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Free, no sign-up: paste up to 120,000 characters of transcript or drop an SRT or VTT file, and get up to 20 ranked moments with a title, a score, a reason, start and end times and a post caption for each.

Find the best moments in a transcript

It runs the same ranker as the clipsdk API on your words and their times: ask for 1 to 20 moments, 5 by default, and get the answer in seconds, since nothing is cut or rendered.

Find the moments worth clipping

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SRT and VTT files are read in your browser and only their text is sent. Nothing is cut or rendered, so the answer is ready in seconds.

Free toolsUpdated 7 November 2026

What you can paste

Any of these work. The times in the answer are only as good as the times in what you paste.

What you can paste
Format	Where the times come from
SRT file or text	The cue times in the file
WebVTT file or text	The cue times in the file
YouTube transcript with `0:00` lines	The time at the start of each line
Plain text, no times	Estimated at 150 words a minute

Up to 120,000 characters and at least 30 words of speech.

From moments to finished clips

The clip finder ranks text. The API runs the same ranker on the video itself, then cuts and renders every moment as a vertical clip with captions burned in, and every answer in the tool comes with that call filled in with your settings.

This is the request behind the clip shown here, an 8-minute speech with a prompt about the Moon. It costs $0.24 at $0.03 per source minute, see pricing, and new accounts get $1 free.

POST/v1/clipsTry it

curl https://api.clipsdk.com/v1/clips \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $CLIPSDK_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "video_url": "https://api.clipsdk.com/f/lib/demo/artemis-moon-speech.mp4",
    "clips": 5,
    "prompt": "moments about going back to the Moon and why it matters"
  }'

Clip 1, 32 seconds: Mark My Words, We Are Going. Cut from Bill Nelson's Moon speech anniversary remarks, NASA, public domain.clip-1.mp4clip-1.jpg

How the clip finder works

Paste text or drop a file. The ranker reads the words with their times and picks the stretches that stand on their own: a clear hook, a payoff, and no need for what came before.

Each moment comes back with a title, a score from 0 to 100, a one-line reason, its start and end times and a caption for the post. Ask for 1 to 20, 5 by default. Fewer come back when the transcript has fewer good moments, as in our run: 5 asked, 4 found.

Add a prompt to steer it, like moments about pricing or the funniest story, and those moments are picked first.

Getting a transcript with good times

If your recorder or editor exports captions, use the SRT or VTT file: its cue times are real, so the start and end times in the answer are too. A transcript copied from YouTube with its 0:00 timestamps also works.

Plain text without times still gets ranked, but the times are estimated at 150 words a minute and the answer says so. Check those cut points against the video before you trim.

How to read the scores

From 80 to 100, a stranger scrolling past would stop and watch to the end, so clip it as is. From 50 to 79 the moment works but leans on some context. Under 50 means the transcript had little that stands alone.

Our top moment, Mark My Words, We Are Going, scored 88: a defiant promise about the next Moon mission, 32 seconds long.

Questions, answered

Is the clip finder free?

Yes, with no sign-up: 10 runs a day per network. The same transcript with the same settings gets the same answer for 7 days, and a repeat doesn't count against your 10.

How long can the transcript be?

Up to 120,000 characters, and at least 30 words of speech. Split anything longer into parts.

What if my transcript has no timestamps?

It still works. The times are estimated at 150 words a minute and the result says they are estimates, so check them against the video.

Does it make the video clips too?

No, it returns times, titles and captions only. For rendered clips, upload the video to the free AI clip maker, or send it to the API with the call shown under your results.

Sources

Bill Nelson's remarks on the NASA Image and Video Library, public domain, checked 7 November 2026
clipsdk API summary (llms.txt), checked 7 November 2026