Utau - a Chrome Extension for YouTube

Originally designed to help learners follow along with Japanese songs, Utau enhances learning for all languages through YouTube transcripts.

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Q&A

Why is Show Transcript button not showing up?

The video may not come with transcript.

It auto selects Japanese every time I open it. How do I disable it? Can I set the default to other languages?

Click on the extension icon in Chrome navigation bar. Then in the Settings popup, change the language to “English” or “None”.

Why does Show Transcript button not do anything?

There is a known bug that sometimes on page navigation, the button stays even if there is no transcript for the video. It will simply disappear when you click on it.

Can I see two languages at the same time?

While showing two languages in transcript section is not supported, you can set the transcript section and the Closed Caption within video to different languages.

I have additional questions. How do I reach you?

Please post in the Chrome extension support page or email me at contact.yushanz@gmail.com

Example Videos / Channels

These are the videos & channels I know that have transcripts available. Some have built-in native transcripts, while many others have auto-generated ones in pretty good quality.

This list is by no means comprehensive.

Variety of languages