YOUTUBE TO MIND MAP

Turn a YouTube video into a mind map.

Copy a YouTube video's transcript, paste it into TalkGraph, and it becomes a connected map of the video's ideas, facts, questions and arguments. Timestamps are removed for you. The map joins your Brain, so you can ask about the video later alongside everything else you've mapped.

How to do it

What you get

Instead of a summary paragraph, you get the video's structure: the main topics as branches, with ideas, facts, questions and risks as typed cards underneath. You can drag, merge and expand any card, and export the map as Markdown, PNG or PDF.

Because every map joins your Brain, a lecture you mapped last month connects to the one you map today. Ask "what did the lectures say about inflation?" and the answer points to the cards it came from.

Make it stick: explain it back

Watching feels like learning; explaining is what makes it stick. After mapping a video, talk through it in your own words on the same map. TalkGraph adds what you say, and when you pause it can ask you a question about it.

Questions people ask

How do I turn a YouTube video into a mind map?

Copy the video's transcript from YouTube (description, then Show transcript), paste it into TalkGraph with "Paste text → map it", and press "Map this text". TalkGraph removes the timestamps and builds a connected map of the video's ideas.

Do I need to remove the timestamps first?

No. TalkGraph strips YouTube's timestamps, the spoken time labels and tags like [Music] automatically before mapping.

Can I map lectures, podcasts and tutorials?

Yes. Anything with a transcript works: lectures, podcasts, interviews, talks and tutorials. If a video has no transcript, you can import an audio or video file you have the right to use, and TalkGraph transcribes it.

Is it free?

Yes, on the free plan: 250 nodes a month with no credit card. Each card on the map counts as a node, so a long video uses more. Asking your Brain about it afterwards is free. Pasting text needs a free account.

Can I just paste the YouTube link?

Not yet. For now, copy the transcript and paste it in. It takes a few seconds on a computer.

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