Can I transcribe Udemy or Coursera videos? Yes. While these platforms have their own built-in captions, you can generate your own exportable, searchable transcripts by using a Chrome extension like Audicap. It captures the audio directly from the tab, allowing you to transcribe, translate, and export your lecture notes to Markdown or TXT format instantly.
The Problem with Built-in Course Captions
Platforms like Udemy, Coursera, edX, and Pluralsight offer excellent educational content, but their captioning systems often fall short for serious students:
- Auto-generated inaccuracies: Technical jargon, coding syntax, and complex medical terms are frequently mistranscribed by older captioning systems.
- No export option: You cannot easily copy-paste or download the entire transcript to put into your Notion, Obsidian, or Word document.
- Poor translation: If English is not your native language, the built-in auto-translate is often confusing and lacks context.
The Tab Capture Workflow
By using a Chrome tab audio capture tool, you bypass the platform's video player entirely. As long as the audio is playing through Chrome, Audicap can hear it and convert it to text using advanced AI.
- Open your course in Chrome. Make sure you are using the web version, not a mobile or desktop app.
- Launch Audicap. Click the extension icon in your toolbar.
- Start Transcription. Hit start as the lecture begins. The text will appear in real-time.
- Toggle Translation (Optional). If you are taking a course in a foreign language, turn on the live translation to see dual-language subtitles.
- Export. When the lecture ends, export the full text as a Markdown file, ready to be organized in your note-taking app.
Pay-as-you-go pricing for students
Don't pay for an expensive monthly subscription if you only study on weekends. Audicap's credit system means you only pay for what you transcribe.
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