Automatic captions are a start, but they’re a fallback—misheard words, missing punctuation, no speaker cues, and off timing make following along harder than it should be. Reliable, human-edited captions finish the job, delivering true accessibility, stronger engagement, and a standard you can trust on every upload.
Your audience deserves more than “good enough.” When captions reflect what was actually said, the result is wider inclusion and a dependable default you can attach to every release. More people can participate and stay with your story, raising retention and setting a higher standard for your channel.
Paste your YouTube share link (single video or playlist) directly into the Speechpad dashboard using the Upload files from the web feature. Set the video(s) to Unlisted, enter code YT10 at checkout, and get 10% off your first transcription order.
With clean verbatim transcripts, we honor your voice. We remove ums, uhs, and false starts while preserving tone and intention.
Whether it's one file or a full launch, we can deliver transcripts in as little as 24 hours.
Your interviews are in good hands. Our transcribers are vetted and trained to meet the standards authors and ghostwriters rely on.
All our transcribers sign confidentiality agreements and follow strict data security protocols to ensure your interviews stay private. Your stories are safe with us.
Publish the transcript alongside your YouTube video and embed it on your site. Every spoken phrase becomes searchable, helping new viewers discover you through the exact words you used. It also makes your content accessible and skimmable so people (and search engines) can find key moments without rewatching.
With a clean transcript and captions, you can paste the text into tools like ChatGPT to spin up what you need in minutes—titles and descriptions, chapter markers mapped to timecodes, Shorts scripts, blog posts, newsletters, even a full course outline. No more starting from scratch or scrubbing the timeline.
What creators typically generate from a transcript + captions:
Pro tip: Since timestamps are included with caption orders, use ChatGPT to turn them into a ready-to-paste YouTube chapter list, clip cues, and sponsor-read timestamps (YouTube doesn't create chapters from captions automatically; paste the list into the description). If you want timecodes inside the text, download a Timestamped Transcript under Download Captions from your dashboard.
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