

Why did a video fail? Most failures are private/region-locked content or a temporary platform block. The proxy ladder retries automatically; re-running often succeeds.

Which languages are supported? 90+ languages via Whisper. Leave language on Auto-detect for mixed batches.

How accurate are the timestamps? Segment-level timing comes straight from the speech model and is reliable for subtitles and search.

⚖️ Notes & Compliance

• Only publicly available content is processed.
• You are responsible for complying with each platform's Terms of Service and applicable laws (GDPR/CCPA, copyright, etc.).

🆘 Support

Found a bug or want a new feature? Open an issue from the Actor's Issues tab — feedback is welcome!