Turn a Video Transcript into a Blog Post

A good 20-minute talk has a blog post inside it. Getting it out takes some writing, and the transcript does the hard part by handing you every quote, every example, and the order the speaker put them in. This page walks through the workflow from transcript to a post you would put your name on.

It applies whether the video is yours (repurposing your own content) or someone else's (writing about a talk, with credit). Paste the link to start.

Get the transcript and find the spine

Load the transcript and read it once with timestamps off. Most talks have one claim the speaker keeps returning to and three or four supporting ideas. Write those down in your own words before you touch an AI tool; that is your outline, and it is the thing that keeps the post from reading like a transcript with the ums removed. Highlight the two or three quotes that say it best and use Copy selection to save them exactly.

Draft with an assistant, from your outline

Pick Blog Post from the Prompts menu, which copies a similar prompt with the transcript attached, and paste your outline in above it. Written out, the prompt is: 'Using this transcript as source material and this outline as the structure, write a 900-word blog post. Do not mention the video or the transcript. Use the speaker's examples where they help. Plain language, short paragraphs, no bullet lists.' You will get a competent first draft in a minute. It will also be generic in the places where your outline was vague, which is a useful signal.

Edit like it is yours, because it is

Now do the writing. Cut the intro paragraph the assistant wrote; start with the claim. Replace any sentence you would not say out loud. Add the thing you know that the speaker did not say. Put the direct quotes back in, with attribution and, if the video is public, a link to the timestamp so readers can check. A post that is 60 percent your edits and 40 percent draft is a real post. One that is 5 percent edits is not, and readers can tell.

If the video is not yours

You can write about a talk. You cannot republish it. Quote briefly, credit the speaker and channel by name, link to the video, and make the post your take on the ideas rather than a rewrite of them. That is both the right thing to do and the thing that makes the post worth reading, since the talk already exists.

One video, several pieces

The same transcript will also give you a LinkedIn post, a short thread, and a newsletter section, each with a different angle. Save the exported Markdown once and come back to it; you do not need to fetch the transcript again.

Frequently asked questions

How do I turn a video into a blog post?+

Get the transcript, outline the main claim and supporting points in your own words, draft with an AI assistant from that outline, then edit heavily and add your own perspective.

Can I publish the AI draft as-is?+

You can, but you should not. Unedited drafts read as generic and rank poorly. The value is in your outline and your edits.

Do I need permission to write about someone's video?+

Writing about a public talk with credit and brief quotes is normal practice. Republishing the transcript or a close paraphrase of the whole thing is not. When in doubt, ask the creator.

Which export should I use?+

Markdown. It pastes cleanly into any editor and any assistant, and keeps the source link at the top.

Try it on your video

Paste a YouTube link and get a clean transcript in seconds.