Introduction
# Transcribee
Transcribe YouTube videos and local media files with speaker diarization via ElevenLabs.
## Usage
```bash # YouTube video transcribee "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=..."
# Local video transcribee ~/path/to/video.mp4
# Local audio transcribee ~/path/to/podcast.mp3 ```
**Always quote URLs** containing `&` or special characters.
## Output
Transcripts save to: `~/Documents/transcripts/{category}/{title}-{date}/`
| File | Use | |------|-----| | `transcription.txt` | Speaker-labeled transcript | | `transcription-raw.txt` | Plain text, no speakers | | `transcription-raw.json` | Word-level timings | | `metadata.json` | Video info, language, category |
## Supported Formats
- **Audio:** mp3, m4a, wav, ogg, flac - **Video:** mp4, mkv, webm, mov, avi - **URLs:** youtube.com, youtu.be
## Dependencies
```bash brew install yt-dlp ffmpeg ```
## Troubleshooting
| Error | Fix | |-------|-----| | `yt-dlp not found` | `brew install yt-dlp` | | `ffmpeg not found` | `brew install ffmpeg` | | API errors | Check `.env` file in transcribee directory |