$grab https://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ ↳ Detecting platform... ↳ Platform: YouTube ✓ ↳ Fetching transcript... ↳ 134 words extracted ✓platform:"YouTube"words: 134tokens: ~174language: "EN"▶ Ready to paste into ChatGPT ✓$
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25+Platforms supported
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100%Your data, your control
Process
HOW IT WORKS
Three steps from video URL to AI-ready text. No friction, no nonsense.
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Paste the URL
Copy any video URL from YouTube, TikTok, Vimeo, Dailymotion, SoundCloud, or 15+ other platforms. Paste it into ClawGrab.
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Hit GRAB
Our engine detects the platform, fetches the transcript using native APIs and subtitle extraction — no browser, no Chrome extension required.
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Feed Your AI
Copy the clean, stripped text directly into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, or any AI tool. Get AI summaries, one-click export to Markdown.
Features
BUILT FOR AI WORKFLOWS
Every feature designed to get video content into your AI tools as fast as possible.
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AI-Ready Output
Automatic noise removal — strips [Music], [Applause], duplicate lines, and VTT formatting artifacts. Pure, clean text that AI models can process without garbage.
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AI Summary
Optional 4-bullet AI summary generated alongside the transcript. Get the key points before deciding whether to dive into the full text.
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Timestamps Mode
Every sentence mapped to its exact timestamp in [H:MM:SS] format. Perfect for referencing specific moments, creating chapters, or citing sources.
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25+ Platforms
YouTube, TikTok, Vimeo, Dailymotion, SoundCloud, TED, Twitch, and 15+ more. One tool for everything. No platform-specific apps.
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Export Formats
Copy as plain text, Markdown document, or full export with metadata. Save as .TXT file. Everything is yours — no lock-in, no proprietary formats.
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Grab History
Every grab saved to your browser locally. Re-grab any previous URL in one click. Export your complete history as JSON. Clear anytime.
Privacy
YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS
While other transcription tools have faced scrutiny over data practices, ClawGrab was built privacy-first from day one.
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No Server Storage
Your recordings stay on YOUR device. Not our servers. Not sold. Not scraped. Grab history lives in your browser's localStorage and nowhere else.
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No Account Required
Use ClawGrab without signing up. No email harvesting, no tracking profiles, no third-party data sharing. Your first 10 grabs require zero personal information.
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GDPR Compliant by Design
We don't collect what we don't need. No analytics cookies, no behavioral tracking, no data broker partnerships. Privacy isn't a feature — it's the architecture.
Making the Switch
SWITCHING FROM OTTER.AI?
Concerned about how your transcription data is being handled? ClawGrab never stores your content on our servers, never shares it with third parties, and never trains AI models on your data. Plus you get 25+ video platforms for $5/mo less.
ClawGrab is a web tool that extracts transcripts and subtitles from videos on YouTube, TikTok, Vimeo, Dailymotion, SoundCloud, and 25+ other platforms — then cleans and formats them for use with AI tools like ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini. No Chrome extension, no install, no account required to start.
No. ClawGrab is a pure web app. No browser extensions, no desktop app, no Chrome required. Just paste a URL and click GRAB from any browser.
ClawGrab extracts transcripts from a video's caption/subtitle track. If the creator hasn't enabled captions or if the platform doesn't provide auto-generated subtitles for that video, there's nothing to extract. YouTube videos with auto-generated captions disabled will return this error. Try a different video or a popular creator who uses YouTube's auto-caption feature.
When enabled, ClawGrab automatically strips noise from the transcript: [Music], [Applause], [Laughter] tags, music note symbols, duplicate lines, and excess whitespace. The result is clean prose text that AI models can process without wasted tokens on formatting garbage.
Your grab history is stored only in your browser's localStorage — it never leaves your device. ClawGrab's backend processes the transcript request and returns the text, but does not store your transcripts, URLs, or any personal data. See our Privacy Policy for full details.
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