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Automating YouTube Transcriptions with Python and Selenium

Document This blog post will guide you through a Python-based method for automating YouTube transcription retrieval using Selenium. This script extracts the video title and its entire transcription by providing a YouTube video URL, then saves them to a text file. This can be useful for archiving, analyzing content, or creating summaries. Prerequisites You’ll need: Python : Version 3.6 or later Selenium : Python package for automating web browsers ChromeDriver : Required to run Chrome browser instances with Selenium Install Selenium using: pip install selenium Downloading ChromeDriver To run this script, you need ChromeDriver to control the Chrome browser via Selenium. Here’s how to download it: Go to the...