I built TubeWords — a free tool to transcribe any YouTube video and get an AI summary in seconds

Every once in a while you watch a long YouTube video — a conference talk, a tutorial, a podcast — and you just want the gist. Or maybe you want to search through what was actually said. Or save a clean transcript to your notes. I kept reaching for a tool like that and kept not finding exactly what I wanted. So I built it. What is TubeWords? TubeWords is a free, no-signup tool that does two things: Extracts the full transcript of any YouTube video, powered by Whisper AI Generates an AI summary of the content, so you get the key points without watching the whole thing Paste a URL. Get your transcript. Done. It supports timestamps or plain text output, so you can grab exactly the format you need — whether you're taking notes, building context for a prompt, or just skimming what was said at minute 12. Why I built it Honestly? Laziness in the best sense. I watch a lot of technical content — conference talks, deep-dive tutorials, dev discussions — and I often want to reference what was said