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YouTube Monitoring, Bulk Import up to 100 URLs & More Free Downloaders

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YouTube Monitoring, Bulk Import up to 100 URLs & More Free Downloaders

This month brings some major new capabilities: watch YouTube channels or playlists and automatically import new videos, bulk url importer tool for up to 100 urls at a time, a fully localised dashboard in five languages, three new video downloaders, and a redesigned import experience. Let's dive in.

Bulk Import — up to 100 URLs

You can now bulk import up to 100 urls at a time. Along with custom metadata specific to each url.

The goal is to make it fast and easy to import large catalogues of content and transcribe them quickly.

Bulk Imports using this tool are all charged as automated-transcriptions and billed at our standard rates of $0.25 per hour.

You can access this from the last tab of the import interface in your workspace.

YouTube Auto-Imports

You can now connect your YouTube channels or playlists and have new videos automatically transcribed as they're published. Set it once and forget it—Transcript LOL handles the rest.

The integration shows you when each channel was last synced and when the next sync is scheduled, so you always know what's happening. You can also trigger a force sync anytime you need immediate results.

You can monitor specific types of videos — import only shorts, only uploaded videos or only live streams in a channel or any playlist on YouTube.

To keep the system healthy for everyone, there's a limit on how many channels each account can monitor.

→ Monitor YouTube Channels in Integrations

Dashboard Now in 5 Languages

The entire dashboard is now available in Spanish, Portuguese, German, and Italian alongside English. Every button, menu, settings page, and dialog has been translated—from billing and team management to the transcript editor and keyboard shortcuts.

A new language switcher lets you change your interface language instantly, and your preference is remembered across sessions.

TikTok, Instagram & Facebook Downloaders

Building on the success of our YouTube Downloader last month, we've added three more free tools:

TikTok Downloader — Paste a link, download without watermarks. Videos auto-open in a new tab for easy saving.

Instagram Downloader — Works with posts and reels. Includes handy save instructions since Instagram makes downloading tricky.

Facebook Downloader — Simple video downloads from public Facebook posts.

Same philosophy as our YouTube tool: no ads, no signups, no waiting.

→ Try the Free Tools

Redesigned Import Interface

The import experience has been completely rebuilt with a clean tabbed layout. Audio recording now has a polished new UI with smooth, clean visualisation during active recording.

The interface remembers which tab you used last, so you can jump straight back to your preferred import method.

Notes Improvements

Two quality-of-life additions to Notes:

One-click copy — Hover over any rendered note and copy it instantly.

PDF download — Export your notes as PDF documents with a single click.

We've also improved how the editor handles state after rendering, and you'll now see clear error messages if something goes wrong so you can try again.

Coming soon: we're renaming "Notes" to "Reports" to better reflect what they actually do—transforming your recordings into structured documents.

Many Other Improvements

  • Keep filler words like "umm" and "uhh" in your transcriptions when you need verbatim accuracy (contact support to enable this).

  • Direct Dropbox web URLs now work—no need to create shared links

  • Webhook support for failed transcriptions, including a new Zapier trigger

  • Sorting options in the recordings list: by title, creation date, or status

Check the full list of changes below:

Features

  • Add animated single-layout import button with auto-animate

  • Add annual billing utility and integrate compact upsell in sidebar

  • Add annual upsell component for monthly subscribers

  • Add audio recording tab to import interface

  • Add auto-download with save instructions for Instagram

  • Add comprehensive translation files for dashboard localization

  • Add confirmation dialog to annual billing switch

  • Add custom UppyFileList component with state management

  • Add download attribute and right-click save instructions

  • Add dual authentication buttons to navbar

  • Add dynamic locale support for Uppy

  • Add dynamic OG image generation API endpoint

  • Add Facebook video downloader

  • Add Free Tools to navigation menu and update footer title

  • Add image proxy endpoint to bypass Instagram CORS

  • Add Instagram downloader with long-tail pages

  • Add Italian and Portuguese translations

  • Add next-intl localization for dashboard

  • Add Next.js native robots.txt generation

  • Add Portuguese and Italian language support

  • Add socket timeout option to yt-dlp downloader

  • Add TikTok downloader with long-tail pages

  • Add TikTok, Facebook, and Instagram downloaders to footer

  • Add TRANSCRIPT_FAILED webhook to import and media jobs

  • Add TRANSCRIPT_FAILED webhook type

  • Add translation for Security settings title

  • Add translations for bulk actions and export dialog

  • Add translations for keyboard shortcuts dialog

  • Add translations for logout button

  • Add translations for notes feature help component

  • Add translations for pricing table component

  • Add translations for Refer & Earn page

  • Add translations for shared workspace notice component

  • Add translations for usage logs page

  • Add translations for usage logs table and charts

  • Add translations for workspace pages and workspace list

  • Added language switcher to change interface language of dashboard

  • Auto-discover Prismic routes from prismicRoutes config

  • Auto-discover static routes from filesystem

  • Auto-open TikTok downloads in new tab

  • Automate sitemap generation with dynamic Prismic content

  • Backend support to generate transcriptions with filler words kept in - like umm, uhh etc.

