How to Use YT-context: Copy Text from YouTube Frames with One Click

Ever struggled to grab code snippets, config values, or slides from a YouTube video? YT-context makes this super simple. Instead of relying on transcripts or low-quality OCR, it captures the current video frame, sends it to AI, and extracts the relevant text for you — neatly formatted and instantly copyable.

🔧 What You’ll Need

• Google Chrome (or any Chromium-based browser)
• YT-context extension installed
• A YouTube video with text content (slides, terminal outputs, code, etc.)

📥 Step 1: Install the Extension

Get YT-context from the Chrome Web Store: YT-context on Chrome Web Store

▶️ Step 2: Watch the Demo

Here’s a quick video showing how YT-context works in action. Do give us a follow!

📸 Step 3: Pause at a Useful Frame

Go to any YouTube video and pause it on the frame that contains the text you want to extract — like code on the screen, terminal commands, or instructions from a slide.

🧠 Step 4: Click the YT-context Icon

Hit the YT-context icon from your browser toolbar and click on the "Get context from vide frame" button. The extension captures the current frame, sends it to an AI backend, and receives a clean text output based on the image content.

📋 Step 5: Copy the Text

Once the analysis is complete, YT-context displays the extracted information in a popup. You can review and copy the relevant parts with a single click — super helpful for devs, learners, or anyone following tutorials.

🎁 Bonus

You can also easily capture video screenshots with this extension using the Camera button on the top right of the popup.

❓ FAQs

• Does it use OCR? No — YT-context doesn't just scan text pixels. It uses AI to understand the content of the image, making it far more accurate than traditional OCR.
• Does it need captions or transcripts? Not at all. It works purely by analyzing the screenshot of the current frame.
• Is it free? There’s a free tier with basic access. The paid plan helps cover AI costs and unlocks more advanced usage.

🙋 Why I Built This

I’ll admit — I was initially just exploring AI ideas, kind of riding the hype wave. But the more I watched tutorial videos, the more I got frustrated trying to copy terminal outputs and code. OCR didn’t cut it. So I thought — what if we could just analyze the frame itself? YT-context was my attempt at solving that. It’s not perfect yet, but it’s a solid first version of a tool I wish existed sooner.

🔗 Try It Out

👉 Install YT-context from the Chrome Store

Hope this saves you from countless pause-rewind-typo moments! Feedback welcome ✌️ You can reach out to me 👉sanidhya.dev.biz@gmail.com