Descript + YouTube

Transcribe new YouTube videos with Descript

When you publish a video on YouTube, you'll want to find different ways to promote it—like a blog post or pulling out quotes to share on social. With this Zap, you can transcribe your videos in Descript as soon as they're uploaded to YouTube, giving you a text doc to edit and repurpose.

When this happens...
New Video in Channel
Triggers when a new video is published to a specific YouTube channel.
TriggerScheduled
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Request Transcription
Triggers when a new automatic transcription is ready.
ActionWrite

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Supported triggers and actions

- UsernameRequired
Trigger
Scheduled
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- Playlist IdRequired
Trigger
Scheduled
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- TitleRequired
- DescriptionRequired
- VideoRequired
- Privacy Status
- Publish At
- Tags
- Category
- Made For Kids
- Notify Subscribers
- Youtube Tos
Action
Write
- Api Docs Info
- Apply standard error handling?Required
- HTTP MethodRequired
- URLRequired
- Query String Parameters
- Additional Request Headers
- Body
Action
Write
New Transcription Ready
Triggers when a new automatic transcription is ready.
Trigger
Scheduled
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- ChannelRequired
Trigger
Scheduled
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- QueryRequired
Trigger
Scheduled
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- Video IdRequired
- ThumbnailRequired
Action
Write
- Report Breakdown
- Report TypeRequired
- Start DateRequired
- End DateRequired
- Report MetricsRequired
Action
Search
- File URLRequired
- File NameRequired
- Project
- Drive
Action
Write

About Descript

Descript is a tool for getting accurate, fast, and affordable automatic transcriptions of your audio and video media. Once your media is transcribed, you can also edit the text - media word processing.

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About YouTube

YouTube allows billions of people to discover, watch and share originally-created videos. YouTube provides a forum for people to connect, inform, and inspire others across the globe and acts as a distribution platform for original content creators and advertisers large and small.

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