LiveScript turns any live stream, video, or site with audio into a searchable transcript in real time — and flags your keywords the moment a speaker says them.
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Built for people tracking spoken words in real time — the words said out loud, not just the captions already on screen.
Transcripts update within seconds of words being spoken — you read the text before the audio lands in your ears.
Search every active stream at once. Matches return in milliseconds, each with its timestamp.
Tag phrases once. Get a ping the moment a tracked phrase is spoken anywhere.
Drop transcripts into an editor, share with a team, or archive — your file, your format.
Add a YouTube channel and get an email the moment it goes live or uploads — we auto-start the transcript.
English-only for top accuracy, or multilingual mode for Spanish, French, and mixed streams.
Any live audio becomes a real-time transcript you can search and set alerts on. The timecodes below are counted from the moment you hit go.
YouTube and Twitch live URLs work right in the web app. For anything else that plays audio — sports, news, conference calls — the Chrome extension captures the tab.
Our speech engine transcribes the audio as it plays. Words appear on screen in under a second — often before they land in your ears.
Type any word or phrase. Every match, from the first second of the stream, is highlighted with its timestamp — and results keep updating as new lines arrive.
Add the phrases you're watching for. The moment a speaker says one, the line flashes and an alert fires. Tags persist per stream and match plurals automatically.
When information moves faster than you can watch, LiveScript keeps you ahead.
Catch Fed policy language, earnings-call keywords, or guidance changes the instant they're spoken.
Monitor press conferences, debates, and briefings without watching every second. Search is your fast-forward.
Track specific terms across investor calls and executive talks. Full history with timestamps you can cite.
Start free, grab a day pass for one big event, or go Pro for the full edge.
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Live transcripts, real-time search, which sites are supported, and when you need the Chrome extension.
LiveScript is a web app and Chrome extension that turns live audio into a real-time, searchable transcript. Paste a YouTube or Twitch URL in the web app, or install the extension to transcribe any other site that plays audio - sports streams, news, webinars, conference calls. Within seconds every spoken word is searchable in your browser.
Open LiveScript, paste a YouTube live or VOD URL, and we transcribe the audio in real time. You get a live transcript you can search and skim - like live YouTube captions, but built for full-text search, keyword alerts, and anyone who needs to find a specific spoken word the moment it's said.
LiveScript listens to the audio of a YouTube live stream, transcribes it as it plays, and streams the text into your browser within seconds. Every word is searchable the moment it is spoken.
No. For live streams, LiveScript transcribes the audio in real time as it airs and pushes new lines to your browser within seconds - you do not have to wait for the broadcast to end. That is different from link-pasting tools that only pull YouTube's finished caption file after a stream is over. LiveScript also supports finished videos: we can fetch existing YouTube captions or generate a full transcript from the audio, but the core live product is real-time speech-to-text while the stream is still running.
YouTube's on-screen captions are great for accessibility; LiveScript focuses on a fast, searchable transcript with timestamps and keyword alerts - built for people who need to find words the moment they are spoken.
LiveScript has a free plan with 5 minutes of real-time live transcription per period, 30 minutes of history and one stream at a time. Once those minutes are used the transcript keeps running 5 minutes behind live instead of cutting off, so you can still follow along. Pro ($19.99/month) removes the cap with a large monthly minute pool, real time with no delay, unlimited concurrent streams, multilingual mode, and keyword alerts with sound. A $4.99 Day Pass gives full Pro access for 24 hours.
LiveScript supports any publicly accessible YouTube live stream. Paste the full youtube.com/watch, youtu.be, or youtube.com/live URL and LiveScript begins transcribing immediately.
Yes - paste any twitch.tv/<channel> URL and LiveScript transcribes the live audio in real time, the same way it does for YouTube. YouTube remains our primary focus, but Twitch live channels are fully supported.
Yes. YouTube and Twitch work straight from the web app - just paste a URL. For any other site that plays audio - sports streams, news sites, webinars, conference calls, Kick, and more - install the free LiveScript Chrome extension. It captures the audio playing in your browser tab and transcribes it in real time, so you can search the full transcript and set keyword alerts even on sites we can't reach from a URL alone.
For YouTube and Twitch we can fetch the stream's audio from its URL, so the web app works on its own. Most other sites don't expose their audio that way. The Chrome extension solves this by capturing the audio already playing in your tab - no URL required - which is why it's needed to transcribe arbitrary sites. The extension is free and your Pro features carry over automatically.
Words appear in the browser within 1-2 seconds of being spoken, on free and paid alike - the free plan's 5 minutes of live transcription per period are true real time, not a delayed feed. After those minutes are spent, and for anyone not signed in, the transcript runs 5 minutes behind live. Pro and the Day Pass keep it at the live edge with no cap.
Yes. You can tag any phrase and LiveScript will highlight it in the live transcript. Pro users can also enable an audio alert (beep) that fires the instant the tagged word is detected. Multiple tags are supported per stream.
Yes. Pro users can add channel drop alerts: paste a YouTube channel URL or @handle and LiveScript emails you the moment that channel posts a new video or starts a live stream - usually within a minute, and more reliably than YouTube's own bell notifications. You can also have it auto-start a real-time transcript so it's already building when you open the email.
Anyone who needs to find a specific phrase spoken on a live stream the instant it's said: journalists monitoring press conferences, researchers tracking live events, investors following earnings calls, compliance teams watching partner broadcasts, and other professionals who can't afford to scrub through hours of video. Some users also rely on it for prediction-market and trading research where information speed matters.
Yes. Upload an audio or video file (mp4, mov, mkv, mp3, m4a, wav, and more) and LiveScript returns a fully searchable, timestamped transcript with an audio player you can scrub by clicking any line. Upload transcription draws from the same monthly minute pool as the live API - around 1,000 minutes on the Day Pass and 10,000 minutes on Pro, with top-up packs available. Free accounts get a starter pool of minutes to try it, with files up to 200 MB (5 GB on paid plans).