Check a Short against its caption track
Open a public Shorts URL in YouTube Transcript to read an existing track. This guide has no separate lookup form and cannot create captions when a track is missing.
1. Separate captions from words in the picture
A Short can show an edited label while its spoken caption track says something else. InstaScript reads existing YouTube captions, not on-screen text or a newly recognized audio transcript. If the service is unavailable or returns empty content, do not infer that the video certainly has no captions.
Check: The text source is an existing caption track.
Continue in the matching tool2. Verify both sides of a quick cut
Search a distinctive word in the tool, then use its timestamp source link. The link opens YouTube in another tab; there is no embedded YouTube player here. Listen around the cut and check short qualifiers, negations and speaker changes before quoting.
Check: The phrase has enough surrounding context and corresponds to the selected track.
Continue in the matching tool3. Keep the source with the quotation
Markdown provides a transcript note with source information; it does not create an editorial summary. Source links use whole-second starts. Current SRT serialization falls back to two seconds for a missing or zero segment duration, so inspect any file you plan to use as subtitles.
Check: Your saved quotation identifies its source and does not imply exact original end boundaries.
Continue in the matching toolMore questions and limits
What processing and privacy boundaries apply?
YouTube lookup is server-assisted and successful query responses may cache for one hour. Your browser may contact Google to validate and fetch a selected track. Search and downloads do not create an account history. Following timestamp links contacts YouTube.
Where should I continue?
Open the matching tool and follow its current input requirements. Keep the original, review your result and download it before closing the tab.
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