  • Bulk import from urls feature - upload a list of urls

  • Bulk import jobs list and status of each item

  • Chatbot support for all users

  • Copy option for notes that are rendered

  • Download notes in pdf format

  • Hide locale prefix for default locale (English)

  • Higher limits for max pending jobs per user and user level override flag support

  • Implement bulk URL imports functionality

  • Implement translations for 2FA security settings

  • Implement translations for account settings

  • Implement translations for account settings tabs

  • Implement translations for billing pages and components

  • Implement translations for breadcrumbs navigation

  • Implement translations for folder management, search, and import features

  • Implement translations for import recording interface

  • Implement translations for integrations page

  • Implement translations for notes tab and editor

  • Implement translations for Prompts feature and API integration

  • Implement translations for rating widgets, ICP survey, and Move Space button

  • Implement translations for recording page tabs

  • Implement translations for recording settings

  • Implement translations for recording settings, chat tab, and insights tab

  • Implement translations for security settings

  • Implement translations for team management page

  • Implement translations for transcript menu buttons and controls

  • Implement translations for translations tab

  • Implement translations for workspace creation and recordings list

  • Implement URL-based locale routing with next-intl

  • Implement YouTube integration watch resources management

  • Improve import button animation with rotating plus icon

  • Improve tab UI with centering and active state styling

  • Localised the cloud upload ui

  • Localize annual upsell widgets in 5 languages

  • Localize audio recording tab

  • Make title optional and add metadata support to bulk imports

  • Native audio recording support and styles improvement for the widget

  • New bulk importer tool made public - access from the import ui last tab

  • Notify user when disabiling youtube auto imports for any reason

  • Option to delete entire paragraph with 1-click in editing mode

  • Option to dismiss rating widgets and user survey

  • Option to do a force sync of a youtube channel or playlist

  • Position stop button in center of audio bars

  • Redesign navigation bar to full-width layout with centered menu

  • Refactor ImportRecordings to use tabbed interface

  • Remember last selected import tab

  • Remove folder selection option from remote source picker

  • Reorder navigation menu and add responsive Free tools hiding

  • Set a limit to number of channels a user can watch to keep systems healthy for everyone

  • Support direct dropbox web urls for imports - no need for shared urls anymore

  • Support for sorting by title, status, and createdAt in recordings list api

  • Support for sorting recordings by title, creation date or status

  • Support for TRANSCRIPT_FAILED webhook and Zapier trigger

  • Support to keep "umm" "uhh" etc. filler words in the transcription

  • Upgrade Uppy to v5 with headless UI implementation

  • YouTube integration made public

  • YouTube integration to auto import from channels or playlists

Bug Fixes

  • Add canonical tags and hreflang for all locale pages

  • Add locale-aware sitemap generation

  • Add max dimensions to Instagram thumbnail

  • Add metadataBase to root layout to resolve Next.js build warning

  • Add referrer policy to fix Instagram thumbnail loading

  • Add type assertion for locale validation in layout

  • Add type assertion for locale validation in request config

  • Add type suppression for redirect in read page

  • Allow webhooks and OAuth endpoints to bypass authentication

  • Attempt to fix errors in login page for some users

  • Bug fix in some workspace deletions

  • Bug fix in switching to annual when there's a pending seat change

  • Bug fix in youtube import integration using the wrong workspace

  • Bug fix with duplicate language label in create workspace form

  • Bug fix with some youtube channels failing to sync within expected period

  • Bug fixes with notes editor state not refreshing properly after a render is complete

  • Change sidebar to collapse completely instead of showing icons

  • Correct redirect imports for external vs internal URLs

  • Create truly symmetric audio bars from center

  • Don't generate locale variants for Prismic content

  • Enable locale detection to persist language preference

  • Exclude all API routes from first matcher to prevent 404s

  • Fix 404 error after a payment success redirect screen

  • Fix audio bars animation and simplify recording UI

  • Fix audio recording tab bugs

  • Fix edge case where abandoned subscription payments for LTD users causes delayed LTD topups

  • Fix instagram download failures

  • Fix workspace translations namespace and add v1Link translations

  • Fixes for tiktok url imports

  • Improve error handling in workspace settings update

  • Localize Cancel button in annual upsell dialog

  • Localize link tab description text

  • Make /share and /embed paths public (no auth required)

  • Make audio bars animation smooth and responsive

  • Merge duplicate recordings namespace in translation files

  • Minor fixes for url downloader detections

  • Mirror audio bars from center and improve smoothness

  • Move stop button below audio visualization bars

  • Pass locale explicitly to redirect function

  • Prevent auto-start recording on initial load

  • Prevent double locale prefix in auth redirects

  • Properly scope Uppy hooks within UppyContextProvider

  • Remove duplicate locale prefix in post-login redirects

  • Remove invalid /api/v1/middleware.ts and fix CORS handling

  • Remove login requirement for /admin/imitate/ route

  • Return transcript paragraphs as separate editor nodes

  • Update all app directory imports to include [locale] segment

  • Update all navigation imports to use locale-aware utilities

  • Update all redirect calls for locale-aware routing

  • Update publicLinkLabel translations

  • Wrap ImportRecordings with UppyContextProvider for hooks

Improvements

  • Add note on bulk imports billing as automated transcriptions

  • Avoid spaces at start and end of folder names

  • Improve upgrade messaging of the youtube integration

  • Improved styling on online links tab

  • Improved tiktok downloads

  • Improved ui for annual plan upsell banners

  • Improved ui of the youtube integration

  • Locale support for the cloud upload interface

  • Locale support for the cloud upload interface

  • Minor styling improvements for download button options

  • More frequent checking for youtube channels

  • Raise error if source url set and source set to FILE_UPLOAD

  • Remove less accurate label for detect automatically option

  • Replace sparkles icon with discount percent icon

  • Show currently selected locale without delay on app open

  • Show failures in rendering notes to user so they can try again

  • Show last sync time and next sync time for youtube monitoring

  • Update URL input translations to match English locale