YouTube provides transcripts—sort of. They're often missing, especially on old videos, and the formatting leaves much to be desired. The cunningly-named "YouTube Transcripts" website promises superior wordification: "Reading is Faster. Probably won't fail. Easy to Use." (See the Hacker News thread about this site for many useful related tricks and services.)
Getting better YouTube transcripts
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