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Hey everyone,

I recently launched a small SaaS called Transkripe.

It turns YouTube videos into clean transcripts and then lets users create summaries, notes, key points, quizzes, blog drafts, newsletters, LinkedIn posts and short-form script ideas from the transcript.

If a video has captions, it uses those. If a video has no captions, there is an AI transcription option.

Current early numbers after 5 days:

• around 1,200 visitors
• around 100 users
• roughly 8% visitor-to-user conversion
• traffic is unstable
• paid conversion is still very low

What surprised me most: session replays were more useful than dashboards. I watched users on mobile manually selecting transcript text because my copy/download buttons were too far away from the transcript. Fixed that immediately.

I’m now trying to decide what to focus on next:

1. SEO and wait a few months
2. improve activation and free-to-paid conversion
3. manual outreach to creators/students/marketers
4. more directories and launch platforms

For people running micro SaaS products: at this stage, would you optimize conversion first or keep pushing traffic?

Tool: https://www.transkripe.com

Hey everyone,

I recently launched a small SaaS called Transkripe.

It turns YouTube videos into clean transcripts and then lets users create summaries, notes, key points, quizzes, blog drafts, newsletters, LinkedIn posts and short-form script ideas from the transcript.

If a video has captions, it uses those. If a video has no captions, there is an AI transcription option.

Current early numbers after 5 days:

• around 1,200 visitors
• around 100 users
• roughly 8% visitor-to-user conversion
• traffic is unstable
• paid conversion is still very low

What surprised me most: session replays were more useful than dashboards. I watched users on mobile manually selecting transcript text because my copy/download buttons were too far away from the transcript. Fixed that immediately.

I’m now trying to decide what to focus on next:

1. SEO and wait a few months
2. improve activation and free-to-paid conversion
3. manual outreach to creators/students/marketers
4. more directories and launch platforms

For people running micro SaaS products: at this stage, would you optimize conversion first or keep pushing traffic?

Tool: https://www.transkripe.com

I kept running into the same problem: I wanted transcripts from YouTube videos, but a lot of useful videos either had no captions or the captions were not good enough.

So I built a small tool called Transkripe.

It can turn YouTube videos into transcripts, and if the video has no captions, it can use AI audio transcription instead.

You can also turn the transcript into:

• summaries
• notes
• key points
• quizzes
• blog drafts
• content ideas

I’m giving new users enough free credits to test around 20 minutes of AI audio transcription, so people can try videos without captions before paying.

I’m posting here because I’m curious how YouTube creators/viewers actually use transcripts.

Would this be useful for:

• turning long videos into notes?
• repurposing your own videos?
• researching videos faster?
• creating summaries or blog posts from videos?
• getting text from videos that have no captions?

I’d appreciate honest feedback, especially from people who often deal with YouTube videos that don’t have subtitles/captions.

If links are allowed here, I can share it in the comments.

I’ve been working on a small micro SaaS called Transkripe.com

The idea is simple: paste a YouTube URL and turn the video into a clean transcript, then use it for summaries, notes, key points, quizzes or content drafts.

At first it worked mainly with available YouTube captions, but that felt too limited. A lot of useful videos either don’t have captions or the captions are not good enough.

So I added AI audio transcription.

Now it supports both:

• videos with captions
• videos without captions

New users get enough free credits to test around 20 minutes of AI transcription, so they can try it without paying first.

I’m still early and trying to keep the product simple instead of adding too many features.

Would love feedback from other micro SaaS builders:

• Is the positioning clear enough?
• Would you lead with “YouTube transcript generator” or “turn YouTube videos into notes/summaries”?
• Does a credit model make sense for a tool like this?
• What would make you trust it for longer videos?

Not trying to make it sound bigger than it is. Just building, testing and improving.

I’m building a small SaaS called Transkripe.

It started as a simple tool: paste a YouTube URL and turn the video into a clean transcript, then use that transcript for summaries, notes, key points, quizzes, blog drafts and other outputs.

One limitation became obvious pretty fast: many useful videos either don’t have captions or the captions are not good enough.

So I added AI audio transcription.

Now the tool can handle both:

• videos with available captions
• videos that need audio transcription

I’m also giving new users enough free credits to test about 20 minutes of AI transcription, so they can try the feature without paying first.

I’m still early and improving the product based on real usage. I’d appreciate feedback from other SaaS builders:

• Is the positioning clear?
• Would you lead with transcript generation or with the AI outputs after the transcript?
• Does a credit-based model make sense for this kind of tool?
• What would make you trust a tool like this for longer videos?

Not trying to make this sound bigger than it is. Just building, testing and improving.

I’m curious how people here handle long YouTube lectures or tutorials.

Sometimes a video has one really useful explanation, but finding it again later is annoying. Rewatching the whole thing or scrubbing through the timeline feels inefficient.

For people who study with YouTube:

1. Do you manually take notes while watching?
2. Do you use transcripts/captions?
3. Do you summarize videos with AI tools? like www.transkripe.com
4. What actually works for remembering the material later?

I’m trying to improve my own workflow for turning videos into notes and key points, especially when the video is long.

Would love to hear what people actually do instead of just saving videos and never coming back to them.

I built a small tool called Transkripe and I’m trying to validate if the workflow is actually useful.

Link: https://www.transkripe.com

The idea is simple:

1. Paste a public YouTube link
2. Get the available transcript
3. Generate a summary, notes or key points
4. Copy the useful parts

I know tools like this already exist, so I’m not trying to pretend this is some new category. I’m mostly trying to make the workflow cleaner, faster and more honest.

Important limitation:
It does not transcribe audio itself. It uses available YouTube captions/subtitles, so it does not work for every video.

First feedback I got was actually useful: someone said they mainly need it for long coding tutorials, but the caption limitation is painful for niche videos without subtitles. That made me think an audio transcription fallback could be the next real feature, not just more output formats.

I’m curious how other indie hackers would think about this:

Would you try to compete on simplicity and SEO first, or add audio transcription early even if it increases cost and complexity?

I built a small tool for turning YouTube videos into transcripts, summaries and notes.

I know tools like this already exist, but I wanted to make a cleaner version without a messy workflow.

Link: https://www.transkripe.com

Current flow:

1. Paste a public YouTube link
2. Get the available transcript
3. Generate a summary, notes or key points
4. Copy what you need

It only works when captions/subtitles are available. It does not do its own audio transcription.

I’m mainly testing whether this is actually useful for productivity/research, or if people already have better workflows.

Would love honest feedback. What would make this more useful?